Lemar Industrial Estate, Stirchley Trading Estate, The Glassworks and Battery Retail Park are all within 5km of Kings Heath. We guard units, patrol estates and place officers in High Street shops across this corner of Birmingham.
Trusted Protection in Kings Heath
Kings Heath's commercial property is spread across a ring of named sites. Industrial units sit at Lemar, Prospect Place, Clifton Road and Birkdale industrial estates, as well as Stirchley Trading Estate and The Glassworks. Retail and trade traffic gathers at Battery Retail Park, Selly Oak Retail Park and business centres such as Highgate and Horyaal. Estates need patrols and alarm response once they close; retail parks and the High Street need officers on the shop floor.
Kings Heath Business Profile
Birmingham holds 38,605 registered businesses: 5,245 in professional services, 4,695 in retail and 3,795 in construction. Retail's 12.2% share beats the British 7.8%, and health and care reaches 7.5% against 4.4%. Shops look for uniformed officers and store detectives; clinics and care settings such as Moseley Hall Hospital and the Zinnia Centre look for reception security and lone-worker support. The 59 mapped construction sites add plant protection to the list.
There are 485 security workers in our network within 10 miles of Kings Heath, of whom 200 are SIA-licensed and bookable, 85 drive and 15 work with dogs for K9 patrols of larger yards. That breadth allows us to match a specialist to each site. All are BS 7858 vetted and paid through PAYE.
CircusMASH, The Dance Workshop and the Royal British Legion Kings Heath Memorial Club are among the venues within 5km, with Moseley All Services Club nearby. Kings Heath venues for 200 or more will face Martyn's Law duties when the Act commences, and we can plan accordingly. 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 Kings Heath
West Midlands Police describe a group of youths regularly gathering in and around Kings Heath High Street, linked to a spike in offences that affects businesses and shoppers alike. Retail crime, anti-social behaviour and the supply of illegal vapes and substances to under-18s are long-running concerns raised by the BID and residents.
Kings Heath, Moseley Village, Pineapple Road, Bournville and Yardley Wood stations serve the area, and 261 pubs, bars and nightclubs trade within 5km. The evening economy and the daytime High Street therefore overlap, and security plans here usually need to span both.
Services in Kings Heath
Units on Kings Heath's estates, High Street shops, care providers and venues can choose from these services.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk records 4,162 offences within a mile of Kings Heath across September 2025 to August 2026.
Just over a third, 1,467, were violence and sexual offences. Shoplifting ranked second on 617, and vehicle crime third on 420; criminal damage and arson came to 365 and public order to 256. Measured against a year earlier, the latest quarter was 13% higher and shoplifting 11% higher. Those rises line up with the police concerns about the High Street, and vehicle crime matters for retail park car parks.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
West Midlands Police's Moseley and Kings Heath team prioritises anti-social behaviour, illegal vapes and retail crime on Kings Heath High Street, youths congregating there, and traffic offences at the Moseley Triangle.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Kings Heath.
Areas We Cover Near Kings Heath
Moseley, Billesley and Stirchley are each a mile from Kings Heath, and Selly Oak and Hall Green 2; the full coverage list follows.
Postcodes We Cover in Kings Heath
The 10 postcode districts nearest central Kings Heath, covering parts of Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Solihull.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Kings Heath Security FAQs
Yes. Lemar, Prospect Place, Clifton Road and Birkdale industrial estates, plus Stirchley Trading Estate, are within 5km. Mobile patrols, POD intruder alarms and alarm response protect units once they close, with GPS-logged visits.
West Midlands Police report youths congregating on Kings Heath High Street and a spike in offences. Uniformed retail officers deter trouble at the door, support staff and record incidents that can be shared with the police and the BID.
Fifteen officers in our network within 10 miles of Kings Heath work with dogs. K9 security suits large yards and open sites, such as construction plots, where a handler and dog cover more ground than a static guard.
Care and health providers form 7.5% of the city's firms, well clear of Britain's 4.4%. Our offer for them is a calm reception presence, lone-worker check-ins handled by the control room, and someone to attend after hours if an alarm trips.
Our network includes 485 registered security workers within 10 miles. Two hundred are SIA-licensed and active for shifts, and 85 drive, so retail, patrol and key holding work can all be staffed from across south Birmingham.
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