# Security in Queenborough-in-Sheppey | Go Security > Marshlands Industrial Estate, Raspberry Hill Park and Neats Court Retail Park all sit within 5km of Queenborough. Guarding, patrols and CCTV for Swale firms. Source: https://gosecurity.uk/security-queenborough-in-sheppey.html --- [Home](https://gosecurity.uk/) / [Locations](https://gosecurity.uk/locations.html) / Queenborough-in-Sheppey, Kent # Security Services in Queenborough-in-Sheppey Marshlands Industrial Estate, Raspberry Hill Park and Neats Court Retail Park give Queenborough-in-Sheppey a working edge. We plan guarding, patrols and camera cover around the yards, units and shops that keep this part of Swale moving. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote ✓ SIA-Licensed Officers✓ 24/7 Control Room✓ 100% PAYE Workforce✓ BS 7858 Vetted Trusted Protection in Queenborough-in-Sheppey ## Estates, works and a retail park Within 5km of Queenborough-in-Sheppey the mapped commercial sites include Marshlands Industrial Estate, Raspberry Hill Park, a plasterboard works run by Knauf and the Neats Court Retail Park. Add three rail stations, nine construction sites and a community hospital, and the security picture is varied. Yards and units need locking up and checking overnight, shop floors need visible staff during trading hours, and building sites need cover once the contractors leave. - Marshlands Industrial Estate and Raspberry Hill Park close by - Neats Court Retail Park within 5km - Nine mapped construction sites in the area - Logistics firms make up 7% of Swale businesses Get a Quote [View Queenborough-in-Sheppey on OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Queenborough-in-Sheppey%2C%20Kent) Queenborough-in-Sheppey Business Profile ## Who works here and what they protect Fifteen people in our network have a home address within 10 miles of Queenborough, and ten of them carry an SIA licence that is in date, making them bookable for shifts. Each has passed BS 7858 vetting and is paid through PAYE. That local pool lets us staff a gatehouse, a retail floor or a building site with people who know the island roads, backed by our 24/7 control room and GPS-logged patrol reports. Swale has 5,340 registered businesses. Construction leads with 1,085, then professional services on 660 and business services on 435. Transport and logistics stands out at 7% of firms against 4.3% across Great Britain, so gate control, yard checks and warehouse guarding matter more here than in many districts. Utilities, at 0.9%, also run above the national share, and critical sites of that kind suit remote CCTV monitoring. 10 SIA-licensed officers within 10 miles 5,340 Registered businesses in Swale 36 Warehouse buildings mapped within 5 km 9 Active construction sites mapped within 5 km ### Commercial sites mapped near Queenborough - **Industrial & business parks:** Marine & Industrial Transmissions Group, Raymond Groundworks & Plant Hire, Raspberry Hill Park, Metal Fragmentation Works, Marshlands Industrial Estate and Plasterboard Works (Knauf GmbH) - **Retail parks & shopping centres:** Neats Court Retail Park - **Hospitals:** Sheppey Community Hospital - **Rail stations:** Queenborough, Swale and Sheerness-on-Sea ### Venues & Martyn's Law Sheppey United Football Club and Sheppey Little Theatre both draw audiences nearby. Where a crowd reaches 200 or more, Martyn's Law duties will follow once the Act starts, and our stewards can help organisers with searches and entry planning. [What Martyn's Law means for venues](https://gosecurity.uk/blog-martyns-law.html). Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © [OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Updated October 2026. Security Requirements in Queenborough-in-Sheppey ## Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey Queenborough-in-Sheppey is a Kent town in the Swale district, served by its own station with Swale and Sheerness-on-Sea stations also within 5km. Its surroundings mix heavy industry, a retail park, a hospital and 21 pubs and bars. That spread means a security plan here rarely fits one template: a plant yard, a supermarket car park and a match day each ask for something different. [Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queenborough_Creek.jpg) by Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0 Services in Queenborough-in-Sheppey These are the services Queenborough's yards, retailers, builders and venue operators most often draw on from our range. [Security guarding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#guards) · [Mobile