Monthly Intelligence

West Midlands Security Intelligence Briefing

One email a month. Crime patterns, insolvencies affecting site security, legislation deadlines, and compliant rate benchmarks across the West Midlands. No sales content. Written by David Foster, former RAF Police.

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July 2026 · Issue 1

Provider Stability · Vacant Sites · Metal Theft · Martyn's Law · Rate Benchmark

Provider stability checks, construction insolvencies creating vacant sites, metal theft and fly-tipping patterns, Martyn's Law compliance timeline, and compliant guarding rate benchmarks for 2026.

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Which security companies are failing and what it means for the sites they cover — contract collapses, SIA non-compliance, and what to check on your own provider.
Area-by-area crime and fly-tipping intelligence drawn from live operations across the West Midlands — patterns that affect commercial property, industrial estates, and vacant sites.
Martyn's Law and insurance compliance deadlines explained plainly — what you need to do, by when, and what happens if you don't.

Not ready to subscribe? Our latest article, You May Be Trending And Not Know It, looks at what urban exploration footage means for owners of vacant commercial property — and the liability that builds while a building sits empty.