# Ashford, Kent: Emergency Guards & Alarm Response | Go Security > Police.uk logged 4,195 offences within a mile of Ashford in a year. Emergency guarding, key holding and alarm response for Kent shops, offices and estates. Source: https://gosecurity.uk/security-ashford.html --- [Home](https://gosecurity.uk/) / [Locations](https://gosecurity.uk/locations.html) / Ashford, Kent # Security Services in Ashford A forced shutter at Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate or a failed alarm at a County Square unit needs dealing with before the next trading day. Our 24/7 control room arranges guards, key holders and patrols across Ashford. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote ✓ SIA-Licensed Officers✓ 24/7 Control Room✓ 100% PAYE Workforce✓ BS 7858 Vetted Trusted Protection in Ashford ## Emergency cover across Ashford Ashford's commercial estate is broad: Mace, Henwood and Cobbs Wood Industrial Estates, Fairwood Industrial Park, Heron Business Centre, and shopping at County Square, Warren Retail Park and the Ashford Designer Outlet Village. When one of those premises is left insecure after an incident, an officer can be booked through our control room at any hour, and every attendance is logged with GPS. With 4,195 recorded offences within a mile, unplanned problems are a realistic prospect. - 24/7 control room for alarms and key holding - 4,195 offences recorded within one mile - Finance at 5.5% of Ashford businesses - 22 construction sites mapped within 5km Get a Quote [View Ashford on OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Ashford%2C%20Kent) Ashford Business Profile ## Ashford's business mix and our cover Ashford borough has 6,630 registered businesses. Construction is the largest group at 1,115, with professional services at 995 and business services at 550. Finance stands out at 5.5% against a British 2.1%, so offices often need corporate reception security and out-of-hours alarm response. Agriculture, at 6.1% versus 4.5%, adds farms that benefit from rural patrols and solar CCTV towers. Officers for Ashford come from our wider network of SIA-licensed guards. Each one has passed BS 7858 vetting and is a PAYE employee, and every patrol, call-out or static shift is booked on by GPS with a digital report. That record is useful for insurers after a break-in and for showing landlords that empty units were checked. 6,630 Registered businesses in Ashford 22 Active construction sites mapped within 5 km 31 Pubs, bars & nightclubs within 5 km ### Estates, shopping and venues in Ashford - **Industrial & business parks:** Mace Industrial Estate, Heron Business Centre, Henwood Industrial Estate, Fairwood Industrial Park, Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate and Creative enterprise quarter - **Retail parks & shopping centres:** County Square Shopping Centre, Riverside Business Park, Warren Retail Park, Ashford Designer Outlet Village, Eureka Entertainment Park and Gallagher Retail Park - **Hospitals:** The One Ashford Hospital, WIlliam Harvey Hospital and William Harvey Hospital (Ashford) - **Rail stations:** Ashford International ### Venues & Martyn's Law Cineworld Ashford, the Julie Rose Stadium and the Cameo nightclub are among the venues within 5km. Events for 200 or more people will carry Martyn's Law duties when they begin, and our stewards and door staff can help organisers prepare. [What Martyn's Law means for venues](https://gosecurity.uk/blog-martyns-law.html). Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © [OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Updated October 2026. Security Requirements in Ashford ## Outlet shopping, estates and a busy station Ashford International station anchors the town, and retail ranges from County Square Shopping Centre to Gallagher Retail Park and the Designer Outlet Village. Eureka Entertainment Park adds leisure, William Harvey Hospital lies within range, and 22 mapped construction sites show ongoing development. With 31 pubs and bars inside 5km, cover runs from daytime retail officers to night-time door staff and patrols of building plots. [Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashford_(Kent)_Town_Centre,_High_Street,_February_2012_Snow.jpg) by Flaviana Di Summa, CC BY-SA 3.0 Services in Ashford Ashford shops, offices, industrial units and building sites can book the following services for urgent or ongoing needs. [Security guarding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#guards) · [Mobile patrols](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#mobile) · [Key holding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#keyholding) · [Alarm response](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#alarm) · [Event