Yongin City Expands Safe Parks Featuring Crime Prevention Design

'Safety Culture Salon' Held... CPTED to Be Applied to Purunae Neighborhood Park
Mayor Lee Sang-il: "We Will Gather Wisdom from Each Institution to Implement Safety-First Policies"

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is expanding safe parks applying various Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) measures.

On the 7th, Yongin City announced that at the 10th regular meeting of the 'Safety Culture Salon' held on the 6th at the Yongin Western Police Station, they discussed plans to create safe parks and activate exhibitions of creative cultural works to prevent youth crime.

On the 6th, at the 10th Safety Culture Salon regular meeting held at Yongin Seobu Police Station, Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin, expressed his opinions on the expansion plan of safe parks. Photo by Yongin City

The Safety Culture Salon is a regular meeting proposed by Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin, where heads of major institutions in Yongin gather to discuss city safety-related measures. Attending the meeting were Mayor Lee, Kim Hee-jung, Superintendent of Yongin Office of Education, Kim Jong-gil, Chief of Yongin Eastern Police Station, Kim Byung-rok, Chief of Yongin Western Police Station, Ahn Ki-seung, Chief of Yongin Fire Station, and Jang Jae-gu, Chief of Yongin Western Fire Station.

Mayor Lee Sang-il said, "Since the first meeting in December 2023, the Safety Culture Salon has held 10 sessions, and thanks to close cooperation and many ideas for citizen safety, there have been many achievements and the city's safety network has become more robust. This year as well, related institutions will work closely together to implement policies prioritizing citizen safety."

At the meeting, they discussed cooperation plans among institutions regarding the agenda items prepared by Yongin Western Police Station: 'Creation of Safe Parks' and 'Expansion of Exhibitions of Creative Cultural Works for Youth Crime Prevention.'

In particular, the attending institution heads evaluated the resident safe village in Pungdeokcheon-dong, Suji-gu, where CPTED was applied, as effective and agreed to expand related projects.

The Pungdeokcheon-dong Resident Safe Village was proposed by Yongin Western Police Station at the Safety Culture Salon in May last year. By installing CPTED-based logoprojectors, pole-type emergency bells, and design lighting, the 112 emergency call rate decreased by 15%.

Accordingly, the city plans to expand the application scope of CPTED and create a safe park by applying CPTED measures such as installing logoprojectors, improving illumination, and installing crime prevention facilities in the ongoing maintenance project of Purunae Neighborhood Park in Bojeong-dong, Giheung-gu, with a total budget of 1 billion KRW this year, reflecting ideas from each institution.

Additionally, to prevent youth crimes such as cyber gambling, drugs, and deepfakes, which have recently become significant social issues, they agreed to encourage participation from more institutions and schools so that not only youth but also general citizens can take interest in the ongoing exhibitions of crime prevention creative cultural works.

The meeting also shared progress on previous agenda items and continued follow-up discussions. The pilot street operation to establish basic traffic order will be continuously developed in the future, and the 'Pink Shirt Day' campaign to prevent school violence will be held in June with participation from local schools and related institutions, with detailed matters discussed.