# Halifax Security Guards and Door Staff | Go Security > Factories, a borough market and 137 licensed bars and clubs inside 5km: Halifax keeps our guards, door supervisors and patrol drivers busy. Source: https://gosecurity.uk/security-halifax.html --- [Home](https://gosecurity.uk/) / [Locations](https://gosecurity.uk/locations.html) / Halifax, West Yorkshire # Security Services in Halifax Halifax combines factories and business parks with a cluster of nightclubs and a borough market, and the security it needs changes from street to street and hour to hour. [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 Halifax ## Factories, markets and a busy evening economy Halifax earns its living in several ways at once. Production carries on at Lee Bridge Industrial Estate, Longfield Works and Copley Valley Business Park, while Halifax Borough Market and Crossley Retail Park keep daytime trade moving. After dark the focus shifts to Vicky Show Bar, Fusion, Panacea and the other clubs. Guarding a factory gate, a market hall and a nightclub door are three distinct jobs, and our rotas in the town are built around that mix. - Manufacturing at 8.3% of firms, against 4.6% nationally - 137 pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km - Five dog handlers among our nearby officers - Borough market and four retail parks close by Get a Quote [View Halifax on OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Halifax%2C%20West%20Yorkshire) Halifax Business Profile ## Officers near Halifax and the Calderdale economy Sixty people from our officer network are Halifax locals, give or take a 10-mile drive. Thirty-five carry a valid SIA licence and are available to book, 15 have cars for patrol and alarm work, and five are dog handlers, useful for large yards where a K9 team covers ground faster than an officer on foot. Screening follows BS 7858 and wages run through PAYE. Calderdale's 8,090 registered firms skew towards building trades, with professional practices and shops next. The borough makes things: manufacturers account for 8.3% of firms, nearly twice Britain's 4.6%, and wholesalers for 5.4% where the country manages 3.6%. Factories typically need someone to hold the gate, control who comes in and answer alarms, and wholesalers want a gatehouse officer, warehouse cover and a patrol car. 35 SIA-licensed officers within 10 miles 8,090 Registered businesses in Calderdale 137 Pubs, bars & nightclubs within 5 km ### Business parks and retail around Halifax - **Industrial & business parks:** Lee Bridge Industrial Estate, Longfield Works, Ladyship Business Park, Copley Valley Business Park, Marshalls West Lane Works and North Dean Business Park - **Retail parks & shopping centres:** Halifax Borough Market, Greenmount Retail Park, Pellon Lane Retail Park, Crossley Retail Park and Victoria Retail Park - **Hospitals:** Calderdale Royal Hospital and Spire Elland Hospital - **Rail stations:** Halifax and Sowerby Bridge ### Venues & Martyn's Law Halifax Victoria Theatre and clubs such as Acapulco and Twilight host crowds well beyond 200, the point at which Martyn's Law duties will apply from 2027. Our door supervisors and event teams are trained for queue management and searches. [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 Halifax ## Where Halifax needs security most The town has two faces. By day, lorries move between Ladyship Business Park, North Dean Business Park and the Marshalls West Lane Works, and shoppers visit Greenmount, Pellon Lane and Victoria retail parks. By night, the centre fills with people heading to bars and clubs. West Yorkshire Police has said it wants to cut violence in the night-time economy and reduce theft from shops in the centre. Door supervision, retail officers and visible patrols all support that aim. [Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halifax_skyline_(2895335451).jpg) by Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0 Services in Halifax Below are the services that suit Halifax premises, from gatehouse guards to door teams and dog patrols. [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 ## Crime near Halifax town centre Police.uk puts the one-mile total for Halifax at 6,823 offences across a full year of data. Assaults and sexual crime form the biggest share, 2,579 or around 38%. Shop theft came second on 801; anti-social behaviour reached 656, public order 638 and damage or arson 434. Taken as a whole, recent months were only 4% up on the previous year, but shop theft rose 123%. Retailers are carrying most of the new pressure, and that is where a trained presence pays off soonest. 6,823 Recorded crimes in 12 months 2,579 Violence & sexual offences 801 Shoplifting 656 Anti-social behaviour 638 Public order 434 Criminal damage & arson 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 ## West Yorkshire Police priorities Halifax neighbourhood teams are targeting violence in the night-time economy, theft from shops, drug-related anti-social behaviour and vehicle nuisance across the surrounding wards. Halifax West Yorkshire Police **Current neighbourhood priorities:** - Park and Skircoat Ward Areas Bonfire period Drug Dealing Untaxed vehicles on pavements and abandoned dangerous vehicles Speeding and road safety - Halifax Town Centre, Boothtown, Siddal and Southowram Ward Areas Bonfire period Reducing violent crime within the nighttime economy Reducing drug misuse / anti-social behaviour related hotspots Reduce theft from shops - Illingworth & Mixenden, Ovenden and Pellon & Warley Ward Areas Bonfire period Crime prevention and anti-social behaviour involving vehicles Road safety Water safety [View this team on Police.uk →](https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/my-neighbourhood/calderdale/halifax) Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Halifax. Areas We Cover Near Halifax ## Other West Yorkshire towns The same pool of officers reaches Elland, about 3 miles away, Brighouse at 4 and Huddersfield at 6, so multi-site clients nearby can keep one supplier. 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[Check coverage](https://gosecurity.uk/coverage.html). Halifax Security FAQs ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you provide door supervisors for a Halifax club? Yes. The town has 137 licensed bars, pubs and clubs mapped inside 5km, and police want night-time violence brought down. Licensed door supervisors from our team handle admissions, refusals and incident logs, and they book on by GPS so you can see when each shift starts. ### We run a factory. What kind of guarding fits? Manufacturing makes up 8.3% of Calderdale firms. Production sites suit static guards for gate and access control, with alarm response and key holding overnight. Larger yards sometimes add a K9 patrol; five dog handlers in our network live nearby. ### Shop theft has gone up. Can you provide a retail officer? Shoplifting within a mile of Halifax rose 123% in the latest comparison. Because 35 licensed officers on our books live locally, we can staff a uniformed retail officer from the local pool, and add store detectives where losses run highest. ### Do you cover warehouses and distribution units? Wholesale accounts for 5.4% of local businesses, above the 3.6% British level. Our gatehouse officers record every lorry arriving and leaving, and we add warehouse guards and mobile patrols that check perimeters and shutters through the night. ### Will reports be available after each visit? Every patrol and guard shift produces a digital report with GPS timestamps and photographs where relevant. Those records help if West Yorkshire Police or your insurer asks for evidence, and they show you exactly when your premises were checked. Free, no-obligation quote ## Get a security quote in Halifax 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 ## Talk to us about your Halifax site We will price guarding, patrols or door cover on request, and our £250 premises audit costs Halifax businesses nothing. The number is 0800 471 4792. [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.