Wick's late-night trade centres on the Waterfront nightclub and seven pubs and bars within 5km. We provide door supervisors, event stewards and evening cover for licensed premises in this far-north Caithness town.
Trusted Protection in Wick
Hospitality carries real weight in the Highland economy: 1,395 businesses, or 12.6% of the total, against 6.5% across Great Britain. In Wick that shows up as a compact cluster of bars and the Waterfront nightclub, where a busy weekend or a one-off event can test door teams and staff alike. Our SIA-licensed door supervisors work to your licence conditions, and we can add stewarding, CCTV monitoring or a mobile patrol after closing.
Wick Business Profile
The Highland council area has 11,105 registered businesses. Agriculture is by far the largest sector at 2,235, which is 20.1% of all firms compared with 4.5% nationally. Construction follows at 1,670 and hospitality at 1,395. Farms and estates spread across open land are hard to watch, so rural mobile patrols and solar CCTV towers are the practical fit where mains power and staff are thin on the ground.
Every officer we deploy holds an SIA licence, has passed BS 7858 vetting and is employed through PAYE. Patrols are booked on by GPS and logged in a digital report, and our 24/7 in-house control room handles alarm activations and escalation. For a remote site, that record of who checked what, and when, is often as valuable as the visit itself.
The Waterfront is Wick's named nightclub; any venue here that admits 200 or more people will take on Martyn's Law preparedness duties once the Act commences. 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 Wick
Wick is a Caithness town in the far north of mainland Scotland, once one of Europe's greatest herring ports. Today its named sites include Pulteney Distillery, Charity Farm, Caithness General Hospital and Wick Town and County Hospital, with Wick station and Wick Retail Park close by.
A disused former primary school is also listed among local sites, and empty buildings like that benefit from regular inspections and key holding. With one mapped construction site nearby, plant protection is a smaller but real concern.
Services in Wick
Choose from the services below for your Wick premises, or combine door cover with patrols and alarm response.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Scottish crime figures are published by Police Scotland rather than Police.uk, so we do not show street-level data here.
Because Police.uk does not cover Scotland, there is no one-mile crime breakdown on this page. Police Scotland publishes its own statistics for Caithness and the wider Highland area. If you want a clear view of the risks at your own premises instead, our free on-site security audit looks at entrances, lighting, alarms and storage and scores them against a 25-point checklist.
Local Policing
Wick is policed by Police Scotland, which handles local neighbourhood matters across Caithness and publishes its own crime statistics.
Policing in Wick is provided by Police Scotland.
Areas We Cover Near Wick
From Wick our cover extends to Thurso, around 19 miles away, and across to Stromness and Kirkwall at 37 and 38 miles.
Postcodes We Cover in Wick
The 3 postcode districts nearest central Wick, covering parts of Highland.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Wick Security FAQs
Yes. There are seven pubs, bars and nightclubs within 5km, including the Waterfront. Our door supervisors are SIA-licensed and BS 7858 vetted, and we can cover regular weekends, bank holidays or one-off nights.
Venues that hold 200 or more people will be covered by Martyn's Law when it begins. If your premises in Wick reach that size, you will need to show sensible preparedness. Our free security audit, worth £250, can help you check entry points and procedures.
Agriculture makes up 20.1% of businesses in the Highland council area, against 4.5% across Great Britain. Rural mobile patrols and solar-powered CCTV towers suit open farmland, with alerts handled by our 24/7 control room.
Police.uk covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland only. Scottish crime data comes from Police Scotland, which publishes figures on its own site. We can still assess your premises in person through a free audit.
A disused former primary school is among the named sites within 5km, a reminder that vacant buildings need regular attention. We offer vacant property inspections, key holding and POD intruder alarms, with a written report after every check.
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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.
Call 0800 471 4792 for a quote on door supervision or patrols, or book a free on-site audit worth £250 for your Wick premises.
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