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Security Services Colchester
- The SIA's #1 Ranked Security Company, Five Years Running
- Colchester-Based Security Personnel With A 30 Min Average Response Time
- Bespoke Solutions For The City's Retail, Logistics, Events and Commercial Industries
- 24/7/365 Coverage Coordinated Through Our National Operations Centre
- Request A Free No-Obligation Quote. Or Speak To A Member Of Our Expert In-House Team
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- The SIA's #1 Ranked Security Company, Five Years Running
- Colchester-Based Security Personnel With A 30 Min Average Response Time
- Bespoke Solutions For The City's Retail, Logistics, Events and Commercial Industries
- 24/7/365 Coverage Coordinated Through Our National Operations Centre
- Request A Free No-Obligation Quote. Or Speak To A Member Of Our Expert In-House Team
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SIA Licensed Security Guards & Mobile Patrols in Colchester
Britain’s oldest recorded town is having a major growth spurt. More than 7,000 active businesses now trade in the CO postcode, including the University of Essex campus and the £175m Northern Gateway development. All this developing commercial activity, investment and footfall needs a professional, visible response.
Our security guards deliver it all across the city. From customer-facing officers at retail units like Lion Walk and Culver Square to mobile patrols roaming the business parks off the A12 and A120. Whatever your deployment type, everything is built around your individual needs.
All security guards we place in Colchester are locally based, SIA licensed and vetted to BS7858 standard, with compulsory, ongoing training through our online platform that keeps all skills and certifications current across every team.
Plus, because they’re based in the area they work in, they know the city’s road network intimately, from the Crown Interchange to the routes into Greenstead. All of that means, in conjunction with our 24/7 National Operations Centre, they know how to get to your site quickly (within 30 minutes on average).
NSI Gold-Accredited CCTV & Technology-Led Security Services
A city investing heavily in fibre and 5G needs security technology that can keep up. Every system we design starts from your site plans and specific risk profile, not an off-the-shelf template. This could be a simple, single, monitored camera for a High Street store, or a full perimeter network and access control system for a distribution unit at Severalls Business Park.
You can be confident in the quality of our technology. All CCTV installation and engineering is certified to NSI Gold standards. Access control and intruder alarm systems are accredited to Paxton Gold level. These are the highest standards of the security sector. CCTV works standalone or alongside manned guarding. Our NOC monitors every system 24/7, answering all alarm activations by officer deployments.
For construction projects and premises without mains infrastructure, our solar CCTV towers, VPOD visually verified intruder alarms, and ProEyez AI-assisted perimeter detection connect to our NOC through a worldwide SIM. We can deploy every system at short notice for active developments across the Northern Gateway and the city’s regeneration schemes.
Licensed Event Security in Colchester
Martyn’s Law – officially known as The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – has achieved Royal Assent. If you’re a qualifying venue, you have until 2027 to meet the mandatory standards for your event security. We’ve been working to these standards for a few years now, so you can be confident in the event security you receive from us.
And this is an important consideration in a city like Colchester. More than 50,000 people attend around 80 events a year at Charter Hall, while Colchester Castle brings major touring concerts along with the annual Food and Drink Festival at Castle Park. Each event carries a different risk profile, reflected in how we approach event security services.
We cover your event from start to finish. All the basics, like bag checks and ticket verifications, are standard. SIA-licensed and specially trained supervisory teams are qualified in crowd behaviour, conflict management and Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement. We’re also qualified to manage alcohol service areas, with officer numbers scalable at short notice to match changing risk profiles.
What Security Services Do We Provide?
Security Guards
Our primary service. SIA licensed, BS7858 vetted security guards putting a visible presence across Colchester’s retail, corporate, logistics and industrial premises.
Mobile Patrol Services
A single guard can’t physically watch a large or multi-building site at once. Our scheduled and reactive mobile patrols close those gaps across bigger estates and business parks.
Keyholding Services
One of our more cost-effective security services offering SMEs and independent businesses SIA-licensed security personnel attending their premises within 30 minutes of a call out.
Concierge Officers
Benefit from a front desk that welcomes visitors and manages risk at the same time. Concierge security combines a client-facing manner with licensed protection, suited to the corporate offices around Colchester Business Park and professional services businesses.
Canine Handlers
For sites too large or remote to rely on static cover or human-only services, NASDU-accredited canine handlers provide a heightened level of deterrence and detection against trespass and theft.
Waking Watch Services
Our Waking Watch service is fully FSE and NFCC compliant and available 24/7/365 with rapid deployment. Compliant cover delivered at short notice means a building with a known fire safety risk stays occupied and protected.
CCTV Systems
Our AI-assisted CCTV systems, permanent or temporary, are NSI Gold-accredited and monitored continuously by our own team at the NOC. That turns footage into a live response.
Our Clients’ Success Stories
Find out how we’ve already protected countless premises across the region, and how we can deliver a tailored solution that’s designed with you in mind.
Roger Butcher
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
I would like to express how professional the ProFM staff deployed to our site have been. Many people have tried to access the site, but have always been deterred by the ProFM team. I couldn’t of wished for a better service. Thank you to the team for all your support throughout the project.
