Hereford's events calendar runs from football at Edgar Street to plays at The Courtyard Theatre and films at the Odeon and the outdoor cinema. We provide stewards, door supervisors and event security for venues and organisers.
Trusted Protection in Hereford
Hereford has six named venues within 5km: Edgar Street stadium, the Odeon, The Courtyard with its theatre and cinema, and Outdoor Cinema Hereford. Crowds at a match differ from audiences at a play or an open-air screening, and each needs its own plan for entry, stewarding and emergencies. With around 54 pubs and bars nearby as well, the city's evenings also call for licensed door staff.
Hereford Business Profile
Herefordshire has 10,835 registered businesses, and agriculture leads with 2,220, ahead of construction on 1,315 and professional services on 1,230. Farming makes up 20.5% of firms against 4.5% nationally, and the local police team has named rural crime as a priority. Solar CCTV towers and rural mobile patrols suit farms where buildings are isolated.
Manufacturing is above average too, at 5.7% compared with 4.6%, so production units on estates such as Rockfield and Three Mills need access control, static guarding and alarm response. Nine construction sites are mapped within 5km. Every officer we place holds an SIA licence, has passed BS 7858 vetting and is paid through PAYE.
Spectators at Edgar Street, theatregoers at The Courtyard and cinema audiences at the Odeon all gather within 5km. Under Martyn's Law, any site expecting 200 or more must prepare for an attack, and our team can help write and staff that plan. 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 Hereford
Beyond its venues, Hereford has Maylord Shopping Centre and three retail parks, Brook, Hereford and Spur, all within 5km. Industry is spread across Foley Trading Estate, Hereford Trade Park, Thorn Business Park and the Imperial Business Centre, while Hereford County Hospital and Nuffield Health Hereford Hospital keep going day and night. Given 613 shop thefts recorded inside a mile, retail guarding is the need that comes up across the most premises.
Services in Hereford
The services below can be arranged for Hereford venues, shops, industrial estates and farms.
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 3,878 offences within one mile of Hereford between September 2025 and August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 1,499, about 39%. Shoplifting was next with 613, then anti-social behaviour with 534, criminal damage and arson with 293 and public order with 274. The latest three months were 8% above the same period a year earlier, and shoplifting rose 6% over the year. Retailers and licensed venues both have reason to review their cover.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
West Mercia Police's Hereford City Southside and Rural team has set road safety, rural crime and anti-social behaviour as its priorities, based on resident feedback and crime data.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Hereford.
Areas We Cover Near Hereford
Ross-on-Wye is 11 miles from Hereford, with Leominster and Ledbury both 12 miles away. We cover all three.
Postcodes We Cover in Hereford
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Hereford, covering parts of Herefordshire, County of.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Hereford Security FAQs
We can. The ground sits inside 5km of the city, alongside The Courtyard Theatre and the Odeon. Our licensed stewards handle turnstiles, crowd flow and searches, and we can draft Martyn's Law procedures with you ahead of 2027 where attendance reaches 200 or more.
Roughly 54 licensed premises trade inside 5km. We place door supervisors who hold SIA badges and have cleared BS 7858, and each one keeps a digital log that supports your licence conditions.
Shoplifting reached 613 offences within a mile in 12 months, up 6% on the year before. Uniformed retail guards at sites such as Maylord Shopping Centre help deter theft and support prosecutions.
The local police team names rural crime as a priority, and agriculture makes up 20.5% of Herefordshire businesses. We use solar CCTV towers and rural mobile patrols logged by GPS.
We cover Ross-on-Wye at 11 miles, Leominster and Ledbury at 12 miles, and Bromyard at 13 miles, with Malvern 17 miles away.
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Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day.
Ring 0800 471 4792 and we will price stewarding, door cover or guarding, or visit your Hereford site for a free audit normally worth £250.
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