# Gateacre Security for Retail & Business Parks | Go Security > Belle Vale Shopping Center, New Mersey Shopping Park and Venture Point Industrial Park lie within 5km of Gateacre. Guards, patrols and CCTV for Liverpool firms. Source: https://gosecurity.uk/security-gateacre.html --- [Home](https://gosecurity.uk/) / [Locations](https://gosecurity.uk/locations.html) / Gateacre, Liverpool # Security Services in Gateacre Gateacre is surrounded by commerce: Belle Vale Shopping Center, Halewood Shopping Centre and New Mersey Shopping Park for retail, and Venture Point, Compass and Triumph for business. We guard and patrol sites across this corner of Liverpool. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote ✓ SIA-Licensed Officers✓ 24/7 Control Room✓ 100% PAYE Workforce✓ BS 7858 Vetted Trusted Protection in Gateacre ## Named sites within a short drive Inside 5km of Gateacre are six business and industrial locations, from Estuary Commerce Park and Interchange Motorway Estate to Boulevard Industry Park, plus retail destinations including Boulevard Retail Park and Liverpool Shopping Park. Each has different exposure. Shopping parks see daytime theft and evening loitering in car parks, while business parks sit empty overnight. Matching static officers, mobile patrols and CCTV towers to each site keeps cover proportionate. - Six business and industrial parks within 5km - Five shopping parks and centres nearby - 30 SIA-active officers in our local network - Recorded crime 10% below a year earlier Get a Quote [View Gateacre on OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Gateacre%2C%20Liverpool) Gateacre Business Profile ## Officers and the Liverpool economy Forty-five security workers registered with our network live within 10 miles of Gateacre, and 30 are currently SIA licensed and available to book. Fifteen drive, so patrol rounds can link a business park, a retail unit and a building site in one route. All are BS 7858 vetted and PAYE employed, with GPS book-on producing a record of each visit. Across Liverpool there are 14,975 registered businesses; professional services account for 2,360 of them, construction 1,830 and retail 1,555. Shops and hospitality both stand at 10.4% of the local total, beating national shares of 7.8% and 6.5%. Around Gateacre, demand therefore splits two ways: retailers wanting floor officers and store detectives, and licensed premises needing door teams for their evening trade. 30 SIA-licensed officers within 10 miles 14,975 Registered businesses in Liverpool 12 Active construction sites mapped within 5 km 100 Pubs, bars & nightclubs within 5 km ### Business parks, shops and venues near Gateacre - **Industrial & business parks:** Triumph Business Park, Venture Point Industrial Park, Interchange Motorway Estate, Boulevard Industry Park, Compass Industrial Park and Estuary Commerce Park - **Retail parks & shopping centres:** Belle Vale Shopping Center, Halewood Shopping Centre, Boulevard Retail Park, New Mersey Shopping Park, Liverpool Shopping Park and Chestnut Building Centres - **Hospitals:** Marie Curie Hospice, Springwood Gardens, South Liverpool NHS Treatment Centre and Research Dept (LHCH) - **Rail stations:** Hunts Cross, Halewood, Roby, Huyton and Broad Green ### Venues & Martyn's Law Woolton Cinema, Cineworld and the Village Green events venue are within 5km. Any event there for 200 or more people will be in scope of Martyn's Law when it commences, and our event staff can help with stewarding and search plans. [What Martyn's Law means for venues](https://gosecurity.uk/blog-martyns-law.html). Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © [OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Updated October 2026. Security Requirements in Gateacre ## Stations, hospitals and evening trade Five stations, Hunts Cross, Halewood, Roby, Huyton and Broad Green, connect the area, and 100 pubs and bars lie within 5km. Healthcare sites include the Marie Curie Hospice and South Liverpool NHS Treatment Centre. Twelve mapped construction sites add to the mix. Retailers near Hunts Cross, where the police have flagged anti-social behaviour, may want visible officers at closing time, and building plots need overnight protection. Services in Gateacre Gateacre retailers, business park tenants, bars and builders can book any of the services shown here. [Security guarding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#guards) · [Mobile patrols](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#mobile) · [Key holding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#keyholding) · [Alarm response](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#alarm) · [Event security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#event) · [K9 security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#canine) · [CCTV