Street environments and crime around low-income and minority schools: Adopting an environmental audit tool to assess crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)

•CPTED principles have been applied in school neighborhood safety.•Multiple crime types had significant associations with CPTED principles.•The cleanliness of streets and visual quality of buildings can reduce crime.•Being adjacent to multi-family housing and bus stops can increase crime.•The findings add to the evidence supporting the effectiveness of CPTED initiatives.