Between Westfield Stratford City, the Stratford Centre and estates such as Maryland and Hamlet, West Ham is surrounded by a dense cluster of commercial sites in Newham. Our network guards, patrols and monitors them.
Trusted Protection in West Ham
The 5km around West Ham contains an unusual range of named sites. Stratford City Energy Centre, King's Yard Energy Centre and the UK Power Networks Head House are critical infrastructure. Maryland Industrial Estate, Hamlet Industrial Estate and Bow Enterprise Park house trade and light industry. Westfield Stratford City, the Stratford Centre, East Shopping Centre and Leyton Mills Retail Park draw shoppers. Each needs its own approach, and our officers are drawn from a large pool living close by.
West Ham Business Profile
Our network counts 800 registered security workers who live within 10 miles of West Ham, and 335 of them hold a current SIA licence and can be booked. That includes 55 with their own vehicles for mobile patrols and five dog handlers for K9 security. Every officer is BS 7858 vetted and paid via PAYE, and books on by GPS with reports reviewed in our 24/7 control room.
Newham has 14,115 registered businesses. Construction leads at 2,215, retail is next at 1,915 and professional services at 1,760. Retail makes up 13.6% of firms against 7.8% nationally, so uniformed retail officers and store detectives are an obvious fit. Education, at 2.7% compared with 1.9%, adds schools and colleges needing gate control, campus patrols and cover during holidays.
Stratford East theatre, The Source arts centre and Rooftop Film Club are among the venues in range, along with event spaces such as The Orange Room and Saffron Gallery. Any gathering of 200 or more people will bring Martyn's Law duties in 2027, and our stewards can help you prepare for them. 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 West Ham
With 228 construction sites mapped and 330 pubs, bars and clubs within 5km, West Ham's surroundings combine heavy development with a large evening economy. Five stations are close by, from West Ham and Plaistow to Stratford, Stratford High Street and Abbey Road, and Newham University Hospital and the John Howard Centre are both in range.
That mix means site security, retail guarding and door supervision are all needed within a short walk of each other. Building sites want CCTV towers and night patrols; shopping centres want visible officers; hospitals and energy sites want controlled access.
Services in West Ham
These services suit the shopping centres, energy sites, building projects and venues around West Ham.
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 16,659 crimes within a mile of West Ham for the year from September 2025 to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences, at 3,524, and anti-social behaviour, at 3,481, were almost level as the largest categories. Shoplifting reached 2,243, other theft 1,433 and theft from the person 1,384. The latest three months were 8% below a year earlier, and shoplifting fell 6%. Even so, those volumes put real pressure on retailers and on anyone running premises open to the public, where trained officers and CCTV monitoring are the obvious places to start.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Metropolitan Police Service's West Ham team is concentrating on speeding in Portway, vehicle crime, and drug dealing and anti-social behaviour.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers West Ham.
Areas We Cover Near West Ham
Our cover also takes in East Ham and Tower Hamlets, each 2 miles from West Ham, and Leyton at 3 miles.
Postcodes We Cover in West Ham
The 10 postcode districts nearest central West Ham, covering parts of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Redbridge.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
West Ham Security FAQs
Yes. Newham's retail share stands at 13.6% of firms, close to double the 7.8% British figure, and 2,243 shoplifting offences were logged within a mile. A uniformed guard or plain-clothes store detective cuts the opportunity for theft and gives staff backup at the till.
There are 800 registered security workers in our network within 10 miles, with 335 SIA-licensed and active for shifts. Fifty-five have their own vehicles for mobile patrols and five are dog handlers, so we can staff varied contracts locally.
Some 2,215 Newham businesses are builders and contractors, more than any other sector, and the map around West Ham shows 228 sites. We combine CCTV towers, a gate guard, K9 handlers and night checks to keep plant and stock from walking off.
Sites such as Stratford City Energy Centre and King's Yard Energy Centre lie within 5km. For critical infrastructure we provide static guarding, access control and remote CCTV monitoring by an NSI Gold accredited centre.
Education makes up 2.7% of Newham firms, against 1.9% nationally. We offer gate control, campus patrols and holiday-period protection, with every officer vetted to BS 7858.
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