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The financial benefits of improved street lighting, based on crime reduction

Published:2001-03 Issue:1 Volume:33 Page:3-10
ISSN:1477-1535
Container-title:Lighting Research & Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Lighting Research & Technology

Author:

Painter Kate A¹,Farrington David P²

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK

2. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK,

Abstract

Two research projects were carried out to investigate the effects of improved street lighting on crime in Dudley and Stoke-on-Trent. In Dudley, crimes decreased by 41% in the experimental area, compared with a 15% decrease in a control area. In Stoke, crimes decreased by 43% in the experimental area and by 45% in two adjacent areas, compared with a decrease of only 2% in two control areas. In the two projects, the financial savings (from reduced crimes) exceeded the financial costs by between 2.4 and 10 times after one year. It is concluded that improved street lighting can be extremely cost-effective.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/136578280103300102

Reference10 articles.

1. Improved Street Lighting: Crime Reducing Effects and Cost-Benefit Analyses

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