NHS Case Study
Norwich City Council
We appreciate the work ProFM Group has done and thank you for your contribution to the successful management of our emergency provision, through which we were able to provide accommodation and support to these often-vulnerable clients.
Norwich City Council Case Study
Hethel Innovation
We are delighted to be in partnership with ProFM for the provision of guarding and security systems. ProFM underwent a rigorous tender process, and it was clear from the outset that they genuinely did care about their people and indeed ourselves. Excellent mobilisation from the operations team, very thorough with great communication and we're really looking forward to the partnership ahead.
Why Choose ProFM Group?
Working with ProFM as your security company means you’ll benefit from our nearly 30 years of experience and expertise:
Tailored Security Services
No two Colchester sites carry the same risk. A serviced office at Colchester Business Park, a vacant retail unit and an overnight logistics yard each need a different answer, so we create every solution from your individual needs.
Licensed Security Professionals
Every officer we deploy across Colchester holds a current SIA licence and is vetted to BS7858 standard.
A Rapid Response Service
Our locally based officers, coordinated in real time through our National Operations Centre, give us an average response time of just 30 minutes across Colchester at any time of the day or night.
An Evolving Partnership
As your business grows, your team gets bigger, or you move office, your risk profile changes. You need security services that adapt with you. That’s what we offer as a long-term security partner.
Strong Criminal Deterrent
A visible, uniformed officer is one of the most cost-effective forms of crime prevention available. That physical presence can often be enough to prevent opportunistic crimes from happening in the first place.
An Expansive Security Catalogue
Over more than 30 years, we’ve built one of the broadest service portfolios on the market, spanning manned guarding, CCTV monitoring and installation, key holding and alarm response, canine handlers and Waking Watch.
What Sectors Do We Provide Security Services For In Colchester?
Retail Security
With shoplifting up around 26% year-on-year across the city, our retail security combines static guarding with undercover store detectives and monitored CCTV, built for high-footfall sites at Lion Walk, Culver Square and Turner Rise.
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Hospitality & Events Security
Hospitality security provides Martyn's Law-compliant services, including SIA-licensed door supervisors, crowd management and mobile patrols for Colchester’s licensed venues and its year-round events calendar, from Charter Hall to Castle Park.
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Construction Site Security
Active construction sites are among the highest-risk environments for theft and trespass, especially overnight and at weekends. Construction security packages provide manned guarding, mobile patrols and autonomous solar CCTV towers to protect the developments shaping the Northern Gateway and the city’s wider regeneration.
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Logistics & Distribution Security
Logistics premises can be easy targets for opportunistic and organised criminals. Our logistics and distribution security provides gatehouse cover, access control, and overnight guarding to keep your premises and stock secure.
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Corporate & Office Security
Our corporate security, including concierge-led guarding, access control and CCTV, is built for the business parks and office developments off the A12, from Colchester Business Park to Severalls.
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Vacant Property Security
Empty properties are a liability not only for criminal activity, but also for insurance if someone is injured on your site. Our vacant property security spans manned guarding, alarm response, key holding, VPOD alarms and temporary CCTV for commercial units and transitional development sites across Colchester.
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Education Security
Our education security for Colchester’s schools, colleges and campuses, like those at the University of Essex, includes DBS-checked static officers, biometric access control and AI-augmented CCTV monitoring that protects students and staff from disruption.
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Manufacturing & Industrial Security
Combine manned guarding with state-of-the-art security technology with an industrial security package that makes sure your factory or production site is protected by day and watched by night, with a single accountable provider behind the whole programme.
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Looking for more information about how we deliver an expert approach to security in Colchester? Find out more in our FAQs.
Still got a Question?Yes. Our network of locally-based officers across Colchester can mobilise quickly, and in most circumstances, we can have SIA-licensed personnel on site the same day. Whether you’ve been let down by another provider, have a sudden gap in cover or face a fast-moving incident, we are set up to respond.
Our average officer response time is 30 minutes across all our manned services. That’s supported by a roster of locally based Colchester security guards who know the road networks and transport links like the back of their hand, supported and coordinated in real-time by our National Operations Centre.
We’ve been the SIA’s #1-ranked security company in the UK for five years running. We’re also a member of the ACS Pacesetters group representing the top 15% of SIA contractors. All tech and CCTV installations are accredited at the Paxton Gold and NSI Gold level, the top quality benchmarks in our industry. And we hold Constructiononline Gold accreditation and are SafeContractor approved.
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Colchester Key Crime Statistics
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Vehicle Offences Have Risen By 48% In The Last 3 Years
Since 2023, vehicle offences (including drink- and drug-driving, speeding, and reckless driving) have risen by almost 50%
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Violent Crime Is 1.5 Times The National Average
With Essex Police reporting 5,378 incidents of violent crime in the last year alone, there’s a worrying rate of violence in what’s historically been a safer town in the county.
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Overall Crime Up By Over 10%
The city’s crime statistics aren’t remaining static year-on-year, with 2026 seeing a rise of 10.5% when compared with the previous year.
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