patrols](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#mobile) · [Key holding](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#keyholding) · [Alarm response](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#alarm) · [Event security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#event) · [K9 security](https://gosecurity.uk/security.html#canine) · [CCTV towers](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#tower) · [CCTV monitoring](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#monitoring) · [POD intruder alarms](https://gosecurity.uk/cctv.html#pod) Crime & Security Data ## Recorded crime in Queenborough Police.uk records 649 offences within a mile of Queenborough between September 2025 and August 2026. Violence and sexual offences account for 197 of those, anti-social behaviour 128 and shoplifting 88. Criminal damage and arson sits at 60 and other theft at 51. The latest three months ran 11% above the same stretch a year earlier, while shoplifting fell by 40%. For local firms, damage and anti-social behaviour are the categories to plan around, with lighting, cameras and patrols as the practical response. 649 Recorded crimes in 12 months 197 Violence & sexual offences 128 Anti-social behaviour 88 Shoplifting 60 Criminal damage & arson 51 Other theft Source: [Police.uk](https://www.police.uk) open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate. Local Policing ## Kent Police in Queenborough and Halfway The Queenborough and Halfway team of Kent Police lists road safety, e-bikes and e-scooters, and anti-social behaviour as its current local priorities. Queenborough and Halfway Kent Police **Current neighbourhood priorities:** - Road safety issues. - E-Bikes / E-scooters. - Antisocial behaviour. [View this team on Police.uk →](https://www.police.uk) Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Queenborough-in-Sheppey. Areas We Cover Near Queenborough-in-Sheppey ## Other towns we cover Sittingbourne lies 5 miles from Queenborough, Faversham 9 miles and Maidstone 13 miles, and a single contract can cover sites across all of them. 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Need another postcode? [Check coverage](https://gosecurity.uk/coverage.html). Queenborough-in-Sheppey Security FAQs ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you guard a yard on Marshlands Industrial Estate? Yes. We supply static guards for gatehouses and yards, or mobile patrols that check locks and perimeters overnight with GPS-logged reports. Transport and logistics firms make up 7% of Swale businesses, so yard and vehicle security is a common requirement around Queenborough. ### Do you protect construction sites on Sheppey? There are nine mapped construction sites within 5km of Queenborough. We can place CCTV towers that need no mains power, run patrols after the trades leave, and hold keys for site cabins so alarms are answered by our control room. ### Are your Queenborough officers local? Fifteen people on our register are registered at addresses inside 10 miles of the town. Ten of those hold a licence from the SIA that is in date and can take bookings. Vetting follows BS 7858, and pay runs through PAYE. ### Is shoplifting a concern at Neats Court Retail Park? Police.uk shows 88 shoplifting offences within a mile of Queenborough over twelve months, though that figure was down 40% on the year before. Uniformed retail officers and CCTV monitoring help stores keep losses down and staff supported. ### Can you help a utilities site in Swale? Utilities make up 0.9% of Swale firms, above the 0.6% British share. Critical sites like these suit remote CCTV monitoring through an NSI Gold accredited centre, with key holding and alarm response if something triggers. Free, no-obligation quote ## Get a security quote in Queenborough-in-Sheppey Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day. - SIA-licensed, BS 7858 vetted officers on PAYE - 24/7 control room for urgent cover - Prefer to talk? Call [0800 471 4792](tel:+448004714792), day or night ## Book a free Queenborough site audit Ask for a free on-site security audit, worth £250, at your Queenborough premises, or call 0800 471 4792 for a quote on guarding or patrols. [Book a Free Audit](https://gosecurity.uk/security-audit.html)Get a Quote --- Go Security Ltd, Unit 2K1, Hastingwood Business Park, Wood Lane, Birmingham B24 9QR. Tel 0800 471 4792 (24/7 control room). Email control@gosecurity.uk. Registered in England & Wales no. 11722692. ICO registration ZB604756.