Within 5km of Radyr lie Forest Farm, Fairfield and Moy Road industrial estates, plus Cardiff North Retail Park and Llantrisant Road Retail Park, so local security has to suit warehouses and shop floors alike.
Trusted Protection in Radyr
The commercial sites around Radyr fall into clear groups. Forest Farm Industrial Estate, Fairfield Industrial Estate, Moy Road and Ely Industrial Estate hold units that empty out at night. Fairwater and Gabalfa Workshops add smaller premises. Cardiff North Retail Park, Llantrisant Road Retail Park and Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park draw shoppers through the day. We plan patrols, alarm response and retail cover for each.
Radyr Business Profile
Of Cardiff's 12,130 or so registered firms, 1,975 are in professional services, 1,385 in construction and 1,020 in retail. Health and care runs at 6.3% against 4.4% nationally, and with the University Hospital of Wales and Velindre Cancer Centre nearby, reception security and lone-worker support are common needs. Finance, at 3.1% against 2.1%, adds corporate reception and out-of-hours alarm response.
Radyr can draw on 135 people in our network whose homes are inside a 10-mile radius. Eighty-five of them are licensed by the SIA and free to be rostered, and 15 drive, which helps on patrol routes. Every one has passed BS 7858 checks and is employed on PAYE, while the control room logs each GPS book-on and issues a digital report.
Llandaff Memorial Hall, the All Nations Centre and Llanover Hall Arts Centre host events nearby. Venues where audiences can reach 200 will be within Martyn's Law when it takes effect, and our planners help with stewarding, searches and evacuation. 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 Radyr
Radyr, Danescourt, Llandaf, Coryton and Whitchurch stations are all close by, as are Velindre Cancer Centre, Priory Hospital Cardiff and the large University Hospital of Wales site. Eighteen construction sites are mapped nearby.
With 62 pubs, bars and clubs in the area and police focusing on anti-social behaviour, evening cover and patrols around estates and retail parks after closing are sensible additions.
Services in Radyr
These services suit Radyr-area units, retail parks, care settings and building sites, either singly or as a package.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk recorded 753 offences inside a one-mile radius of Radyr from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 244, about a third. Anti-social behaviour followed on 121, public order on 85, shoplifting on 75 and criminal damage and arson on 66. Set against the same quarter last year, the most recent three months climbed 18%. That upward movement, with anti-social behaviour a police priority, gives retailers and estate tenants reason to review cover.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Radyr team at South Wales Police is concentrating on road safety and speeding, and on anti-social behaviour.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Radyr.
Areas We Cover Near Radyr
Whitchurch is a mile from Radyr, while Fairwater and Llandaff are about 2 miles away; other districts we cover are listed below.
Postcodes We Cover in Radyr
The 8 postcode districts nearest central Radyr, covering parts of Caerphilly, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Radyr Security FAQs
Yes. Forest Farm is one of six industrial locations inside 5km, alongside Fairfield and Moy Road. Locked-up checks, alarm response and key holding cover units once staff leave.
Police.uk recorded 75 shoplifting offences within a mile over the year. Uniformed retail officers and monitored CCTV suit shops at Cardiff North Retail Park, Llantrisant Road Retail Park and the Cardiff Lifestyle site.
Health and social care providers account for 6.3% of the city's firms, compared with 4.4% in Britain overall. We staff reception desks, back lone workers through our 24/7 control room and look after premises at night and weekends.
Eighteen construction sites appear on the map inside 5km. Camera towers, a guard at the gate and evening rounds keep plant and materials where they should be, and each check is stamped by GPS.
There are 135 people in our network whose homes are inside 10 miles, with 85 cleared to work under an SIA licence and 15 able to drive between sites. Vetting follows BS 7858, and everyone is on PAYE.
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