Lozells, a residential and commercial district of Birmingham, is within reach of New Bingley Hall, The Drum, Royale Suite and the Blue Orange Theatre. We supply stewards, door supervisors and search teams for events there.
Trusted Protection in Lozells
Within 5km of Lozells there are conference halls, arts centres, a theatre, function suites and 328 licensed bars, pubs and clubs. New Bingley Hall is a conference centre, The Drum and Birmingham Music School are arts centres, and Royale Suite is an events venue. Each needs a different team: stewards and search staff for large gatherings, door supervisors for late events, and officers who can manage queues and car parks on residential streets.
Lozells Business Profile
Lozells has one of the larger local pools in our network: 525 registered security workers live within 10 miles, and 215 hold an active SIA licence for shifts. Fifteen work with dogs, useful for K9 patrols around event perimeters and car parks. Each one is BS 7858 vetted and paid through PAYE, and event teams book on by GPS through our 24/7 control room so organisers have an accurate roll call.
Birmingham has 38,605 registered businesses. Professional services lead at 5,245, then retail at 4,695 and construction at 3,795. Retail accounts for 12.2% of the city's firms against 7.8% nationally, so uniformed retail officers and store detectives are in steady demand. Health and care, at 7.5% against 4.4%, needs reception security, lone-worker support and night cover.
New Bingley Hall, Royale Suite and the Elbow Room are among the larger venues nearby. Martyn's Law will set duties for places holding 200 or more once its duties begin, and we help with search regimes, steward training and evacuation planning. 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 Lozells
Lozells mixes housing with trade. Within 5km are Boulton Industrial Centre, Summer Lane, Hockley and St Chads industrial estates, the Newtown Centre, Grand Central, the Bull Ring and Birmingham Indoor Market. Birmingham Children's Hospital and several health services are close, and stations at Jewellery Quarter, Perry Barr, Aston, Witton and Snow Hill serve the area.
With 124 construction sites mapped nearby, building plots need towers and patrols, while shops on local parades face drug dealing and anti-social behaviour, which police have flagged on Wellington Road.
Services in Lozells
Event organisers, venues, shops, clinics and contractors near Lozells can book any of 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 listed 8,893 offences within one mile of Lozells from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 4,409, about half. Vehicle crime followed at 716, criminal damage and arson at 688, other theft at 527 and public order at 503. The latest three months were 10% higher than a year previously. For event organisers, the vehicle crime figure is a reason to staff car parks; for shops, the 527 other theft offences make visible officers worth considering.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Lozells and East Handsworth team are running Op Plazari on violence and exploitation of vulnerable women, tackling vehicle crime, and responding to drug dealing and anti-social behaviour on Wellington Road.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Lozells.
Areas We Cover Near Lozells
Jewellery Quarter, Perry Barr and Aston sit roughly a mile from Lozells and part of our cover. More districts and distances follow below.
Postcodes We Cover in Lozells
The 9 postcode districts nearest central Lozells, covering parts of Birmingham and Sandwell.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Lozells Security FAQs
Yes. Both are within 5km of Lozells. We provide stewards, bag searches, door supervisors and car park officers, briefed for the event and booked on by GPS so the organiser can see who is on site.
If your venue or event can hold 200 people or more, Martyn's Law will apply once it starts. We help venues like The Drum and Blue Orange Theatre with search procedures, staff training and evacuation planning.
Fifteen officers in our network within 10 miles of Lozells work with dogs. K9 patrols suit event perimeters, car parks and large building sites, where a handler and dog cover wide ground and deter intruders.
Police.uk recorded 716 vehicle crimes within a mile of Lozells, and police list vehicle offences as a local priority. Car park officers, patrols and CCTV towers help protect guests' cars during events.
Retail makes up 12.2% of Birmingham businesses, well above 7.8% nationally, and crime near Lozells rose 10% in the latest quarter. Uniformed retail officers and plain-clothes store detectives help cut shoplifting and back up staff.
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