Caernarfon is a royal town on the Menai Strait, dominated by its Edwardian castle, and its hospitality trade, farms and industrial estates each need a different kind of security cover.
Trusted Protection in Caernarfon
Caernarfon's castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Gwynedd's hospitality sector runs at more than double the British share. Beyond the castle walls there is a working economy too: Cibyn Industrial Estate and Griffiths Crossing Industrial Estate host trade and production units, and farming is the largest sector in Gwynedd. Our officers provide door supervision for evening trade, mobile patrols and key holding for the estates, and rural patrols with solar CCTV towers for farms.
Caernarfon Business Profile
Our network includes 15 registered security workers who live within 10 miles of Caernarfon. Two-thirds of that group, 10 people, carry a valid SIA badge and can take bookings, and 10 drive, useful for patrols and key-holding calls across the wider area. A small, local team means familiar faces on regular sites. Every officer is BS 7858 vetted and on PAYE, and the 24/7 control room tracks each shift by GPS.
Gwynedd's 5,520 registered businesses are led by agriculture at 1,255, hospitality at 750 and construction at 745. Farming accounts for 22.7% of firms, five times the British share of 4.5%, and hospitality for 13.6%, against 6.5% nationally. The first sector needs rural patrols and towers for isolated sites; the second needs door supervisors and evening cover for pubs and venues.
Galeri, Theatr Seilo and the Yr Oval ground host audiences, and any event there expecting 200 or more people will be in scope of Martyn's Law once it takes effect. 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 Caernarfon
Caernarfon's identity is tied to its Edwardian castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its position on the Menai Strait. Around the town are 20 pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km, two arts and performance spaces, a sports ground and Ysbyty Eryri.
For businesses, the hospitality trade means busy evenings, while the industrial estates and farms around the town need protection when nobody is there. A plan that covers both is usually more effective than one built for either alone.
Services in Caernarfon
These services are available to Caernarfon businesses, from hospitality venues to farms and industrial units:
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 1,628 crimes recorded within a mile of Caernarfon over the year to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 612, about 38%, followed by anti-social behaviour at 325, shoplifting at 167, criminal damage and arson at 150 and public order at 105. The overall total for the latest three months was 20% higher than a year earlier, though shoplifting fell by 70%. For pubs and evening venues, the rise in overall crime is a reason to review door cover and CCTV.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Caernarfon falls under North Wales Police's Seiont neighbourhood team. No current priorities were published for the area when this page was prepared.
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Caernarfon.
Areas We Cover Near Caernarfon
We also cover Bangor (9 miles), Bethesda (9 miles) and Criccieth (15 miles), with every site reporting to the same control room.
Postcodes We Cover in Caernarfon
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Caernarfon, covering parts of Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Caernarfon Security FAQs
Yes. Hospitality makes up 13.6% of Gwynedd businesses, more than double the national figure, and 20 licensed pubs, bars and clubs trade inside 5km. Our SIA-licensed door supervisors can cover weekends, peak periods or individual events.
Fifteen people on our register live inside a 10-mile radius. Ten are currently SIA-licensed and open to shift bookings, and the same number own a vehicle, which matters for rural patrol rounds and key-holding calls.
We can. Mobile patrols, alarm response and key holding suit industrial units that are empty overnight. Each patrol visit is confirmed by GPS book-on, and you receive a digital report showing when your premises were checked.
Overall, yes. Police.uk shows the latest three months were 20% higher than a year earlier within a mile of the town. Shoplifting moved the other way, falling 70%. Violence and anti-social behaviour remain the largest categories.
Yes. Agriculture accounts for 22.7% of Gwynedd's businesses, the largest single sector. Rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers protect yards, machinery and outbuildings, with footage monitored by an NSI Gold accredited centre.
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