Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Visitors’ Perceptions of Safety at the Palippis Coastal Tourism Destination in Indonesia

Abstract

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an approach to problem-solving that considers the environmental conditions and opportunities for criminal activities. CPTED is expected to reduce criminal actions and the resulting sense of fear, making tourist destinations feel safer. Although empirical research on CPTED is advancing, little is known about its impact on tourist sites. The aim of this research is to determine the significant variables of CPTED that correlate with visitors' sense of safety. This is a quantitative study using a survey method located at Palippis beach as a vernacular public space.Data were collected in field observations and structured interviews with respondents who were selected using accidental and purposive samplings, and then analyzed using SPSS v.25. The results show a correlations between visitors' sense of safety and CPTED principles. The highest Pearson correlation is with maintenance, indicating a very strong correlation, and is determined by regular checks and provide special officer. The second highest correlation is with surveillance, indicating a strong correlation, and is determined by security patrol, arrangement of vegetation, add lighting, and add closed circuit television (CCTV). The lowest correlation is with access control, also indicating a strong correlation, and is determined by accessed by one entrance and exit, guarded by security, and checks by security officer. The reserach concludes that the visitors' safety perceptions strongly correlate with CPTED principles in differing degrees, subsequently maintenance, surveillance, and access control, each with its determining indicator.