Andover's audiences gather at The Lights theatre, the Odeon and Norman Court Farm, and 36 licensed premises serve them before and after. Our stewards, door teams and guards work right across Test Valley.
Trusted Protection in Andover
Andover has a clear set of venues within 5km: The Lights for theatre, the Odeon for film and Norman Court Farm for events and functions. Add 36 pubs, bars and clubs and the town has a steady evening trade. Hampshire Constabulary's local team names violent crime and anti-social behaviour as priorities, which is why trained door supervisors and event officers matter here. We provide both, with GPS book-on and our own control room behind every shift.
Andover Business Profile
Test Valley has 5,795 registered businesses. Professional services lead at 995, construction follows at 830 and business services at 465. Manufacturing stands at 5.7% against 4.6% nationally, so production sites here often need static guarding, access control and alarm response. Wholesale, at 4.4% against 3.6%, adds warehouses that call for gatehouse control, warehouse guarding and mobile patrols.
Anton, Glenmore and Walworth business parks, Portway Industrial Estate and Andover Business Park all fall within 5km. Officers we send to these sites hold SIA licences, have passed BS 7858 vetting and are paid through PAYE. Every visit is confirmed by GPS, and digital reports show exactly when gates, doors and alarms were checked.
The Lights, the Odeon and Norman Court Farm are the named venues near Andover. Premises and events for 200 or more people will be brought within Martyn's Law once it takes effect, and our event officers can help organisers plan for it. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Andover
Shoppers use the Chantry Centre and three retail parks: Northern Avenue, Churchill and Enham Arch. Andover War Memorial Hospital and the town's rail station sit within 5km, with 2 mapped construction sites. Police list rural crime among their priorities too, a reminder that farms and depots on the edge of town need watching as much as the shops and venues in the centre.
Services in Andover
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Crime & Security Data
Police.uk logged 2,944 offences within a mile of Andover from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences make up 1,184, about 40% of the total. Anti-social behaviour follows on 508, public order on 275, shoplifting on 269 and criminal damage and arson on 181. Comparing like-for-like quarters, crime climbed 13%, while shop theft leapt by two thirds. Venues have a strong case for trained door staff, while stores in the Chantry Centre and on the retail parks have reason to consider guards.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Andover Town team of Hampshire Constabulary has three priorities: violent crime, rural crime and anti-social behaviour.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Andover.
Areas We Cover Near Andover
Whitchurch is 6 miles from Andover, Ludgershall 7 miles and Tidworth 8 miles. We also serve the other towns listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Andover
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Andover, covering parts of Test Valley, Basingstoke and Deane, Wiltshire, Winchester and Eastleigh.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Andover Security FAQs
Yes. We provide licensed event officers and stewards for theatres, function venues and outdoor events around Andover. They manage entry, capacity and incidents, and log every shift through our control room.
At that size Martyn's Law will come into play once it starts, asking operators for written protective measures and trained people. A free walk-round from us checks what you already do and suggests the stewarding that would close any gaps.
The numbers back that up: 269 shoplifting offences inside a mile, and a 67% jump over twelve months. A uniformed officer at the entrance of a Chantry Centre unit, or a store on Northern Avenue or Churchill Retail Park, puts off casual thieves.
Wholesale businesses make up 4.4% of Test Valley firms against 3.6% nationally. We offer gatehouse control, warehouse guarding and mobile patrols for units on sites such as Andover Business Park and Portway.
Rural crime is a named Andover Town police priority. For farms and outlying sites we provide mobile patrols, alarm response and solar CCTV towers that need no mains supply.
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