Coleford is a working Gloucestershire town where stone, timber and drinks production sit side by side, and its industrial sites need protection that suits long nights and open ground.
Trusted Protection in Coleford
Ask what Coleford makes and the answer is varied. Cannop Stoneworks, the timber yard run by International Timber, Coleford Works and the Lucozade Ribena Suntory plant all sit within 5km, alongside the Forest of Dean Business Estate. Raw materials stacked outdoors, valuable machinery and lorries arriving early make a different set of risks from a typical high street. Static guards at gates, patrols through the night and alarm response are the services those sites tend to need.
Coleford Business Profile
Coleford work is staffed from around Gloucestershire by SIA cardholders who passed BS 7858 checks and are paid via PAYE. A site manager can watch patrol visits arrive in the GPS log and read a digital report after each visit, with photos of anything that needs attention.
The district counts 3,805 registered businesses, with construction first, farming second and professional services third. Farming forms 13.1% of local firms, far beyond Britain's 4.5%, and the motor trade is 4.5% versus 3.0%. Outlying farms suit solar camera towers and countryside patrols; garages and car sales sites suit forecourt cameras and overnight checks to stop vehicles going missing.
The Studio Cinema and the Pavillion Conference Centre host audiences and meetings in Coleford. When an audience passes 200, Martyn's Law will apply once it starts, and our event crews can help you prepare for it. 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 Coleford
Coleford sits in Gloucestershire, in England's south-west, and industry shapes its outskirts. Rookwood, Perrygrove and Oakiron stations are within reach, and the Great Oaks Hospice is a short distance away.
Police have named shoplifting as a priority, so smaller shops in the centre face their own pressures. A uniformed officer at busy times, and a patrol after closing, support staff without needing a full-time guard.
Services in Coleford
These are the services that suit Coleford, led by industrial guarding, patrols and key holding.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Local offence figures would appear here, but the data for Coleford is incomplete at the moment.
The county police force has stopped short of supplying complete records to Police.uk, so we have nothing reliable to display. A walk round your premises gives a better picture than partial numbers: our free audit checks perimeter fencing, lighting, locks and alarms and produces a written list of recommendations.
Local Policing
Coleford's officers are working to cut shoplifting, tackle drug dealing and related nuisance, and reduce serious road collisions in the Forest.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Coleford.
Areas We Cover Near Coleford
Our Coleford coverage extends to Monmouth, about 4 miles away, and to Cinderford and Lydney at around 6, which suits firms with more than one site in the area.
Postcodes We Cover in Coleford
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Coleford, covering parts of Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, County of.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Coleford Security FAQs
Yes. With Cannop Stoneworks, Coleford Works and the Lucozade Ribena Suntory plant nearby, industrial guarding fits the area. We provide gate officers for access control, overnight patrols and alarm response, all logged through our control room.
Gloucestershire Constabulary has made reducing shoplifting a Coleford priority. One answer is a uniformed officer through peak trading and store detectives where stock goes missing, with written reports after each shift.
Not yet. Police.uk is missing parts of the county's records, so totals would mislead. A complimentary walk-round of your premises gives a more honest reading of the risk.
Open yards such as the International Timber site carry stock that is hard to watch. CCTV towers monitored by an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre, plus patrols at changing times, deter theft and give early warning of intruders.
Farming accounts for 13.1% of Forest of Dean firms and the motor trade 4.5%, each higher than in Britain overall. Farms suit rural patrols and solar camera towers; forecourts suit monitored cameras and overnight checks.
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