design out crime & cpted centre

What design out crime & cpted centre does

Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre, trading as Love Services Pty Ltd, is a privately held Australian consultancy founded in 2000 and headquartered in Beaconsfield, Western Australia. The firm delivers crime prevention services grounded in the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) methodology, serving government agencies, property developers, transport operators, healthcare providers, and educational institutions primarily across Australia and selectively internationally. Its project portfolio spans city precincts, major transport infrastructure (Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport, TransPerth Southern Rail Line), healthcare facilities (Fiona Stanley Hospital), mixed-use developments (Lendlease Iconic Scarborough, CityLink Northbridge), and international government training (Saudi Ministry of Interior via NAUSS).

The core technical offering consists of evidence-based CPTED reviews for planning and development approvals (from single buildings to city precincts), crowded-places security audits, and counter-terrorism design advice. A distinctive methodology called Cyber-CPTED — coined by CEO Dr Terence Love — integrates physical environmental design with digital/cyber-security risk assessment. The training product is an ICA Class-A certified online program delivered as six-week cohorts (three hours per week) or a two-hour introduction primer, supported by an ecosystem of free resources including DOC-Gram and Boss-Gram newsletters, peer-reviewed publications across 15+ CPTED topics, and an iDOC conference archive dating to 2009.

The business operates on a professional services model with three revenue streams: CPTED consultancy fees, ICA-certified training course fees, and research/policy development work. Go-to-market is consultancy-led, relying on direct engagement with government and enterprise clients and reinforced by content marketing and conference-driven thought leadership. The firm is owner-operated by Dr Terence Love with two Associate Directors (Dr Paul Cozens and Professor Dr Trudi Cooper) engaged as consultants on specific projects; no external investment, parent ownership, or subsidiaries are disclosed.

Name

design out crime & cpted centre

Legal name

Love Services Pty Ltd

Website

https://designoutcrime.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre is an Australian consultancy delivering evidence-based Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) reviews, ICA-certified training, and cyber-security advisory services to government agencies, developers, and institutions across Australia and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Security Consulting Services

NAICS

Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Safety Compliance, Audits & Risk Assessments (Security Assessments, CPTED) (EDAEACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crime Prevention & Community Policing Programs (EDALAEAG), Building Codes, Permitting & Inspections (Building Safety) (BPAIANAF), Fire Safety, Life Safety & Code Compliance (EDALAEAI)

Keywords

• CPTED consultancy services
• Crime prevention training
• Security design audits
• CPTED certification courses
• Cyber-CPTED advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Beaconsfield

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. CPTED Consultancy Services: Fees for CPTED reviews for development applications, Green Star certification reviews, design advice on CPTED, counter-terrorism and Cyber-CPTED. Covers single buildings to city precincts and major infrastructure projects.
2. CPTED Training Courses: ICA Class-A certified training programs including six-week online cohorts (three hours per week) and two-hour introduction courses. Delivered internationally to practitioners, government officials, and security professionals.
3. Research and Policy Services: Research, policy development and CPTED guidelines development for government agencies and institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre provides evidence-based Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) consultancy reviews for planning and development approvals, ICA Class-A certified online CPTED training, and research and policy development. Services range from single buildings to whole city precincts and include Green Star certification support, crowded-places security audits, counter-terrorism design advice, and Cyber-CPTED advisory, delivered to government agencies, developers, and practitioners across Australia and internationally.

Product overview

Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre offers a portfolio of crime prevention services centered on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The core offering consists of ICA Class-A certified CPTED training programs (six-week online cohorts and two-hour introduction courses), evidence-based CPTED consultancy and security audits for developments, and knowledge resources including conference archives, newsletters, publications, and Cyber-CPTED resources. Services are grounded in environmental crime research and delivered internationally to practitioners, governments, and organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICA Class-A Certified CPTED Training Online ICA Class-A certified CPTED training delivered in cohorts to security professionals, police, community safety officers, planners, and other practitioners seeking formal CPTED certification and professional development.
• CPTED Consultancy Reviews Evidence-based CPTED consultancy reviews for projects ranging from single buildings to whole city precincts, including support for Green Star certification, planning/development approval compliance, counter-terrorism design advice, and crowded-places security audits, sold to government agencies and developers.
• Research and Policy Development CPTED-related research and policy development services commissioned by government agencies and international bodies, grounded in the centre's published evidence-based environmental-crime research.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced crime through environmental design rather than physical security measures
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Edith Cowan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2009Co-organiser of the 2009 International Design Out Crime conference (iDOC'09) held at ECU in Perth. Provided venue and academic collaboration for the conference series.
• Curtin UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2009Co-organiser of iDOC'09 conference alongside Edith Cowan University and UTS. Terence Love affiliated with Curtin University for CPTED research.
• University of Technology Sydney (UTS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2009Co-organiser of iDOC'09 conference. Robert Samuels from Designing Out Crime Research Centre at UTS contributed to conference proceedings.
• Police Crowded Places ForumcoreOthersMembers of the Police Crowded Places Forum indicating professional recognition and collaboration with law enforcement on crowded places security and counter-terrorism.
• National Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivering CPTED training to senior members of the Saudi Ministry of Interior up to Major General. Next training engagement planned for ARAMCO staff in Riyadh.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with a security and urban design practice that includes CPTED-adjacent advisory for major infrastructure. Represents the large-incumbent threat — they bundle safety/security into broader infrastructure mandates rather than specialising in CPTED.
• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with security advisory and urban planning capabilities that intersect with CPTED. Comparable through shared major-infrastructure client base (transport, healthcare, urban precincts) and ability to deliver CPTED-style reviews as part of larger design mandates.
• International CPTED Association (ICA): Global professional body that issues the ICA Class-A certification under which Design Out Crime delivers training. ICA is the credentialing incumbent; Design Out Crime is one of its recognised training providers, making ICA both a partner and the umbrella peer for the global CPTED community.
• Thornton Tomasetti / CORE studios: Engineering consultancy with security and protective design services for buildings and infrastructure. Comparable through the counter-terrorism and crowded-places security advisory that Design Out Crime offers, though at much larger scale and as part of broader structural engineering mandates.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with property, infrastructure, and safety advisory practices. Comparable through shared customers (Sydney Metro-style transport infrastructure, mixed-use precincts) and ability to deliver safety/security reviews as part of end-to-end project delivery.
• Control Risks: Global risk consultancy offering security design, threat assessment, and protective services to corporate and government clients. Comparable through overlap in counter-terrorism design advisory and security audits for at-risk environments, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Secured by Design (UK Police initiative): UK police-led accreditation programme that certifies products and developments against crime prevention standards. Functions as a parallel CPTED-style certification regime; comparable to NSW Safer by Design which the firm holds, and frequently referenced in Design Out Crime publications.
• Designing Out Crime Research Centre (DOC, UTS): University of Technology Sydney research centre focused on designing out crime through environmental design and CPTED research. The most direct peer — overlapping methodology, shared academic lineage, and co-organised the iDOC 2009 conference with Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre.

Regional players

• NSW Safer by Design (NSW Government): NSW Government CPTED certification scheme that the firm's principal Dr Love is accredited under. Operates as a regional, government-run CPTED assessment programme serving planning approvals in NSW — analogous to the firm's own CPTED review service but state-administered rather than private.
• CPTED Ontario: Ontario-based CPTED practitioner association providing training and certification under a Canadian Safer by Design-style programme. Operates in a different geography but offers directly comparable training, certification, and CPTED advisory services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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