Almost three in ten West Devon businesses are farms, and that shapes how we protect Chagford. Our work here centres on rural mobile patrols, solar CCTV towers and alarm response for yards, barns and outlying property.
Trusted Protection in Chagford
Agriculture accounts for 940 of West Devon's 3,195 registered businesses, a 29.4% share that dwarfs the 4.5% British average. Around Chagford that means tractors, quad bikes, fuel and tools kept in buildings far from the road. We cover the town through our wider officer network, with patrols dispatched by a 24/7 control room and cameras watched by an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre. Every attendance is GPS-logged, so owners can see exactly when their property was checked.
Chagford Business Profile
Behind agriculture, construction contributes 370 firms and professional services 295. Builders' yards and vans carry tools that are easy to resell, while small offices mostly need alarm response and key holding rather than a guard on the door. A short, regular patrol round can take in several of these clients in turn, which keeps costs sensible for rural premises.
We do not have a resident team based in Chagford itself, so we draw officers from across our network and set the visit pattern in advance. All of them are SIA-licensed, screened to BS 7858 and employed on PAYE. Solar CCTV towers watched by an NSI Gold accredited centre fill the hours between visits, which suits farms where mains power is a long way from the yard.
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 Chagford
The named places within 5km of Chagford are limited to the Castle Drogo Hydro Electric Plant, six licensed premises and no mapped construction sites. Security here is less about footfall and more about outlying assets. Plant at a utility site, equipment in a barn and stock in a pub cellar all share one weakness: long periods with nobody close by. Intruder alarms linked to an attending officer close that gap.
Services in Chagford
These services suit Chagford's farms, pubs and outlying sites, from camera towers to key holding.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk recorded 29 offences within a mile of Chagford in the year from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 11 of those, with other theft at 6, criminal damage and arson at 3, other crime at 3 and public order at 2. These are small numbers, and most farm theft happens outside a one-mile radius anyway. The theft and damage categories are the ones that touch businesses directly. A free audit is the clearest way to judge how exposed your own yard or building is.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Devon & Cornwall Police's Okehampton Rural East team covers Chagford, focusing on anti-social behaviour, drug-related activity and road safety across West Devon.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Chagford.
Areas We Cover Near Chagford
Moretonhampstead, Bovey Tracey and Okehampton are among the towns we cover alongside Chagford, each listed with its distance below.
Postcodes We Cover in Chagford
The 4 postcode districts nearest central Chagford, covering parts of South Hams, Teignbridge, West Devon, Mid Devon, Torridge, Exeter and North Devon.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Chagford Security FAQs
We cover Chagford from our wider network rather than a local resident team. Visits are planned in advance, an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre covers CCTV towers and alarms between patrols, and our 24/7 control room records every attendance by GPS.
With 940 farm businesses in West Devon, rural theft is the main concern. Solar CCTV towers need no mains supply, POD alarms can protect individual sheds, and mobile patrols visit at changing times to avoid a predictable routine.
Police.uk shows 29 offences within a mile over twelve months, including 6 other thefts and 3 cases of criminal damage or arson. Figures this small give a limited picture, so we recommend a free audit of your site.
Sites such as the Castle Drogo Hydro Electric Plant are often unstaffed for long spells. Monitored cameras, intruder alarms and scheduled patrols with digital reports are the usual approach for that kind of property.
Yes. Construction is the second largest sector, with 370 firms. We protect yards and compounds with CCTV towers and out-of-hours patrols, and can arrange key holding for builders who store vans and tools overnight.
Free, no-obligation quote
Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day.
Phone 0800 471 4792 to discuss cover, or book a free security audit, usually £250, for your farm or premises near Chagford.
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