From Haugh Lane and Tyne Mills to Tynedale Retail Park, every Hexham commercial site has a different weak point. We plan patrols, guarding and CCTV around the particular estate, yard or store you run.
Trusted Protection in Hexham
Hexham has a cluster of named working sites within 5km: Haugh Lane, Tyne Mills, French Garden and Acomb industrial estates, the Egger site and Hexham sewage treatment works. Tynedale Retail Park handles the bigger shops, while Hexham General Hospital and the station keep the town busy through the week. Each of these places closes, empties or changes hands at a different hour, and that timing decides whether a patrol, an alarm-linked response or a static guard is the right answer.
Hexham Business Profile
Roughly 11,600 firms appear on Northumberland's register, and farming is the largest sector at 1,800. Builders follow on 1,550, then professional services on 1,440. Farms represent 15.5% of county businesses, more than treble the British level, so countryside routes and off-grid camera towers suit much of the county. Police also report vehicles, machinery and quad bikes going missing from farms.
Hospitality is the other standout, at 9.6% against 6.5% nationally, and pubs, hotels and venues need door supervisors and evening staff. Whoever we send to Haugh Lane or Tyne Mills is SIA-licensed, BS 7858 screened and salaried through PAYE, and every shift leaves a GPS trail plus a digital report.
The Forum cinema, Queen's Hall Arts Centre and The Vault all draw audiences. Once a venue can admit 200, Martyn's Law sets duties around planning and staff awareness, and our door teams can help put those in place. 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 Hexham
Hexham combines a town centre with an evening economy, a string of industrial estates and a wide farming hinterland. Police point to anti-social behaviour around parks and abandoned buildings, as well as underage drinking and illegal e-scooters, which can leave businesses dealing with the damage afterwards.
Retail premises face burglary, shoplifting and criminal damage, often tied to alcohol in the town centre at night. Visible guarding, alarm response and CCTV monitoring tackle different parts of that problem.
Services in Hexham
Here are the services Hexham businesses use most, from estate patrols to evening door cover.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk lists 894 offences for the streets surrounding Hexham, September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offending made up 344, around 38%, and nuisance reports 178. There were 77 public order offences, 76 shop thefts and 66 cases of damage or arson. Numbers are falling: compared with a year earlier the newest quarter was 30% lower, and shop theft halved, down 51%. Even so, retail burglary and damage stay on the police list, so shops should keep alarms and cameras under review.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Northumbria Police's West Tynedale team looks after Hexham, concentrating on nuisance in parks and empty buildings, rural theft of vehicles and machinery, and burglary and damage at shops.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Hexham.
Areas We Cover Near Hexham
Alongside Hexham we cover Corbridge, about 3 miles away, Prudhoe at 9 and Haltwhistle at 14, all managed from one control room.
Postcodes We Cover in Hexham
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Hexham, covering parts of Northumberland and Gateshead.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Hexham Security FAQs
Yes. Haugh Lane is one of several named estates inside 5km, along with Tyne Mills and French Garden. Our mobile patrols check in by GPS, and a digital report reaches you after every visit.
We do. Farming accounts for 15.5% of Northumberland businesses, and the West Tynedale team names rural theft of vehicles and machinery as a priority. Countryside routes and off-grid towers both help.
Police.uk logged 76 shop thefts in the year, 51% fewer than before. Burglary and damage at retail premises remain a police priority, so store officers, remotely watched cameras and alarm attendance still deserve a look.
Yes. Hexham has 18 pubs, bars and clubs within 5km, and hospitality forms 9.6% of county firms. Our licensed door staff and event crews already work at places such as Queen's Hall Arts Centre.
Someone from our team visits your Hexham premises, scores it against 25 risk points and explains the findings plainly. The audit is normally £250, but there is no charge or commitment.
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.
Ring 0800 471 4792 and we will arrange the free audit, normally £250, or quote for patrols, guards or camera coverage.
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