Program Profile: Street Lighting in Stoke-on-Trent (England)

This program upgrades street lighting on residential roads and footpaths to decrease crime and fear of crime.

Evidence Rating: Effective | One study

Date:

This program upgrades street lighting on residential roads and footpaths to decrease crime and fear of crime. This program is rated Effective. In the experimental area, there were statistically significant reductions in the incidence and prevalence rates of crime and in the percentage of respondents who knew a victim, compared with the control area.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Gender: Male, Female

Geography: Suburban Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Community Awareness/Mobilization, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design/Design Against Crime, General deterrence, Situational Crime Prevention

Current Program Status: Active

Researcher:
Kate Painter
Professor
The Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge

Sidgwick Avenue
United States

Phone: 44(0)1223.763102
Email