Mere's business mix runs from professional firms and builders to the farms that make up 9.2% of Wiltshire businesses, and each calls for a different blend of patrols, cameras and key holding.
Trusted Protection in Mere
Think of the firms around Mere in three groups. Offices and professional practices mostly need someone to hold keys and answer alarms. Builders and trades need their sites, vans and plant protected overnight. Farms, which are twice as common in Wiltshire as across Britain, need patrols that reach outlying buildings and cameras that run without mains power. We provide all of those, plus retail cover for shops, from a single 24/7 control room.
Mere Business Profile
Wiltshire's 21,570 registered businesses are led by professional services at 3,570, construction at 2,985 and agriculture at 1,980. Farming's share is 9.2%, roughly twice the 4.5% seen across Great Britain, and Mere's police team lists rural crime among its priorities, specifically farms, hare coursing and burglaries of non-dwelling buildings. That makes rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers especially relevant here.
The motor trade is a smaller but notable group at 3.4%, above the 3.0% national average. Garages and dealers with vehicles stored outside can use forecourt towers and overnight patrols. Whatever the sector, our officers are SIA-licensed and vetted to BS 7858, all employed on PAYE, and every visit is logged by GPS and reported digitally.
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 Mere
Mere is a small place by the measure of mapped sites. Within 5km there is Purns Mill on the business list, 7 pubs, bars and nightclubs and 3 construction sites, but no retail parks, rail stations or large venues. Most security needs therefore come from individual shops, farms and small premises rather than large estates, and local police are concerned with rural crime, retail crime and road safety in equal measure.
Services in Mere
Mere's farms, shops, offices and trades can choose from the following 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 logged 190 crimes within a mile of Mere over the year from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 69, about 36%, with anti-social behaviour at 37. Shoplifting was third at 25, vehicle crime fourth at 14 and criminal damage and arson fifth at 13. The totals are modest, but shoplifting and vehicle crime both affect businesses directly, and retail crime is one of the local police priorities, so shops and anyone parking vehicles outside should keep their arrangements under review.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Wiltshire Police's Mere team has three priorities: rural crime, including farms, hare coursing and non-dwelling burglaries; retail crime; and road safety.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Mere.
Areas We Cover Near Mere
From Mere we also serve Gillingham (4 miles), Shaftesbury (7 miles) and Wincanton (7 miles), with all sites managed from one control room.
Postcodes We Cover in Mere
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Mere, covering parts of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Mere Security FAQs
Rural crime, including hare coursing and burglaries of non-dwelling buildings, is a Mere police priority. Our rural patrols and solar CCTV towers help farms protect yards, sheds and gateways, and footage monitored by an NSI Gold accredited centre can support police enquiries.
Police.uk recorded 25 shoplifting offences within a mile over the year, the third largest category, and retail crime is a local police priority. Small shops can use CCTV monitoring, key holding and occasional guarding rather than a full-time officer.
We keep your keys securely and become the contact for your alarm company. If an alarm activates, our control room sends a key holder to check and secure the premises and you get a digital report. It suits Wiltshire's 3,570 professional services firms well.
Vehicle crime accounted for 14 offences within a mile of Mere last year, and the motor trade is 3.4% of Wiltshire businesses. A forecourt CCTV tower and overnight patrols are the usual combination, and our free audit can confirm what fits your site.
Yes. There are 3 construction sites mapped within 5km of Mere, and construction is Wiltshire's second largest sector with 2,985 firms. Solar CCTV towers and out-of-hours patrols protect tools and plant without needing mains power.
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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.
Ask for a free on-site security audit, worth £250, or a quote for patrols, towers or key holding. Call 0800 471 4792.
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