Builders and farmers make up the two largest groups of Cornish businesses, and around Padstow that mix, alongside shops, pubs and a brewery, decides what kind of security a site really needs.
Trusted Protection in Padstow
Cornwall's 4,020 construction firms and 3,775 agricultural businesses sit at the top of its count, and farming's 14.8% share is more than triple the 4.5% seen across Great Britain. For Padstow, that translates into tools and plant on building sites, machinery and fuel on outlying farms, and units at Trecerus Industrial Estate and Pityme. The local police team also lists shoplifting and retail crime among its priorities, so shops need attention too.
Padstow Business Profile
Across Cornwall there are 25,580 registered businesses. Building firms are the biggest group, and eight construction sites are mapped within 5km of Padstow, where theft of plant and materials is the usual worry. A solar CCTV tower can watch a compound with no mains supply, and night patrols add a check on gates and containers. Professional services, with 2,700 firms, round out the top three.
Utilities run slightly above the national rate, 1.0% against 0.6%, and sites of that kind usually need critical-site guarding and remote CCTV monitoring. For farms, our rural mobile patrols follow a planned route around yards and barns. The people we deploy hold SIA licences, have cleared BS 7858 checks and are on our PAYE payroll, and the 24/7 control room records each visit with a GPS book-on.
The Little Theatre is the named venue within 5km of Padstow. Martyn's Law is set to give venues and events of 200 people or more fresh duties, and our event security staff can help organisers of larger gatherings prepare. 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 Padstow
Padstow is a town in Cornwall. Its named commercial sites within 5km are Trecerus Industrial Estate, the Pityme and Higher Pityme Industrial Estates and Business Centre, and Sharp's Brewery. There is no rail station, hospital or retail park listed in that radius, but 22 pubs and bars trade nearby, so licensed premises, small shops, workshops and building sites make up most of the security picture.
Services in Padstow
Pick from the services below for a Padstow shop, pub, workshop, farm or building site.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk shows 153 crimes within one mile of Padstow for September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences were the largest group, at 71. Other theft came to 19, while anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and arson, and public order each reached 12. No trend figure is available. The numbers are small, but other theft featuring second suggests unattended property is worth protecting, and the police focus on shop theft makes uniformed retail cover worth considering.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Devon and Cornwall Police's Padstow and St Merryn team has three priorities: anti-social behaviour, drugs, and shoplifting and retail crime.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Padstow.
Areas We Cover Near Padstow
Wadebridge is 5 miles from Padstow, St Columb Major 7 miles and Bodmin 11 miles. Our patrols and guarding cover these and the other towns listed.
Postcodes We Cover in Padstow
The 6 postcode districts nearest central Padstow, covering parts of Cornwall.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Padstow Security FAQs
Yes. Construction is Cornwall's largest sector with 4,020 firms, and eight sites are mapped within 5km of Padstow. Solar CCTV towers, static guards and night patrols help protect plant, tools and materials.
Agriculture accounts for 3,775 Cornish businesses, a 14.8% share. Our rural mobile patrols check yards, outbuildings and fuel stores, and solar CCTV towers watch sites that have no mains power.
Shoplifting and retail crime is one of the Padstow and St Merryn police team's three priorities. Uniformed retail officers, CCTV monitoring and clear incident reports help deter theft and support any police follow-up.
Trecerus and the Pityme estates are within 5km of Padstow. We offer key holding, alarm response and mobile patrols for units there, with each visit logged by GPS through our 24/7 control room.
Yes. Wadebridge is 5 miles from Padstow and Bodmin 11 miles, and we also cover St Columb Major at 7 miles and Newquay at 11 miles.
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