In Chester-le-Street, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting sit just behind violent crime in the Police.uk figures, so Go Security focuses on visible retail officers, town-centre patrols and locked-up checks for the industrial estates.
Trusted Protection in Chester-le-Street
Police.uk logged 2,553 offences inside a one-mile radius of Chester-le-Street across the last twelve months, 456 were anti-social behaviour and 379 were shoplifting. Criminal damage and arson added 322. Those three categories are the ones that land on shopkeepers and site owners, and they explain why the local police are concentrating on youth disorder around Front Street. We answer with uniformed patrols, retail officers and alarm response, drawing on 60 people registered with us locally, 30 of whom hold SIA licences and can be booked.
Chester-le-Street Business Profile
Our network has 60 security workers registered within 10 miles of the town, and 30 of them are SIA-licensed and active for shifts. All are BS 7858 vetted, employed through PAYE and tracked by GPS book-on, with our in-house control room watching every shift.
County Durham has 14,820 registered businesses. Construction is the largest sector at 2,470, followed by professional services at 1,730 and agriculture at 1,305. Farming accounts for 8.8% of firms against 4.5% nationally, which calls for rural patrols and solar CCTV towers. Utilities are also slightly above average at 0.8% against 0.6%, needing critical-site guarding and remote monitoring.
Riverside Ground and The Woodlands host crowds near the town, so organisers expecting 200 or more should start preparing for the Martyn's Law duties due in 2027. 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 Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street's industrial land is grouped into four estates, Stella Gill, Drum, Wear and Sedgeletch, while St Cuthbert's Walk Shopping Centre anchors retail. The town has its own station and community hospital, and around 43 pubs and bars within 5km. Mapping shows nine construction sites close by. Police also note anti-social use of off-road and electric bikes on the South Pelaw and North Lodge route, a concern for any site with open perimeters.
Services in Chester-le-Street
Choose from the services below for your Chester-le-Street premises, each managed through our 24/7 control room.
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 2,553 offences within a mile of Chester-le-Street for September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences were the largest group at 798, roughly 31%. Anti-social behaviour reached 456, shoplifting 379, criminal damage and arson 322 and public order 171. Total crime in the latest three months was 4% lower than the year before, a gentle fall. For businesses the practical concerns are theft from shops, damage to property and groups gathering near premises after hours.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Durham Constabulary's Chester-le-Street (Town Central) team is running high-visibility patrols, tackling youth anti-social behaviour around the Front Street and targeting off-road and electric bike misuse.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Chester-le-Street.
Areas We Cover Near Chester-le-Street
We also cover Washington (4 miles), Stanley (5 miles) and Durham (5 miles) from the same control room.
Postcodes We Cover in Chester-le-Street
The 5 postcode districts nearest central Chester-le-Street, covering parts of County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Chester-le-Street Security FAQs
Shoplifting was the third largest category within a mile of the town, at 379 offences over the year. Uniformed retail officers and store detectives can work in individual stores or across St Cuthbert's Walk Shopping Centre.
The Town Central team lists youth anti-social behaviour around the Front Street as a priority, alongside high-visibility patrols. Private patrols on your premises add a deterrent where groups gather after closing.
Yes. Key holding, alarm response and locked-up patrols suit units on Stella Gill, Drum, Wear and Sedgeletch estates. Each visit is logged with GPS and a digital report.
There are 60 security workers in our network within 10 miles. Thirty hold a current SIA licence and are active for shifts, giving a local pool for guarding and patrol work.
Agriculture makes up 8.8% of County Durham businesses, almost double the national share. We supply rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers that run without mains power.
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