Effective crime prevention interventions in social housing

International studies have identified a number of positive effects of crime prevention interventions in marginalised social housing areas. This report is a summary of international research.
The systematic review offers inspiration to social housing employees and decision makers who are interested in learning more about crime-prevention interventions that have proved to be effective.
The researchers have identified studies of 14 international social housing interventions, aimed at crime prevention, that have shown a positive effect, and that can be used in a Danish social housing context.
The report is the first of four systematic reviews about social housing interventions. The next three reviews deal with interventions aimed at improving schooling and education, parenting skills and children’s wellbeing, as well as interventions aimed at improving employment and increasing the number of employability enhancement activities for the unemployed. These systematic reviews are part of the overall assessment of the use of funding allocated by Landsbyggefonden (the national social housing fund) to marginalised housing areas.