UK venue security statistics 2026
The numbers that matter for UK venue operators, site managers, and compliance leads. Every figure is sourced. Use freely with attribution.
How to use this page. Every statistic below carries its source. Figures are drawn from published UK government, regulatory, and industry sources, plus Archangel's own published platform metrics. If you cite a figure, please attribute the original source listed.
Drink spiking in the UK
The sourced figures venue operators, licensing teams and journalists ask for. Every number below is treated by its source as an undercount, because spiking is heavily underreported.
6,732
Reports of spiking to police in the year ending April 2023
Source: Home Office spiking factsheet
957
Of those reports related to needle spiking
Source: Home Office spiking factsheet
74%
Of spiking victims are women
Source: Home Office spiking factsheet
10%
Of women say they have been spiked (5% of men)
Source: YouGov poll, December 2022
80%
Of incidents happen in public places, mostly night-time venues
Source: National Police Chiefs' Council
10 yrs
Maximum sentence under the standalone spiking offence, once s134 is in force
Source: Crime and Policing Act 2026, s134
Martyn's Law
Key figures on the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 and its scope across UK venues.
200
Capacity that triggers Standard Tier Martyn's Law obligations
Source: Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025
800
Capacity that triggers Enhanced Tier obligations
Source: Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025
April 2027
Expected start of Martyn's Law enforcement
Source: UK Home Office
April 2025
Date Martyn's Law received Royal Assent
Source: UK Home Office
£18m
Maximum penalty for Enhanced Tier non-compliance (or 5% of worldwide revenue)
Source: Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025
4
Core public protection procedures: Evacuate, Invacuate, Lockdown, Communicate
Source: UK Home Office guidance
UK workplace safety (HSE 2024/25)
Health and Safety Executive statistics for Great Britain, relevant to construction, warehouse, and hazardous-environment operators.
124
Worker fatalities in Great Britain in 2024/25
Source: HSE, Work-related fatal injuries 2025
680,000
Workers who sustained a non-fatal workplace injury (Labour Force Survey)
Source: HSE Summary Statistics 2025
1.9m
Workers suffering from work-related ill health, highest on record
Source: HSE Summary Statistics 2025
30%
Of non-fatal injuries caused by slips, trips or falls on the same level
Source: HSE Summary Statistics 2025
10%
Of non-fatal injuries caused by acts of violence
Source: HSE Summary Statistics 2025
8%
Of non-fatal injuries caused by falls from height
Source: HSE Summary Statistics 2025
COMAH and hazardous environments
Control of Major Accident Hazards regulation scope across UK industry, with the Scotch Whisky sector as a documented example.
70
Scotch Whisky processing sites covered by COMAH regulations
Source: IChemE, Hazards 30 (Munro)
50
Of those whisky COMAH sites operating as Lower Tier
Source: IChemE, Hazards 30 (Munro)
20
Of those whisky COMAH sites operating as Upper Tier
Source: IChemE, Hazards 30 (Munro)
5,000t
Spirit threshold for Lower Tier COMAH classification
Source: COMAH Regulations 2015
50,000t
Spirit threshold for Upper Tier COMAH classification
Source: COMAH Regulations 2015
£4.7bn
Annual UK Scotch Whisky export value
Source: Scotch Whisky Association
Archangel platform performance
Platform characteristics venues can verify during a trial on their own cameras.
<2s
Average detection time
Source: Archangel AI platform metrics
1.2s
Average alert delivery time
Source: Archangel AI platform metrics
15+
Behaviour detection layers running simultaneously per frame
Source: Archangel AI platform
<48h
Time to live deployment on existing IP cameras
Source: Archangel AI platform
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