TS EN 14383-1

TS EN 14383-1 is Part 1 of the series on crime prevention through building design, urban planning and city maintenance, and it serves as the vocabulary document for that field. It establishes terms used across the EN 14383 series and provides multilingual equivalents and definitions for selected terms, helping designers, planners, authorities and security professionals use the same technical language.

How the terminology is organised

According to the scope, the standard provides equivalent terms in three languages together with definitions for some specific terms used in the other parts of the series. In practical terms, this supports consistent communication across closely related areas such as building design, urban planning and city maintenance, which contribute to crime prevention in different ways. As a vocabulary standard, it is focused on clarifying language rather than prescribing particular physical security measures.

Crime categories and classification context

The document uses the ICCS definitions of crime types, including numerical coding. This gives the terminology a structured reference point for describing offences and related concepts. The scope also notes that, in a national context, national definitions of crime types may be preferred, which means the vocabulary is intended to remain usable alongside local legal and institutional terminology.

In general technical context, a terminology standard of this kind helps align how different disciplines discuss security in the built environment. Concepts such as access control, visibility, environmental maintenance and spatial organisation can then be used more consistently across planning, design and operational practice. TS EN 14383-1 supports that common language for the rest of the series.