# Riverside, Cardiff Guarding and Patrols | Go Security > Covering Riverside premises near Stadium Plaza, Canal Industrial Park and Cardiff Central, with 80 SIA-licensed officers in our network ready for shifts. Source: https://gosecurity.uk/security-riverside.html --- [Home](https://gosecurity.uk/) / [Locations](https://gosecurity.uk/locations.html) / Riverside, Cardiff # Security Services in Riverside From Stadium Plaza and the Saint David's Centre to the yards on Penarth Road, Riverside packs a lot of commercial ground into a short walk, and we guard much of it. [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 Riverside ## Commercial Riverside, site by site Homes line many Riverside streets, but this corner of Cardiff mixes housing with plenty of trade. Leckwith Industrial Estate, Canal Industrial Park and Parklands Industrial Estate lie close by, while shoppers pass through Queen's Arcade, Corp Market and Gripoly Mills Retail Park. Each place asks for a different answer: gatehouse checks on an estate, uniformed floor cover in an arcade, and an officer who attends when an alarm trips at a vacant unit overnight. - Leckwith, Canal and Parklands industrial estates nearby - Retail from Queen's Arcade to Gripoly Mills - 130 people on our register registered in the surrounding area - 48 building projects mapped across the district Get a Quote [View Riverside on OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Riverside%2C%20Cardiff) Riverside Business Profile ## Who works Riverside shifts for us A deep bench sits behind every Riverside contract. Our network includes 130 security workers whose homes sit inside a 10-mile radius, and 80 of them hold SIA licences and are active for shifts. Ten drive their own cars, which lets us run a mobile loop between Bessemer Close Workshops and the Penarth Road units. Screening follows BS 7858, and every person is paid through PAYE. Cardiff has 12,130 firms on the register. Professional services make up the largest group, ahead of builders and shops. Two sectors stand out against Britain as a whole: health and care, at 6.3% locally versus 4.4%, and finance, at 3.1% versus 2.1%. Surgeries and care providers lean on us for front-desk officers and lone-worker check-calls, while finance offices value a composed reception and someone answering the alarm after hours. 80 SIA-licensed officers within 10 miles 12,130 Registered businesses in Cardiff 48 Active construction sites mapped within 5 km 193 Pubs, bars & nightclubs within 5 km ### Named sites around Riverside - **Industrial & business parks:** Biffa Waste Management Resource Centre, Canal Industrial Park, Leckwith Industrial Estate, Bessemer Close Workshops, Penarth Road Industrial Units and Parklands Industrial Estate - **Retail parks & shopping centres:** Stadium Plaza, Queen's Arcade, Saint David's Centre, Corp Market, Capitol Cardiff and Gripoly Mills Retail Park - **Hospitals:** Saint David's Hospital, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Priory Hospital Cardiff and Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital - **Rail stations:** Cardiff Central, Ninian Park, Cathays, Grangetown and Cardiff Queen Street ### Venues & Martyn's Law Match days at the Principality Stadium and Cardiff Arms Park, and gigs at Tramshed or Clwb Ifor Bach, draw crowds large enough to bring Martyn's Law obligations once it starts in 2027. We staff gates, searches and stewarding for those occasions. [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 Riverside ## A district shaped by stadiums and stations Few neighbourhoods have Cardiff Central, Ninian Park and Grangetown stations all within reach, alongside the Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Saint David's Hospital. Footfall arrives in waves, particularly on fixture days, and businesses nearest the platforms feel it first. That pattern calls for flexible rostering. A café or pharmacy may want one officer on a Saturday afternoon only, whereas a builder's compound wants cameras and a key holder every night of the week. [Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_art_-_Riverside,_Cardiff.JPG) by Blue992, CC BY-SA 3.0 Services in Riverside Pick the Riverside service you need below; each one is supported by our own 24/7 control room rather than an outsourced desk. [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 offences around Riverside Police.uk lists 13,122 offences inside one mile of Riverside for the year ending August 2026. Violent and sexual crime contributes 3,872 of that figure, and shop theft is the next biggest category at 2,165. Anti-social behaviour reached 1,352, public order 1,268 and vehicle crime 1,112. The direction matters too: the latest quarter ran 23% ahead of its counterpart a year earlier, and shoplifting grew 67%. Arcade retailers have reason to put trained staff on the floor, while car parks benefit from patrols and CCTV towers. 13,122 Recorded crimes in 12 months 3,872 Violence & sexual offences 2,165 Shoplifting 1,352 Anti-social behaviour 1,268 Public order 1,112 Vehicle crime 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 ## South Wales Police locally Riverside's neighbourhood officers list theft of and from cars, off-road motorbikes and anti-social behaviour among the issues they are working on. Riverside South Wales Police **Current neighbourhood priorities:** - Vehicle crime - theft of/from cars - Off-road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use - Anti-social behaviour [View this team on Police.uk →](https://www.south-wales.police.uk) Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Riverside. Areas We Cover Near Riverside ## Neighbouring Cardiff districts Our Riverside officers also cover Canton, Butetown and Cathays, which helps when a client trades on both sides of the river. [Cardiff](https://gosecurity.uk/security-cardiff.html) [Grangetown](https://gosecurity.uk/security-grangetown.html) [Pontcanna](https://gosecurity.uk/security-pontcanna.html) [Canton](https://gosecurity.uk/security-canton.html) [Butetown](https://gosecurity.uk/security-butetown.html) [Cathays](https://gosecurity.uk/security-cathays.html) [Adamsdown](https://gosecurity.uk/security-adamsdown.html) [Roath](https://gosecurity.uk/security-roath.html) [Gabalfa](https://gosecurity.uk/security-gabalfa.html) [Splott](https://gosecurity.uk/security-splott.html) [Llandaff](https://gosecurity.uk/security-llandaff.html) [Penylan](https://gosecurity.uk/security-penylan.html) Postcodes We Cover in Riverside ### Riverside postcode coverage The 7 postcode districts nearest central Riverside, covering parts of Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan and Caerphilly. CF11CF10CF24CF5CF23CF14CF64 Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? [Check coverage](https://gosecurity.uk/coverage.html). Riverside Security FAQs ## Frequently asked questions ### Our car park keeps getting targeted. What helps? Vehicle crime reached 1,112 offences close to Riverside, and police have named theft of and from cars as a priority. A CCTV tower monitored by an NSI Gold accredited centre, together with randomised patrol calls, is a sensible starting point for a car park of any size. ### Can you cover a stadium or concert night? With the Principality Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park and Tramshed close by, event cover is a natural fit for the area. We supply licensed stewards, search teams and supervisors, and we help larger venues get ready for Martyn's Law. ### How do you protect clinics and care settings? Health and care firms are 6.3% of Cardiff businesses, comfortably over the 4.4% British share. We place front-desk officers who defuse confrontations calmly, and staff finishing late can check in with our control room as lone workers. ### Is there enough local cover for a busy retail unit? Shoplifting near Riverside rose 67%. With 80 licensed officers from our network available for shifts nearby, we can staff the hours when theft peaks and add a second officer during sales or holidays. ### We have a building project in the area. Can you secure it? Forty-eight building projects are mapped in the district. We combine CCTV towers, patrols after hours and key holding, so a contractor gets the compound checked, the gates locked and a timestamped report each morning. Free, no-obligation quote ## Get a security quote in Riverside 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 ## Plan cover for your Riverside premises Let us survey your site at no charge, a £250 audit, and you will receive a written plan; alternatively dial 0800 471 4792 to discuss costs. [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.