From The Broadwalk Shopping Centre to Mill Yard, Bunns Lane Works and Lismirrane Industrial Park, Edgware's commercial addresses each carry different risks. We staff them with officers who live in north-west London.
Trusted Protection in Edgware
Edgware's working landscape is easy to list and harder to protect. Shoppers fill The Broadwalk; trade happens at Colindale Retail Park and Silk Bridge Retail Park; industry clusters on Mill Hill Industrial Estate, Hertsmere Industrial Park and The Hawthorn Centre. Each calls for a distinct plan. A mall wants presence on the floor and at the doors when it shuts. An estate wants gates checked and units walked overnight. Officers in our network who live nearby can handle both, logged hour by hour through GPS.
Edgware Business Profile
Our register shows 205 security workers whose homes are inside ten miles of Edgware. Seventy-five are SIA-active and available for shifts, with 15 driving their own cars between jobs. That scale lets us staff a shopping centre rota and a night patrol across several estates in the same week. BS 7858 screening applies to all, PAYE wages apply to all, and the in-house control room follows each one by GPS.
Barnet borough registers about 25,770 businesses. Professional practices lead on 4,660, builders count 3,720 and property businesses 2,770. Landlords and agents make up an unusually large 10.7% share, more than twice Britain's 4.7%, so vacant shops and offices around Edgware often need inspection visits and key holding. Tech firms also sit above the national line, 8.7% to 7.0%, and their server rooms usually want controlled entry and remote camera watching.
The Hive Stadium and StoneX Stadium both lie within 5km, alongside Reel Cinema. Wherever 200 or more people gather, Martyn's Law will set duties once it begins, and our event staff can plan admission, search and stewarding with your team. 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 Edgware
Five stations, Edgware, Burnt Oak, Canons Park, Stanmore and Mill Hill Broadway, sit inside 5km, so people move through all day. Edgware Community Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital add constant traffic, and 41 licensed premises carry trade into the evening. Twenty-one construction sites are active nearby, each a target for tool and plant theft after the crews leave.
Police note that burglary tends to rise here as autumn nights draw in. Shops and units with poor lighting are worth reviewing before the clocks change.
Services in Edgware
Edgware clients choose from the services below, whether for a single unit at Mill Yard or a group of shops.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk lists 4,357 crimes inside a one-mile circle around Edgware for September 2025 through August 2026.
Violent and sexual offences reached 1,199 and ASB was almost level on 1,171; between them they account for over half the total. Vehicle crime made 348, burglary 288 and other theft 274. The picture is improving slightly, with the latest quarter 4% lower than a year before and shop theft down 15%. Even so, 348 vehicle offences argue for patrolled car parks and camera towers at yards and dealerships.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Metropolitan Police Edgware team names three concerns: rising shoplifting at shopping streets and centres, burglary through the darker months, and persistent ASB around stations and public spaces.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Edgware.
Areas We Cover Near Edgware
We also provide officers in Harrow and Hendon, both about 3 miles from Edgware, and Finchley at roughly 4, so firms with several branches can work from one contract.
Postcodes We Cover in Edgware
The 10 postcode districts nearest central Edgware, covering parts of Barnet, Brent, Harrow and Hertsmere.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Edgware Security FAQs
Yes, along with Mill Yard, Bunns Lane Works and Hertsmere Industrial Park. Night patrols, POD intruder alarms, alarm attendance and key holding suit those estates, and every officer visit is stamped by GPS and written up for you.
Property firms make up 10.7% of Barnet's businesses, against 4.7% across Britain, so vacant premises are an important part of the local picture. We offer scheduled inspections, key holding, intruder alarms and towers while a unit waits for a tenant.
Police.uk shows shop theft down 15% on the year, but the Met's Edgware team still lists it as a priority for high streets and centres. Uniformed retail officers and plain-clothes detectives remain the main tools we use.
We have 205 security workers in our network living within ten miles. Seventy-five hold current SIA badges and are active for shifts, and 15 drive, which helps patrol routes linking estates, shops and car parks across the area.
Police.uk recorded 348 vehicle offences in Edgware's one-mile circle. Camera towers, unpredictable patrols and monitored barriers are the usual combination for car parks, forecourts and contractor compounds.
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