Secured by Design - Interactive Toolkit

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Buildings should be orientated to allow neighbours to watch over each other and to create the conditions which will make the potential offender feel vulnerable to detection. It is important to avoid the creation of windowless elevations and blank walls adjacent to space to which the public have access. (Sect 11. New Homes 2010)
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Dwellings in one area are of a similar size potentially creating an unbalanced community.

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Blank gable wall abutting public realm offers no surveillance opportunity and is vulnerable to graffiti.

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Blank gables abutting the public realm are vulnerable to graffiti and are vulnerable to ball games.

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