American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences http://TuEngr.com/ATEAS Safe City Concept and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for Urban Sustainability in Malaysian Cities Shuhana Binti Shamsuddin a* , and Natasha Azim Binti Hussin b a Razak School of UTM in Engineering and Advance Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia International Campus, MALAYSIA b Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received August 23, 2012 Received in revised form March 22, 2013 Accepted May 30, 2013 Available online May 31, 2013 Keywords: Socio-environment Design; City Sustainability; Safe Urbanization; Safe City program; Crime rate; Sustainable development; Public safety. According to urban experts crime and fear of crime have long been recognized as a major challenge to sustainable cities. It also has a significant impact on quality of life. In Malaysia the crime index has risen significantly over the last few decades. Local authority plays a role in building cities that are safe for people where effective implementation of CPTED will assist in reducing and preventing crime from occurring. Effective implementation of CPTED can help reduce public expenditure in keeping the city safe. The article concludes that the successful implementation of the CPTED concept in Malaysian cities can be achieved by increasing the awareness and understanding of implementers of the concept. Thus, professionals and policy makers should have an awareness of the importance of CPTED in reducing both the fear of crime and crime rates in the urban environment and thus contribute to urban sustainability. 2013 Am. Trans. Eng. Appl. Sci. 2013 American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences. *Corresponding author (Shuhana Shamsuddin). Tel/Fax: +603 26514872. E-mail address: shuhana@ic.utm.my. 2013. American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences. Volume 2 No. 3 ISSN 2229-1652 eISSN 2229-1660 Online Available at http://TuEngr.com/ATEAS/V02/223-245.pdf 223