Criccieth is a small place with a large share of farms, guest businesses and pubs in its wider council area. Go Security offers patrols, key holding and CCTV suited to quiet streets and scattered rural premises.
Trusted Protection in Criccieth
The numbers say a lot about Criccieth's setting. Within 5km there is one rail station, five pubs and bars and a single mapped building site, with no industrial estate or retail park in range. Across Gwynedd, almost a quarter of businesses are farms and close to one in seven are in hospitality. Security here is less about guarding large complexes and more about keeping an eye on premises that are spread out, seasonal or empty for long periods.
Criccieth Business Profile
Gwynedd has 5,520 registered businesses. Agriculture is the biggest group with 1,255, followed by hospitality at 750 and construction at 745. Farms tend to keep expensive machinery, fuel and livestock in buildings well away from neighbours, so rural mobile patrols and solar-powered CCTV towers, which need no mains supply, are the usual answer.
Hospitality runs at more than double its British share. Guest houses, cafes and pubs need evening cover and door supervisors for busy nights, plus key holding and alarm response when owners close up out of season. Officers in our network hold SIA licences, are vetted to BS 7858 and paid through PAYE, and each visit is logged by GPS and written up in a digital report.
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 Criccieth
With no business park or shopping centre inside 5km, Criccieth's commercial life sits in its own streets and the farmland around them. Five licensed premises and a rail station make up most of the mapped activity.
That kind of setting produces particular risks. Holiday lets and seasonal businesses can stand empty for weeks, and farm buildings are often out of sight of any road. Scheduled patrols, monitored alarms and CCTV that alerts our 24/7 control room fill the gaps left when nobody is about.
Services in Criccieth
The services below match Criccieth's mix of farms, hospitality businesses and properties left empty between seasons.
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 84 crimes within a mile of Criccieth in the twelve months from September 2025.
That is a low total. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 35, about 42%, and anti-social behaviour for 19. Other theft numbered nine and criminal damage and arson eight. The latest quarter came in 8% below the same months a year before. For a business owner, the relevant points are anti-social behaviour around premises and opportunist theft from empty buildings, both of which patrols and alarms are designed to deter.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Criccieth neighbourhood team of North Wales Police lists anti-social behaviour, drugs and speeding as its priorities.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Criccieth.
Areas We Cover Near Criccieth
From Criccieth we also cover Porthmadog, 4 miles away, as well as Pwllheli at 8 miles and Harlech at 7.
Postcodes We Cover in Criccieth
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Criccieth, covering parts of Gwynedd.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Criccieth Security FAQs
Agriculture makes up 22.7% of Gwynedd businesses, compared with 4.5% across Britain. Rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers are designed for yards and sheds without mains power or close neighbours, and alerts go to our 24/7 control room.
Yes. With hospitality at 13.6% of local firms, many premises close for part of the year. Key holding, alarm response and scheduled mobile patrols check that doors, windows and outbuildings stay secure while you are away.
We provide SIA-licensed door supervisors for licensed premises, including busy weekends and events. There are five pubs and bars within 5km, and anti-social behaviour is one of the Criccieth policing team's stated priorities.
Police.uk shows 84 crimes within a mile over the year to August 2026, with the last three months 8% lower than a year earlier. Violence and sexual offences made up 35 of them.
Construction accounts for 745 Gwynedd businesses, and one site is mapped within 5km of Criccieth. CCTV towers and out-of-hours patrols help protect plant, tools and materials when the site is closed.
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Ring 0800 471 4792 for a quote, or ask for a free on-site security audit covering your Criccieth farm, guest house or business.
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