security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#event) · [K9 security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#canine) · [CCTV towers](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#tower) · [CCTV monitoring](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#monitoring) · [POD intruder alarms](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#pod) Crime & Security Data ## Ashford's recorded crime Police.uk recorded 4,195 offences within a mile of central Ashford between September 2025 and August 2026. Violence and sexual offences account for 1,418, about a third, followed by anti-social behaviour on 880 and shoplifting on 531. Criminal damage and arson reaches 312 and other theft 264. The overall quarterly trend is flat, unchanged on a year earlier, while shoplifting fell 46%. Kent Police still list shoplifting and nuisance behaviour among their priorities, so retailers have reason to keep deterrents in place. 4,195 Recorded crimes in 12 months 1,418 Violence & sexual offences 880 Anti-social behaviour 531 Shoplifting 312 Criminal damage & arson 264 Other theft Source: [Police.uk](https://www.police.uk) open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate. Local Policing ## Kent Police: Victoria team Ashford's Victoria neighbourhood team names e-scooters and e-bikes, shoplifting and nuisance anti-social behaviour as its current priorities. Victoria Kent Police **Current neighbourhood priorities:** - E-scooters and E-bikes. - Theft - shoplifting. - Antisocial behaviour - nuisance. [View this team on Police.uk →](https://www.police.uk) Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Ashford. Areas We Cover Near Ashford ## Kent towns we also cover From Ashford our patrols and guards reach Tenterden at 10 miles, Faversham at 12 miles and Canterbury at 13 miles, along with the other towns below. [Tenterden](https://gosecurity.uk/security-tenterden.html) [Hythe](https://gosecurity.uk/security-hythe.html) [Faversham](https://gosecurity.uk/security-faversham.html) [New Romney](https://gosecurity.uk/security-new-romney.html) [Canterbury](https://gosecurity.uk/security-canterbury.html) [Hawkinge](https://gosecurity.uk/security-hawkinge.html) [Lydd](https://gosecurity.uk/security-lydd.html) [Folkestone](https://gosecurity.uk/security-folkestone.html) [Sittingbourne](https://gosecurity.uk/security-sittingbourne.html) [Rye](https://gosecurity.uk/security-rye.html) [Fordwich](https://gosecurity.uk/security-fordwich.html) [Cranbrook](https://gosecurity.uk/security-cranbrook.html) Postcodes We Cover in Ashford ### Ashford postcode coverage The 4 postcode districts nearest central Ashford, covering parts of Ashford and Folkestone and Hythe. TN24TN23TN25TN26 Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? [Check coverage](https://gosecurity.uk/coverage.html). Ashford Security FAQs ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you send a guard in Ashford after a break-in? Phone 0800 471 4792. Our 24/7 control room will arrange an SIA-licensed officer from our network to secure the site, and a GPS-logged report will show when they arrived and what they checked. ### Do you provide key holding for Ashford offices? Yes. Finance businesses make up 5.5% of Ashford's total, more than double the British share. Our key holders respond to alarm activations, inspect the premises and reset systems out of hours. ### Can you cover units on Ashford's industrial estates? We can. Sites such as Henwood Industrial Estate, Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate and Fairwood Industrial Park suit mobile patrols, alarm response and static guarding when a unit is vulnerable. ### Is shoplifting still a concern in Ashford? Shoplifting fell 46% but still totalled 531 offences within a mile, and Kent Police list it as a priority. Uniformed officers at stores in County Square or the Designer Outlet Village act as a visible deterrent. ### Which towns near Ashford do you cover? We cover Tenterden at 10 miles, Hythe at 11 miles, Faversham and New Romney at 12 miles, and Canterbury at 13 miles, plus other towns listed on this page. Free, no-obligation quote ## Get a security quote in Ashford Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day. - SIA-licensed, BS 7858 vetted officers on PAYE - 24/7 control room for urgent cover - Prefer to talk? Call [0800 471 4792](tel:+448004714792), day or night ## Get Ashford cover arranged Call 0800 471 4792 to arrange urgent or planned cover, or ask for a free on-site audit, worth £250, for your Ashford premises. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote --- Go Security Ltd, Unit 2K1, Hastingwood Business Park, Wood Lane, Birmingham B24 9QR. Tel 0800 471 4792 (24/7 control room). 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