Crime Prevention in Education

Creating a secure environment for students and staff

Meeting your objectives

Educational establishments face a number of challenges in relation to crime prevention and anti-social behaviour, the range and complexity of which have been on the increase in recent years.

Failure to deal with these effectively can result in losses and damage which bring disruption and pressure on existing resources. It also impacts negatively on the morale of students, staff and parents.

Whether your problems relate to theft, malicious/mischievous acts or aggressive behaviour, Perpetuity can work with you to tackle these through tried and tested techniques.

Ways we can help

We can help you to understand the problems facing your organisation and develop strategies for tackling them. If you need reliable evidence or independent research to support your claims, our researchers can collect useful information with which to lobby, campaign or attract funding. Our areas of expertise include:

Audit – assessing current crime/incident trends and gaps in existing measures
Implementation – developing strategies and plans in line with specific needs
Environment design – assessing the way in which the physical environment could be designed or re-organised to discourage crime
Incident Monitoring and Assessment Tool (IMAT) – providing this unique web-based resource for schools that helps them to collect, store and interpret data on crime and anti social behaviour. IMAT also incorporates an email/phone helpline Click here for further information
Secured Environments – managing this police certification scheme which provides an easy-to-follow framework for undertaking your own risk assessment and developing an informed response. On completion of a successful audit, you will be able to use the police approved ‘Secured Environments’ logo and receive a certificate signed by the police – all concrete evidence to students, staff, parents and the general public of your commitment to crime prevention Click here for further information
Evaluation – assessing performance and outcomes of specific initiatives so as to inform decision-making on future activity and funding

The Perpetuity promise

Clients benefit from our team’s excellent academic credentials, bringing rigorous research methodologies to their approach, coupled with a broad range of practical experience.

Projects worked on by our researchers and consultants have considered a broad range of issues including poor pupil behaviour, bullying, aggressive parents, intruders and trespassers, graffiti, arson, truancy, gangs, newly qualified teachers, IT security, security equipment and designing out crime.