The environment is an important and decisive factor in shaping criminal behavior. It contributes to creating the conditions for individuals to deviate, or to protecting them from such deviance or any other event. Therefore, addressing the phenomenon of crime requires a comprehensive approach that integrates social, economic, cultural, and security dimensions. This approach is not limited to punishment but extends to prevention and reform as well. This study examines the relationship between the environment, in its various dimensions—social, economic, cultural, and other—and the phenomenon of crime. Crime is not understood solely as deviant individual behavior, but rather as a complex product of personal and environmental factors. Among the factors that cause or facilitate the commission of crime, we find a group of factors, including social factors, such as family disintegration, weak family oversight, and the absence of positive capabilities; economic factors, such as poverty, unemployment, natural inequality, and deprivation of basic resources; cultural and media factors, such as the spread of a culture of violence, weak religious and moral restraint, and the influence of negative media; and urban and geographical factors, such as slums, weak infrastructure, and the lack of public services. Solutions must be found to address the reasons that drive individuals to commit crimes. Many solutions exist, including social prevention, economic reform, cultural and educational interventions, as well as urban and security planning.