Greenwich has one of the largest pools of officers in our network: 870 registered within 10 miles, 360 of them licensed and ready to book. That gives retailers, offices and building sites real choice over who covers them.
Trusted Protection in Greenwich
Depth of cover decides whether a rota holds up. Around Greenwich, 870 registered security workers from our network have homes inside a 10-mile radius, and 360 carry a current SIA licence with shift availability. Sixty-five drive, so patrols can link the Greenwich Peninsula, Charlton Gate and Angerstein business parks. For a shop chain, a tech office or one of 175 mapped construction sites, that means steady staffing, familiar faces on repeat shifts and cover when someone is off sick.
Greenwich Business Profile
Each officer we place has passed BS 7858 vetting and is paid through PAYE, not a chain of subcontractors. With 360 licensed officers to choose from, we can match experience to the job: retail-trained staff for a shop floor, reception-trained staff for an office lobby, and site-trained staff for a construction compound. GPS book-on and digital reports record every shift.
Greenwich has 10,415 registered businesses. Professional services lead at 1,750, ahead of construction at 1,480 and retail at 1,190. Retail's share, 11.4%, and tech and communications at 10.7% both sit well above Great Britain's averages. Shops need uniformed officers and store detectives to cut theft; tech firms need access control and CCTV monitoring around their offices and equipment.
Greenwich Theatre, Up the Creek and Greenwich Borough Hall are among the venues within 5km. Audiences of 200 or more will bring Martyn's Law obligations when the Act takes effect, and we can provide trained stewards and search staff. 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 Greenwich
The 5km circle around Greenwich takes in retail destinations such as Peninsular Retail Park, Millennium Leisure Park and Lewisham Shopping Centre, along with Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham and stations from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich to Maze Hill. With 332 pubs, bars and nightclubs and 175 construction sites in the same area, demand for security runs from early-morning deliveries to the last bar close.
Services in Greenwich
The following services suit Greenwich's shops, offices and construction sites, each staffed from our local officer pool.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Inside one mile of Greenwich, Police.uk logged 7,587 offences over the twelve months ending August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 2,077, about 27%. Anti-social behaviour followed at 1,589, shoplifting at 798, other theft at 606 and public order at 423. Set against the same months a year before, the newest quarter dropped 6%. For retailers, nearly 800 shoplifting offences make theft the clear business risk; for offices and hospitality, anti-social behaviour and theft of property are the issues to plan for.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Metropolitan Police's Greenwich Park team prioritises violent crime, including violence against women and girls, residential and commercial burglary, and phone snatches.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Greenwich.
Areas We Cover Near Greenwich
We also cover Lewisham, about 1 mile from Greenwich, Tower Hamlets at 3 miles and Southwark at 4.
Postcodes We Cover in Greenwich
The 10 postcode districts nearest central Greenwich, covering parts of Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Greenwich Security FAQs
Some 870 people on our officer register live no further than 10 miles from Greenwich. 360 carry a valid SIA licence and can be booked, and 65 have a car for patrols between sites.
Yes. Retail is 11.4% of Greenwich businesses, well above the 7.8% national share, and Police.uk recorded 798 shoplifting offences within a mile last year. We provide uniformed officers and store detectives.
There are 175 mapped construction sites within 5km. We offer CCTV towers, static guarding and mobile patrols to protect plant, materials and welfare cabins out of hours, with every patrol logged by GPS.
The Greenwich Park team lists violent crime, burglary of homes and businesses, and phone snatches as priorities. Our alarm response and key holding service helps commercial premises respond to break-in attempts.
We staff events at venues such as Greenwich Theatre, The Orangery and Greenwich Borough Hall. For gatherings of 200 or more, Martyn's Law duties will follow when the legislation commences, and we can help with search and evacuation planning beforehand.
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