Gloucestershire Constabulary's Dursley and Cam team has three priorities: retail crime, rural crime and drug dealing. The first two fall squarely on local businesses, and our retail officers and rural patrols are built for both.
Trusted Protection in Dursley
Police priorities in Dursley split between town and country. Retail crime in the Cam and Dursley area affects shops on the high street, while rural crime targets farms, outbuildings and machinery in the surrounding Stroud district, where agriculture makes up 7.7% of firms. Uniformed officers and store detectives deter shop theft; rural mobile patrols, solar CCTV towers and alarm response protect land and equipment. Both produce GPS-logged reports that can be shared with the local team.
Dursley Business Profile
Stroud district has 5,810 registered businesses. Professional services lead with 1,000, construction follows with 840 and agriculture with 445. Offices mainly need key holding and alarm response, while 4 construction sites mapped within 5km call for CCTV towers and patrols to protect plant. Farms make up a larger share than the British average, so rural cover is a standing need.
Manufacturing is 6.1% of local firms against 4.6% nationally. Production sites usually want static guarding, gate access control and alarm response when the line stops. Dursley is covered from our wider officer network; every officer holds an SIA licence, is BS 7858 vetted and on PAYE, and books on by GPS.
Capone's, the Electric Picture House and The Cyder Barn are among the venues within 5km of Dursley. Dursley venues for 200 or more will need to follow Martyn's Law from spring 2027, and our event staff can help them prepare. 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 Dursley
The named places within 5km of Dursley are few but varied: Vale Community Hospital, Cam and Dursley station, a mobile phone base station at Tait's Hill, and a cluster of venues including Kingshill House Creative Centre and The Pole Barn. With 15 pubs and bars nearby, evening trade is modest. Barn venues and the countryside around them share a security need: remote locations that are quiet once guests leave.
Services in Dursley
Dursley shops, farms, factories, venues and offices can arrange the following services.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk currently holds only partial Gloucestershire records, which is why this Dursley page carries no offence totals.
Printing a fraction of the picture could mislead, so the numbers stay off this page. What the Dursley and Cam team has chosen to focus on, shop theft, countryside crime and dealing, tells you more about current pressures. To test your own building or land, we offer an audit worth £250 at no charge, checking locks, lighting, cameras, alarms and storage across 25 points.
Local Policing
Gloucestershire Constabulary's Dursley and Cam team is targeting retail crime in Cam and Dursley, tackling rural crime and acting against drug dealing in the area.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Dursley.
Areas We Cover Near Dursley
Wotton-under-Edge is 3 miles from Dursley, and Berkeley and Stonehouse are 5 miles. The rest of our nearby coverage is below.
Postcodes We Cover in Dursley
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Dursley, covering parts of Stroud, Cotswold and South Gloucestershire.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Dursley Security FAQs
Retail crime in the Cam and Dursley area is a named police priority. Uniformed retail officers and store detectives deter theft, protect staff and gather evidence that supports police action.
Rural crime is another local priority, and farming accounts for 7.7% of firms in Stroud district. We provide rural patrols at varied times, solar CCTV towers and POD intruder alarms for farms and yards.
Both are events venues within 5km of Dursley. We supply SIA-licensed event staff for entry, car parks and stewarding, and can help with Martyn's Law planning where 200 or more guests attend.
Gloucestershire's records on Police.uk are incomplete at present, and half a dataset helps nobody. A free site audit, valued at £250, gives a direct reading of how exposed your shop, farm or unit is.
Yes. Wotton-under-Edge is 3 miles away, Berkeley and Stonehouse 5 miles, and Stroud and Wickwar 7 miles. Patrols and key holding can link sites across these towns.
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