Bentham combines a railway station and a small industrial estate with farmland that shapes much of North Yorkshire, where 18% of businesses work in agriculture. We look after farms, units and pubs here with patrols, towers and alarm response.
Trusted Protection in Bentham
Within 5km of Bentham there are just a handful of named commercial sites: Bentham Industrial Estate, Ingleton Trading Estate, Kidde Fire Products and Clifford Hall Farm. There is one station, 11 pubs and bars and 2 mapped construction sites. Recorded crime is low, at 52 offences within a mile in a year. Here, security is mainly about property left unattended overnight, especially farm machinery and estate units, rather than busy streets or large events.
Bentham Business Profile
North Yorkshire counts 32,560 registered businesses. Agriculture is the largest sector with 5,860, then professional services with 4,160 and construction with 3,960. A farming share four times the British average means a great deal of equipment, fuel and livestock housed away from homes. Rural mobile patrols on varied timings and solar CCTV towers that need no mains supply suit that kind of property well.
Hospitality accounts for 8.0% of the county's firms, against 6.5% nationally, so pubs and guest businesses may need evening cover or door staff on busier nights. Bentham is served from our wider officer pool rather than a local base. Each officer holds an SIA licence, has passed BS 7858 vetting and is on PAYE, and GPS book-on produces a report for every call.
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 Bentham
The local police team's priorities say a good deal about Bentham's setting. Officers are looking at cannabis cultivation around Settle and North Craven, visitor-related trouble at local beauty spots and e-bikes ridden anti-socially. For landowners and rural businesses, that means outbuildings, empty barns and car parks need checking, and alarms need someone ready to respond.
Services in Bentham
Any of these services can be arranged for a Bentham farm, estate unit, pub or outlying property.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
In the twelve months to August 2026, Police.uk logged just 52 offences inside a one-mile radius of Bentham.
Violence and sexual offences make up 20 of that small total, anti-social behaviour 11 and other theft 6, while shoplifting and vehicle crime register 4 apiece. For a business, the risk lies less in volume than in isolation: a single break-in at a remote yard may go unnoticed for hours. Monitored alarms and patrol checks close that gap.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
North Yorkshire Police's Ingleton team covers Bentham. It is focusing on cannabis growing in Settle and North Craven, problems caused by visitors at scenic spots, and nuisance e-bike riding.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Bentham.
Areas We Cover Near Bentham
Kirkby Lonsdale lies 8 miles from Bentham, Settle 9 miles and Carnforth 11 miles. Other places we cover are listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Bentham
The 4 postcode districts nearest central Bentham, covering parts of Lancaster, North Yorkshire, Westmorland and Furness and Wyre.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Bentham Security FAQs
Yes. Farming accounts for 18% of North Yorkshire's registered businesses, four times the British rate, so rural cover is central here. We run mobile patrols at irregular hours and put up solar CCTV towers watched by an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre.
The Police.uk total for a one-mile radius was 52 offences over the year, with violence and sexual offences the largest group at 20. Low numbers still leave remote sites exposed, and a free audit will show where yours is vulnerable.
Units on Bentham Industrial Estate and Ingleton Trading Estate can have key holding, alarm response and mobile patrols. Officers book on by GPS at each visit, and you receive a digital patrol report afterwards.
The Ingleton team's list covers cannabis cultivation around Settle and North Craven, visitor problems at beauty spots and nuisance e-bikes. Routine checks on empty barns and outbuildings help owners notice misuse early.
Our Bentham cover extends to Kirkby Lonsdale 8 miles away, Settle at 9 miles, Carnforth at 11 miles and Lancaster at 13 miles. Patrol routes and key holding can link properties across those towns.
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Have us survey your Bentham farm or business with a free security audit, normally £250, or phone 0800 471 4792 for a price.
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