Modbury is a Devon town in a district where farming leads the business count. With 870 agricultural firms across South Hams, our patrols, solar CCTV and alarm cover are planned around land, livestock and machinery.
Trusted Protection in Modbury
South Hams has 5,320 registered businesses, and agriculture is the biggest single group at 870, a 16.4% share against 4.5% nationally. Construction follows on 720 and professional services on 650, while manufacturing sits slightly above average at 5.9%. For Modbury that mix means outbuildings, plant and fuel stores more than shopfronts, alongside a handful of workshops at New Mills Industrial Estate that need alarm response and locked-down perimeters after hours.
Modbury Business Profile
We staff Modbury bookings from our wider network of SIA-licensed officers. Each has been vetted to BS 7858 and is paid via PAYE, and every patrol stop is booked on with GPS so you get a timestamped digital report. Our 24/7 control room receives alarm signals and dispatches key holders, which matters in a rural area where premises can sit unattended for long stretches.
Across the district's 870 farm businesses, the exposures are familiar: theft of quad bikes, tools, diesel and livestock equipment from open yards. Solar CCTV towers work without mains supply, and rural mobile patrols vary their timings. Builders, numbering 720 locally, need site cover between phases, and production units, reflecting manufacturing's 5.9% share, are better served by access control and alarm response than permanent guards.
Dunwell Farm Weddings & Events is the named events venue within 5km. Weddings or functions there with 200 or more guests will be in scope of Martyn's Law once it takes effect, and our event security staff can help hosts plan for it. 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 Modbury
Within 5km of Modbury there is one named industrial estate, New Mills, one mapped construction site, seven pubs and bars and an events venue at Dunwell Farm. There is no retail park or railway station listed. That profile puts the security focus on rural property and occasional events, where a regular patrol, a monitored alarm or a CCTV tower over a yard does more than a full-time guard.
Services in Modbury
Modbury farms, workshops, builders and event hosts can book any of 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 just 61 offences within a mile of Modbury from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences account for 26 of these, with anti-social behaviour and criminal damage on nine apiece, other theft on eight and public order on five. No trend is available for the area. A small total in town does not tell the full story for farms outside it, where equipment can sit out of sight for long periods. A free on-site audit helps owners judge their own risk.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Kingsbridge Rural West team covers Modbury and is focusing on anti-social behaviour, more foot patrols and working with shops affected by shoplifting.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Modbury.
Areas We Cover Near Modbury
Ivybridge is 3 miles from Modbury, with Kingsbridge and South Brent each 6 miles away. We arrange patrols and guarding for these towns and those below.
Postcodes We Cover in Modbury
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Modbury, covering parts of South Hams, Plymouth and West Devon.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Modbury Security FAQs
Yes. Agriculture is 16.4% of South Hams businesses, more than three times the 4.5% national rate. We offer rural mobile patrols, solar CCTV towers and POD intruder alarms for barns, yards and machinery stores.
Police.uk recorded 61 offences within a mile over 12 months, most of them violence, anti-social behaviour or criminal damage. Rural thefts beyond that radius are still a concern for farms and contractors.
We do. Dunwell Farm Weddings & Events lies within 5km, and events of 200 or more guests will need to consider Martyn's Law once it comes into force. Our licensed stewards handle access, parking and crowd management.
Yes. With manufacturing at 5.9% of local firms, above the 4.6% British average, workshops suit alarm response, key holding and patrols, reported through our 24/7 control room.
We cover Ivybridge at 3 miles, Kingsbridge and South Brent at 6 miles, and Plympton and Salcombe at 9 miles, as well as Totnes at 10 miles.
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Book a free security audit for your farm or premises near Modbury, worth £250, or call 0800 471 4792 for a quote.
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