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Security guards for Portsmouth, the Solent coast & the Isle of Wight

Yes. SIA-licensed officers from our partner network live across the PO area, and the 24/7 control room arranges guarding, patrols and keyholding from Bognor Regis to Havant and over the water to the Isle of Wight, subject to availability.

Live64 officers in our network live in the PO area
Guarding from £24.50/hr · mobile patrols from £45 · keyholding callouts from £55 (+VAT). Work out your price
Portsmouth · PO

Security in Portsmouth

The PO postcode stretches from the naval city of Portsmouth along the Solent shore to Chichester and Bognor Regis, and across to the Isle of Wight. Security demand here follows the waterfront: ferry and port-side yards, marine engineering and boat storage, waterfront retail and leisure around Gunwharf and Southsea, and a steady pipeline of housing and regeneration schemes in Fareham, Gosport and Havant. Inland, the business parks and trade counters strung along the M27 and A27 need overnight cover and alarm response as much as any city-centre site does, and summer brings extra pressure on holiday parks and seafront venues.

Our network has a solid base of officers living in this postcode, which helps when you need a static guard on a Portsmouth construction site or a relief officer for a Chichester reception at short notice. We have not yet logged completed shifts here through the platform, so every booking is checked and confirmed by the control room before an officer is assigned. Once a shift starts you see the GPS clock-in, welfare check-calls and the occurrence log in the client app, rather than waiting on a morning phone call.

Towns and districts covered

Mainland cover is the simplest to arrange: officers in Portsmouth, Southsea, Cosham, Fareham, Havant and Emsworth can reach most sites along the A27 corridor, and Chichester and Selsey are served from the same pool. The Isle of Wight is different. Sites in Ryde, Newport, Cowes or Shanklin are either covered by officers who live on the island or by mainland officers travelling by ferry, so allow more notice there and expect the control room to confirm crossing times and availability before the booking is fixed.

Security services in Portsmouth

Manned guarding →

Construction & void sites →

Retail security →

Warehouse & logistics →

Corporate & concierge →

Events & door supervision →

Mobile patrols →

Keyholding & alarm response →

Questions about security in Portsmouth

Can you supply guards on the Isle of Wight?
Yes, on request. Island sites in places such as Newport, Ryde, Cowes and Sandown are covered either by officers living on the island or by officers crossing from the mainland. Ferry timings affect start and finish times, so the control room confirms availability and travel before your booking is accepted. Longer notice gives the best chance of a consistent officer.
Do you cover construction sites in Portsmouth and Gosport overnight?
Yes. Construction and void-site security is one of our core services, and night shifts on building sites in Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham are a common request. Officers clock in by GPS, the control room makes welfare check-calls through the night, and anything found on patrol is logged with photos in the client app.
Can I get mobile patrols for a unit off the M27?
Yes. If a full-time guard is more than the site needs, mobile patrols and keyholding with alarm response suit many units along the M27 and A27. Patrols start from £45 per patrol and alarm callouts from £55, both plus VAT, with the final price confirmed by the control room once the route and timings are known.
Can you staff events in Chichester or Cowes during the summer?
We provide event security and SIA-licensed door supervisors, and summer weekends around the Solent are busy. Send the dates, expected crowd size and the roles you need as early as possible. The control room will tell you what the network can staff and confirm officers before the event rather than promising numbers it cannot guarantee.

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