towers](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#tower) · [CCTV monitoring](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#monitoring) · [POD intruder alarms](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#pod) Crime & Security Data ## Gateacre's crime profile Over the year ending August 2026, Police.uk mapped 1,948 crimes inside the mile surrounding Gateacre. Violent and sexual crime makes up the largest slice, 825 reports or roughly 42%. Behind it sit public order (221), anti-social behaviour (193), criminal damage and arson (177) and other theft (102). Compared with the equivalent quarter of 2025, the newest three months fell by a tenth. Damage and nuisance are what usually reach business property, mostly once staff have gone home, so after-hours checks carry the most weight. 1,948 Recorded crimes in 12 months 825 Violence & sexual offences 221 Public order 193 Anti-social behaviour 177 Criminal damage & arson 102 Other theft Source: [Police.uk](https://www.police.uk) open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate. Local Policing ## Merseyside Police in Gateacre Gateacre's neighbourhood team is targeting anti-social behaviour around Hunts Cross Avenue and nearby streets, and speeding along Grange Lane. Gateacre Merseyside Police **Current neighbourhood priorities:** - Anti- social behaviour around Hunts Cross Avenue and surrounding areas. - Speeding along Grange Lane. [View this team on Police.uk →](https://www.merseyside.police.uk/) Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Gateacre. Areas We Cover Near Gateacre ## South Liverpool areas we cover Woolton, Belle Vale and Childwall are each about a mile from Gateacre, and Allerton and Halewood 2 miles. We cover these and the places listed below. [Woolton](https://gosecurity.uk/security-woolton.html) [Belle Vale](https://gosecurity.uk/security-belle-vale.html) [Childwall](https://gosecurity.uk/security-childwall.html) [Allerton](https://gosecurity.uk/security-allerton.html) [Halewood](https://gosecurity.uk/security-halewood.html) [Mossley Hill](https://gosecurity.uk/security-mossley-hill.html) [Garston](https://gosecurity.uk/security-garston.html) [Knotty Ash](https://gosecurity.uk/security-knotty-ash.html) [Speke](https://gosecurity.uk/security-speke.html) [Old Swan](https://gosecurity.uk/security-old-swan.html) [Aigburth](https://gosecurity.uk/security-aigburth.html) [Wavertree](https://gosecurity.uk/security-wavertree.html) Postcodes We Cover in Gateacre ### Gateacre postcode coverage The 10 postcode districts nearest central Gateacre, covering parts of Knowsley, Liverpool and Halton. L25L27L16L26L18L36L19L14L15L24 Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? [Check coverage](https://gosecurity.uk/coverage.html). Gateacre Security FAQs ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you secure a unit on a Gateacre-area business park? Yes. Venture Point Industrial Park, Compass Industrial Park and Triumph Business Park are all within 5km. We offer static guarding, mobile patrols, key holding and alarm response, reported through our 24/7 control room. ### Can shops in Belle Vale or Halewood get a guard? Yes. Liverpool's retail share is 10.4%, comfortably over Britain's 7.8%, and both Belle Vale Shopping Center and Halewood Shopping Centre are inside 5km. We place uniformed guards on the shop floor and plain-clothes detectives where theft is persistent. ### What about bars and restaurants near Gateacre? Hospitality firms are another 10.4% of the city's total, with 100 pubs and bars counted in the 5km area. SIA door supervisors look after entry policy, refusals and written incident records. ### Are your Gateacre guards local? Forty-five people in our network have homes inside a 10-mile circle around Gateacre. Thirty keep an in-date SIA licence and take bookings, and fifteen of them can drive a patrol vehicle between sites. ### Which neighbouring areas do you cover? From Gateacre we cover Woolton, Belle Vale and Childwall at 1 mile, Allerton, Halewood and Mossley Hill at 2 miles, and Wavertree and Old Swan at 3 miles. Free, no-obligation quote ## Get a security quote in Gateacre Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day. - SIA-licensed, BS 7858 vetted officers on PAYE - 24/7 control room for urgent cover - Prefer to talk? Call [0800 471 4792](tel:+448004714792), day or night ## Ask about cover in Gateacre Our free site audit, a £250 service, gives your Gateacre premises a proper once-over; alternatively ring 0800 471 4792 and ask us to price guarding or patrols. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote --- Go Security Ltd, Unit 2K1, Hastingwood Business Park, Wood Lane, Birmingham B24 9QR. Tel 0800 471 4792 (24/7 control room). Email control@gosecurity.uk. Registered in England & Wales no. 11722692. ICO registration ZB604756.