TS EN 14383-1

TS EN 14383-1 is a vocabulary standard for terms used in crime prevention through building design, urban planning and city maintenance. As Part 1 of the EN 14383 series, it establishes a common technical language and provides multilingual equivalents for selected terms used across the other parts of the series, supporting consistent use in practice, training and documentation.

Why shared terminology matters

Crime prevention in the built environment is not limited to security devices or policing. It also depends on decisions about layout, visibility, access control, maintenance quality and how spaces are used. This standard provides equivalent terms in three languages, together with definitions, for certain specialised terms used in the EN 14383 series. In doing so, it helps avoid ambiguity when the same concept is discussed across countries or professional disciplines.

Technical scope in context

• It defines terms related to crime prevention through the built environment, urban planning and city maintenance.
• It supplies three-language equivalent terms and definitions for some specialised terms used in other EN 14383 parts.
• It uses the crime-type definitions of the ICCS, including numerical coding.
• It notes that national crime definitions may be preferred in a national context.

In general technical terms, a vocabulary standard like this does not set a performance test or a design recipe. Instead, it anchors the meaning of key concepts so that engineers, planners, municipal authorities and security professionals can communicate precisely. That is especially valuable in a subject area where terms from architecture, planning, maintenance and crime analysis intersect.

Because this is a terminology-focused part, its main value lies in clarification and alignment rather than in prescribing specific building measures. It supports a clearer reading of the more application-oriented parts of EN 14383 by keeping the underlying concepts consistent.