Fear of crime significantly reduces people’s time–space access to and use of public space, notably in high-crime neighborhoods where concerns around personal safety are more acute. One widely used strategy to reduce fear of crime is the regeneration of the built environment. However, tension remains on whether this strategy is effective, and if it is, then where, which and for whom public space interventions work. This research, incorporating a gender perspective, assesses whether neighborhood-level regeneration of public space significantly enhances or reduces residents’ perceptions of safety in deprived urban areas with a gender perspective. To test these impacts, we run a randomized control trial with 100 residents in a high-crime neighborhood in Santiago de Chile. A series of geotagged photographs of the area and ten treatment photo simulations of proposed interventions were rated by residents according to their perceived safety related to crime. The results suggest that: highly unsafe perceptions cluster in specific neighborhood locations and are particularly acute for women; the regeneration of public spaces significantly increases perceived safety for both men and women; and the effectiveness of different interventions is gender-specific. The results suggest, while an effective technique, public space regeneration in deprived neighborhoods can be further optimized through urban design and planning policy that are space- and gender-specific. The technique presented could support researchers and practitioners to understand the spatial distribution of perceptions of safety, to select effective interventions to make deprived neighborhoods feel safer, and to assess the impact of regeneration strategies.

对犯罪的恐惧显着减少了人们进入和使用公共空间的时间和空间，特别是在对人身安全的担忧更为严重的高犯罪率社区。一种广泛使用的减少对犯罪恐惧的策略是建筑环境的再生。然而，关于该策略是否有效，以及如果有效，那么公共空间干预措施在何处、对哪些人以及对谁起作用的问题仍然存在紧张。本研究结合性别视角，评估社区层面的公共空间再生是否会从性别视角显着增强或降低贫困城市地区居民对安全的看法。为了测试这些影响，我们对智利圣地亚哥一个犯罪率高的社区的 100 名居民进行了随机对照试验。居民根据他们对犯罪相关的安全感，对该地区的一系列地理标记照片和拟议干预措施的十张处理照片模拟进行了评级。结果表明： 高度不安全的观念聚集在特定的邻里位置，对女性尤为严重；公共空间的重建显着提高了男性和女性的安全感；不同干预措施的有效性因性别而异。结果表明，虽然这是一种有效的技术，但可以通过针对特定空间和性别的城市设计和规划政策进一步优化贫困社区的公共空间再生。所提出的技术可以支持研究人员和从业者了解安全感知的空间分布，