Gabalfa Workshops, Excelsior Road Industrial Estate and Cardiff North Retail Park all fall within a short distance of Gabalfa. We guard and patrol premises like these with 135 security workers in our network living nearby.
Trusted Protection in Gabalfa
Gabalfa's commercial map mixes small workshops with larger estates and busy shops. Fieldway Industrial Estate, Cardiff Industrial Park, Fairwater Workshops and Ely Industrial Estate sit alongside retail at Cardiff North Retail Park, Queen's Arcade and Corp Market. We tailor protection site by site: alarm response and key holding for a workshop unit, a retail officer for a shop facing the recent shoplifting rise, and patrols for estates that empty out at night.
Gabalfa Business Profile
We have 135 registered security workers in our network living within ten miles of Gabalfa, and 85 of them hold a current SIA licence and are active for shifts. That gives scope for regular teams at retail sites and dedicated patrol officers on estate routes. Each officer has passed BS 7858 vetting, is paid through PAYE, and books on and off by GPS so our control room has a full record.
Cardiff's 12,130 registered businesses are led by professional services at 1,975, then construction at 1,385 and retail at 1,020. With 55 construction sites mapped within 5km, plant protection is a steady requirement. Health and care, at 6.3% of firms compared with 4.4% nationally, suits reception security and lone-worker support, and finance at 3.1% calls for out-of-hours alarm response.
Cardiff Wales Stadium, the Cardiff Students Union Great Hall and the All Nations Centre are among nearby venues. Events for 200 or more people will be in scope of Martyn's Law once it begins, and our licensed event teams can manage searches and entry. 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 Gabalfa
The University Hospital of Wales, with its UHW Concourse shops, sits close by, as do Saint David's Hospital, Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Velindre Cancer Centre. Stations at Cathays, Heath Low Level, Heath High Level, Tŷ Glas and Birchgrove serve the area, and there are 192 pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km.
The local police list student-related issues among their priorities, so landlords and venues near term-time crowds often want door staff, patrols around shared buildings, and CCTV that is watched rather than just recorded.
Services in Gabalfa
The services listed here can be combined for any Gabalfa premises, from a single workshop to a retail unit or estate.
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 3,685 offences within a mile of Gabalfa across September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences were the biggest group at 1,137, about 31%. Anti-social behaviour reached 408, vehicle crime 399, shoplifting 388 and public order 334. The latest quarter rose 27% on the same months a year earlier, and shoplifting climbed 51%. For retailers, that sharp rise is reason to revisit store layout, staff support and guarding. Estates should note vehicle crime, which points to lit, monitored parking areas.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
South Wales Police's Gabalfa team is concentrating on student-related issues, drug dealing, and shoplifting and retail crime.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Gabalfa.
Areas We Cover Near Gabalfa
Our cover reaches Llandaff, Heath and Cathays as well, which suits businesses with more than one site in north and central Cardiff.
Postcodes We Cover in Gabalfa
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Gabalfa, covering parts of Caerphilly, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Gabalfa Security FAQs
Shoplifting within a mile of Gabalfa rose 51% in the latest figures, and the police list retail crime as a priority. A licensed retail officer deters theft, supports staff during confrontations, and records incidents in a form the police can use.
Yes. We store keys securely, attend alarm activations, and let in contractors or emergency services when you are away. Each attendance is logged through our 24/7 control room with GPS-verified timings.
Both can sit on a mobile patrol route alongside Fieldway Industrial Estate and Cardiff Industrial Park. Patrols run at irregular times, check perimeters and doors, and produce a digital report after each visit.
We supply SIA door supervisors and stewards for halls and venues such as the Cardiff Students Union Great Hall. Where an event expects 200 or more people, Martyn's Law will set duties when it starts, and we can help with entry planning.
There are 135 registered security workers in our network within ten miles, of whom 85 are SIA-active and available to be booked for shifts. All are BS 7858 vetted and employed directly on PAYE.
Free, no-obligation quote
Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day.
Book a free on-site security audit worth £250, or ask for a quote for guarding or patrols, on 0800 471 4792.
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