Sussex Police's Regency Business team has named youth anti-social behaviour and shoplifting, drug dealing that affects local firms, and residential ASB as its priorities. Our Brighton & Hove security work is planned to support those aims on private premises.
Trusted Protection in Brighton & Hove
Brighton & Hove traders face the same issues the police have chosen to focus on. Young people causing trouble in shops, dealing that spills into doorways and nuisance near homes all land on businesses first. We respond with uniformed retail officers and store detectives, door supervisors for the 289 licensed premises within 5km, and CCTV watched by an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre. Every incident our officers handle is written up in a report clients can pass to the police.
Brighton & Hove Business Profile
Brighton and Hove has 14,040 registered businesses. Professional services lead with 2,750, tech and communications follow with 1,800 and construction with 1,530. That tech share of 12.8% is close to double the British 7.0%, so access control for offices and data sites, plus monitored cameras out of hours, is a regular requirement. Utilities sit at 0.9% against 0.6%, adding a few critical sites that need guarding or remote monitoring.
Thirty security workers in our network are registered within 10 miles, and 15 of those are licensed by the SIA and can be booked. We supplement them with officers from further afield for larger events or seasonal contracts. All are BS 7858 vetted and on PAYE. Twenty-seven construction sites are mapped within 5km, where we use CCTV towers and patrols.
The Theatre Royal, Fabrica, Chalk and Tide Club are among the venues within reach. Spaces for 200 or more people will take on Martyn's Law obligations after the expected spring start, and our event security team can set up search, stewarding and evacuation arrangements. 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 Brighton & Hove
Churchill Square Shopping Centre, Pavilion Retail Park and Goldstone Retail Park anchor the retail side, alongside Brighton Flea Market. The Royal Sussex County Hospital, The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital and The Montefiore Hospital serve the area, and Brighton and London Road stations bring a constant flow of people. Busy shopping centres and hospital entrances both benefit from calm, visible officers.
Nightlife runs late, with clubs such as Lola Lo and Chalk. Trained door teams, search procedures and cameras that are actively watched keep queues orderly.
Services in Brighton & Hove
From shop floors and club doors to tech offices and building sites, these services suit Brighton & Hove.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk shows 17,429 recorded offences within a mile of the centre over September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences were the largest category at 4,693, with anti-social behaviour at 3,480, shoplifting at 3,086, public order at 1,581 and other theft at 1,167. The latest quarter was level with a year before, so the pressure has not eased. Shoplifting at this scale, linked by the police to youth ASB, makes a strong case for store detectives and monitored CCTV alongside shop staff.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Regency Business team of Sussex Police is focusing on youth anti-social behaviour including shoplifting, drug dealing affecting businesses and residents, and ASB in residential streets.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Brighton & Hove.
Areas We Cover Near Brighton & Hove
Shoreham-by-Sea, Lewes and Peacehaven are among the towns we cover beyond Brighton & Hove, each shown below with its distance.
Postcodes We Cover in Brighton & Hove
The 5 postcode districts nearest central Brighton & Hove, covering parts of Brighton and Hove, Lewes, Mid Sussex and Adur.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Brighton & Hove Security FAQs
Sussex Police's Regency Business team lists youth anti-social behaviour including shoplifting, drug dealing that affects businesses and residents, and residential ASB. Our officers keep written records of incidents, which helps clients report what they see.
No service can stop it entirely, but Police.uk recorded 3,086 shoplifting offences within a mile, so deterrence matters. Uniformed retail officers, store detectives and CCTV monitoring through an NSI Gold accredited centre are the usual combination.
Yes. There are 289 pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km. Our door supervisors are SIA-licensed and BS 7858 vetted, and work regular rotas or one-off nights at clubs and bars across the city.
Tech and communications make up 12.8% of local businesses, against 7.0% nationally. Access control, reception officers and out-of-hours CCTV monitoring protect equipment and data, with alarm response if a sensor is triggered.
Any venue that can hold 200 or more people will be brought into Martyn's Law when it begins. For theatres, arts centres such as Fabrica and larger clubs, we help with search policies, stewarding plans and evacuation procedures in advance.
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