Chipping Barnet sits within reach of 205 registered security workers in our network, all living inside 10 miles. Seventy-five of them carry an SIA licence and take bookings across the Barnet borough.
Trusted Protection in Chipping Barnet
Chipping Barnet is a town in Greater London, and our cover here starts with numbers. The 205 registered security workers within 10 miles include 75 licensed officers available for booking and 15 who drive patrol vehicles. That depth allows us to run static posts at offices or retail units while a separate team handles mobile patrols and alarm response. Officers book on by GPS, and our 24/7 control room keeps a record of every visit.
Chipping Barnet Business Profile
Each of the 205 is screened to BS 7858 and paid through PAYE. The 15 with patrol cars cover key holding and alarm calls across the area, while the wider licensed group takes static guarding, retail and reception posts. Because so many live nearby, rotas can be filled from people who already know these streets rather than drawing on staff from across London.
Barnet has 25,770 registered businesses. Professional services lead with 4,660, construction follows with 3,720 and property with 2,770. Property's share, 10.7% against 4.7% across Great Britain, is well over double, so void property protection, vacant building inspections and key holding are in demand. Tech and communications firms, at 8.7% against 7.0%, often need access control and CCTV monitoring for offices and data rooms.
The Bull, Chickenshed and Wyllyotts Theatre are among the venues within 5km, along with the Barnet Everyman Cinema. Premises for 200 or more people will need to prepare for Martyn's Law, due in 2027, and our event officers help venues get ready. 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 Chipping Barnet
Within 5km of Chipping Barnet lie five rail stations, including High Barnet, New Barnet and Oakleigh Park, plus Barnet Hospital and The Spires Shopping Centre. Industrial sites include Hadley Manor Trading Estate, Meadow Works and Borehamwood Industrial Park. Add 46 pubs and bars, plus 18 building sites on the map. Such a varied mix needs a provider that can switch between retail guarding, estate patrols and site security without changing control rooms.
Services in Chipping Barnet
Barnet offices, landlords, shops and venues can book the services below on their own or together.
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 2,617 crimes within a mile of Chipping Barnet from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences lead with 667, with anti-social behaviour close behind on 596. Shoplifting accounts for 339, vehicle crime for 255 and other theft for 178. Compared with a year before, the most recent quarter dropped 11%, while shoplifting dropped 21%. Even with those falls, the size of the anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime counts makes patrols of car parks and closed premises a sensible investment.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Chipping Barnet falls under the Met's High Barnet team, whose priorities are retail theft, anti-social behaviour and drugs, and vehicle crime.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Chipping Barnet.
Areas We Cover Near Chipping Barnet
Barnet itself adjoins Chipping Barnet, with Elstree and Borehamwood and Southgate each 3 miles away. We cover these and the further areas listed.
Postcodes We Cover in Chipping Barnet
The 10 postcode districts nearest central Chipping Barnet, covering parts of Barnet, Hertsmere, Enfield, Broxbourne, Welwyn Hatfield and Haringey.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Chipping Barnet Security FAQs
Our network has 205 registered security workers living within 10 miles, of whom 75 are SIA-licensed and taking bookings. Fifteen drive patrol vehicles for key holding and alarm response.
Yes. Property businesses make up 10.7% of Barnet firms, more than double the national 4.7%. We offer void property protection, scheduled vacant building inspections and key holding, with photographs and notes in every digital report.
The Metropolitan Police High Barnet team lists retail theft, anti-social behaviour and drugs, and vehicle crime. Retail officers, car park patrols and CCTV towers address each of those concerns for businesses.
We do. Within 5km you will find The Bull, Chickenshed, Wyllyotts Theatre and the Barnet Everyman Cinema. Our stewards and event officers support front-of-house teams and help venues for 200 or more prepare for Martyn's Law.
Tech and communications make up 8.7% of Barnet businesses. Reception desks can be staffed for access control, with cameras checked remotely through NSI Gold accredited monitoring and alarms answered when the office is shut.
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