Cities are the source of both, greater levels of risk as well as opportunities for crime prevention and responses. City governments have multiple regulatory powers related to crime prevention and control. These functions have enormous importance for the interface between external flows and local forms of governance. Successes in controlling crime in cities in various countries have depended on the use of innovative analytical techniques developed in response to needs identified at the local level. The various tools and services listed here can provide law enforcement policymakers, front-line officers, urban planners and other city authorities as well as civil society organizations with information about an array of strategies and good governance practices to control crime, especially in rapidly growing cities in low- and middle-income countries.
Practical Approaches to Urban Crime Prevention
Compendium of United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Crime Prevention Assessment Tool
Handbook on the Crime Prevention Guidelines - Making Them Work
Governing Safer Cities: Strategies for a Globalised World
Guidance on the Use and Preparation of Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments
A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessments
SHERLOC (Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws on Crime)
goCASE (software solution for Law Enforcement Agencies and Investigative Authorities)
Current Practices in Electronic Surveillance in the Investigation of Serious Organized Crime
Essential services package for women and girls subject to violence:
• Module 1: Overview and introduction;
• Module 2: Health essential services;
• Module 3: Justice and policing essential services;
• Module 4: Essential social services;
• Module 5: Essential actions for coordination and governance of coordination;
• Module 6: Implementation guide
INSPIRE: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children
The Report on the Urban Safety Governance Assessment in Mathare, Nairobi City - The assessment aimed to identify local challenges and opportunities related to urban safety and good governance and develop appropriate strategies and policies... read more
COVID-19 Response & Complex Emergencies - UNODC co-convened the thematic session: 'Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate implementation' ahead of the High Level Political Forum 2020. read more
Urban Safety Governance Assessments in Chilanzar - UNODC’s Urban Safety Governance Assessment is currently underway and results of the Assessment are expected in the third quarter of 2020... read more
Newsroom
Safety Governance Assessment Guide (EN) (ES) (RU)
Visit the Safety Audit Websites of Queretaro and Cali
See the Family Skills Training Programmes in low- and middle-income countries
Visit the UNODC Crime Prevention Webpages
