Environmental design in residential areas addresses environmental traits of residential areas when developing plans or blueprints to build spaces that will benefit the natural, social, cultural and physical environment of residential areas. However, criminal threats that could be occurring from any corner of the environment could affect the tranquillity of the residents of any housing area. Although there is a second-generation CPTED model which covers most of the vulnerabilities of a premise, the study did not highlight are most essential elements of CPTED that needed to be prioritized, that can be applied to residential areas. This paper aims to review the most problematic element based on the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) model in residential areas. There are 13 articles selected after going through three rounds of the filtering process. Overall, there are five notable elements found from the review, the elements include Geographical Juxtaposition, Surveillance, Access Control, Territoriality and Target Hardening.