Cyncoed, a residential and commercial district of Cardiff, has 95 licensed officers from our network living within 10 miles, so a sudden need for a guard after a break-in or alarm failure can be met from a local pool.
Trusted Protection in Cyncoed
Unexpected gaps in security happen: a door forced overnight, a contractor's guard who does not turn up, or an alarm system that fails before a weekend. For Cyncoed businesses, our 24/7 control room takes emergency bookings at any hour and draws on 160 security workers registered within 10 miles, 95 of them licensed and active for shifts. Options include static guards, key holding, alarm response, mobile patrols and CCTV towers for exposed sites.
Cyncoed Business Profile
Cardiff's register lists 12,130 businesses, headed by 1,975 in professional services, 1,385 in construction and 1,020 in retail. Forty-one building plots are mapped inside 5km of Cyncoed, and when hoarding is damaged those compounds may suddenly need a CCTV tower or a guard. Health and care stands at 6.3% versus 4.4% nationally, and finance at 3.1% versus 2.1%; both lean on reception security and out-of-hours alarm response.
Of the 160 people registered with us inside that 10-mile radius, 95 are currently licensed by the SIA, and 15 run cars for patrol and key-holding duties. Screening follows BS 7858, wages run through PAYE, and nothing is passed to subcontractors. A GPS book-on starts every attendance and a digital patrol report closes it, so clients see what was checked even when the request came overnight.
The National Indoor Athletics Centre, The Globe and The Gate are within 5km. Venues for 200 or more will need to meet Martyn's Law from 2027, and our event security officers can help with entry screening and stewarding. 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 Cyncoed
Within 5km of Cyncoed sit the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Spire Cardiff Hospital, alongside business locations such as Pentwyn Business Centre, Fieldway Industrial Estate and Cardiff Industrial Park. Shoppers use Pentwyn Retail Park, Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park and Dragon Retail Park. Five stations, including Heath High Level, Llanishen and Tŷ Glas, are in the same radius, and 179 pubs, bars and nightclubs keep parts of the area active late.
Services in Cyncoed
Each link below covers a service we can set up for a Cyncoed office, clinic, retail unit, building plot or venue.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Over September 2025 to August 2026, Police.uk logged 1,667 offences in the mile surrounding Cyncoed.
Violence and sexual offences came to 645, roughly 39% of that figure. Anti-social behaviour stood at 210, public order at 174, criminal damage and arson at 123 and vehicle crime at 121. Measured against twelve months before, the most recent quarter edged up 1%, whereas shoplifting dropped 29%. Damage and vehicle offences are the ones most likely to prompt an unplanned call-out, so having key holding and alarm response arranged in advance is sensible.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Road safety and vehicle crime are the two issues the Cyncoed team at South Wales Police has chosen to concentrate on.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Cyncoed.
Areas We Cover Near Cyncoed
Pentwyn, Heath, Penylan and Llanishen are each about a mile from Cyncoed. We provide cover across these and the other districts listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Cyncoed
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Cyncoed, covering parts of Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport and Vale of Glamorgan.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Cyncoed Security FAQs
Our 24/7 control room accepts urgent bookings at any time. With 95 SIA-licensed officers in our network living within 10 miles of Cyncoed, we can look for local cover after a break-in, alarm failure or staff gap.
Yes. Health and care represents 6.3% of Cardiff firms compared with 4.4% for Britain, and several hospitals sit inside 5km. Our officers can staff receptions, support lone workers and provide out-of-hours cover for surgeries and clinics.
Vehicle crime is a stated priority for the local police team, with 121 offences within a mile. Car park patrols, CCTV monitoring and alarm response help deter theft from and of vehicles.
Yes. Cardiff has 1,385 construction businesses, and 41 plots show on the map within 5km of Cyncoed. Options include CCTV towers, a guard on the gate and night patrol visits, plus emergency cover if a fence line is breached.
Pentwyn, Heath, Penylan and Llanishen are each roughly a mile from Cyncoed, and Pontprennau, Roath, Lisvane and Cathays lie about 2 miles away. All of them fall within our Cardiff cover.
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Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day.
Ring 0800 471 4792 for urgent cover or a price, or ask us to carry out a free security audit, normally £250, at your Cyncoed premises.
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