Builders and farmers make up the two largest groups of firms in Cornwall, and Looe sits within that pattern. We provide rural patrols, solar CCTV towers and site guarding shaped around it.
Trusted Protection in Looe
Cornwall's business register is led by construction, with 4,020 firms, and agriculture, with 3,775. Farming alone accounts for 14.8% of local businesses, more than three times the 4.5% British share. For Looe, that means plenty of premises spread over open ground: barns, plant yards and equipment stores. Patrols on irregular routes and solar-powered CCTV towers, linked to an NSI Gold accredited monitoring centre, cover property that no single guard could watch.
Looe Business Profile
Behind construction and agriculture comes professional services, with 2,700 firms. Utilities are a small but above-average group at 1.0%, against 0.6% nationally; pumping stations, substations and similar plant typically need guarding at critical points and remote camera monitoring rather than a constant presence. Builders, meanwhile, need tools, fuel and machinery protected on sites that are often unoccupied overnight.
We staff Looe contracts from our wider network of officers. Every officer is SIA-licensed, holds BS 7858 vetting and is employed on PAYE. Visits start with a GPS book-on and finish with a digital report, which gives farmers and site managers a dated record of each check, useful when dealing with insurers after a theft or damage.
There is 1 venue within 5 km of Looe, including The Boscarn Pub. Venues that hold 200 or more people fall under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. See what Martyn's Law means for your venue.
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 Looe
The local data for Looe lists two rail stations, Looe and Sandplace, along with 13 pubs, bars and nightclubs and two mapped construction sites within 5km. No large retail parks or industrial estates appear nearby, so the businesses needing protection are mostly smaller shops, licensed premises, farms and building plots, each with different hours and risks.
Services in Looe
The services below suit Looe farms, building sites, shops and pubs, alone or combined into one contract.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Within a mile of Looe, Police.uk recorded 401 crimes over September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences totalled 184, roughly 46%. Criminal damage and arson was second at 58, followed by anti-social behaviour at 49, public order at 36 and other theft at 33. The latest quarter showed a 47% increase on the same period a year before. Criminal damage at that level matters most to building sites and farm buildings, where repairs and lost working time add up.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Devon & Cornwall Police's Looe Area team lists anti-social behaviour, retail crime, and drug dealing with associated exploitation as its priorities.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Looe.
Areas We Cover Near Looe
Liskeard is 7 miles from Looe, Fowey 8 and Lostwithiel 10, and we cover those and the towns listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Looe
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Looe, covering parts of Cornwall.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Looe Security FAQs
Yes. Agriculture accounts for 3,775 Cornish businesses, or 14.8%. Rural mobile patrols check gates, barns, machinery and fuel stores on varied routes, and solar CCTV towers can watch yards that have no mains supply.
Construction is the largest Cornish sector with 4,020 firms. We offer CCTV towers, POD intruder alarms and overnight patrols for sites near Looe, and criminal damage at 58 offences within a mile makes those checks worthwhile.
Devon & Cornwall Police list retail crime as a Looe Area priority. Uniformed guarding during busy periods, CCTV monitoring and incident reports for the police can support shopkeepers.
Police.uk figures show the latest quarter 47% above the same period a year earlier, from an annual total of 401 crimes within a mile. A free security audit can tell you whether your premises need more cover.
Utilities make up 1.0% of Cornwall's businesses, above 0.6% nationally. We provide remote CCTV monitoring through an NSI Gold accredited centre, with officers attending alarms and guarding critical points during maintenance.
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.
Phone 0800 471 4792 to discuss a quote, or book a free on-site audit, valued at £250, for your Looe farm, site or shop.
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