Staffordshire Police's Tunstall team is concentrating on shoplifting, rough sleeping and anti-social behaviour, including nuisance bikes. Our retail officers, mobile patrols and monitored CCTV give Tunstall businesses a way to deal with those issues at their own doors.
Trusted Protection in Tunstall
The Tunstall neighbourhood team has three published priorities: dealing with shoplifting and rough sleeping, tackling anti-social behaviour including nuisance bikes, and its Making Great Places work. Police.uk shows why anti-social behaviour features, with 564 reports within a mile of Tunstall in a year. For shops, that can mean theft and intimidation; for yards and units, damage and trespass after dark. Uniformed officers, patrols and CCTV monitoring help address each in a measured way.
Tunstall Business Profile
Stoke-on-Trent has 6,780 registered businesses. Construction leads with 930, then retail with 730 and transport and logistics with 700. Logistics makes up 10.3% of firms, well over double the 4.3% national share, and its yards and warehouses on estates such as Brown Hills Business Park and Newfield Trading Estate generally need gatehouse control and warehouse guarding.
Motor trade businesses are 6.4% of the local base against 3.0% nationally, and forecourts face vehicle theft that CCTV towers and overnight patrols deter. Ten registered security workers in our network live within 10 miles of Tunstall, five of them SIA-active; for larger contracts we agree rotas in advance. Every officer is BS 7858 vetted and paid via PAYE.
Vale Park, the Queens Theatre and Etruria Hall are within 5km of Tunstall. Venues for 200 or more people will be subject to Martyn's Law once it commences in 2027, and our event officers can provide stewarding and search on match and show days. 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 Tunstall
Business locations within 5km include Scotia Business Park, Beresford Trading Estate and Greenbirchess Industrial Estate, while shoppers use Tunstall Trade Park, Festival Park and Wolstanton Retail Park. Haywood Hospital and Bradwell Hospital are nearby, and Longport and Kidsgrove stations are the closest rail links.
With 104 pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km and seven mapped construction sites, the town needs a mix of daytime retail cover, evening door supervision and overnight protection for yards.
Services in Tunstall
These services cover Tunstall shops, logistics yards, forecourts and venues, and can be booked alone or combined.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
For September 2025 to August 2026, Police.uk lists 3,311 offences inside a one-mile radius of Tunstall.
Violence and sexual offences were the largest group at 1,139. Anti-social behaviour followed with 564, public order with 264, criminal damage and arson with 256 and shoplifting with 236. The overall trend has turned upward, with the most recent quarter 15% ahead of the year before, though shoplifting moved the other way, down 23%. Damage and nuisance around premises are the risks most businesses here will want to plan for.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Staffordshire Police's Tunstall team prioritises shoplifting and rough sleeping, anti-social behaviour including nuisance bikes, and its Making Great Places work.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Tunstall.
Areas We Cover Near Tunstall
From Tunstall we also cover Burslem at 1 mile, Kidsgrove at 2 miles and Newcastle-under-Lyme at 3 miles.
Postcodes We Cover in Tunstall
The 8 postcode districts nearest central Tunstall, covering parts of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East and Stafford.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Tunstall Security FAQs
Local police list shoplifting as a priority, and 236 offences were recorded within a mile in twelve months, although the trend fell 23%. Uniformed retail officers, store detectives and CCTV monitored through an NSI Gold accredited centre all help reduce losses.
Anti-social behaviour, including nuisance bikes, is a police priority, with 564 reports within a mile. Our mobile patrols visit at varied times, and digital patrol reports with GPS book-on provide a record that can support police or council action.
Transport and logistics firms are 10.3% of Stoke-on-Trent businesses, well above the national figure. We offer gatehouse officers, warehouse guarding and overnight patrols for yards on estates such as Brown Hills and Newfield.
Motor trade businesses make up 6.4% of local firms, more than double the 3.0% national share. Forecourt CCTV towers, monitored by an accredited monitoring centre, and overnight patrols deter vehicle theft and damage.
Phone 0800 471 4792 and an assessor will visit your Tunstall premises. They score it against our 25-point risk checklist, looking at entrances, lighting and stock protection. The audit is normally valued at £250 and is free.
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Tell us about your site and what you need. We'll price it and come back to you, normally within one working day.
Ask for a quote for retail officers, patrols or CCTV towers, or arrange your free £250 on-site audit. Call 0800 471 4792.
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