Retail security CCTV, deployed in your premises.
A visible CCTV deterrent for shops, stores and retail units — the Vigil 600, placed inside your premises and live the same day. No cabling, no fixed install, optional 24/7 monitoring, across Hampshire and the South of England. Call 02394 331 999.
Shoplifting and abuse are a cost, not an occasional event.
Retail crime in the UK runs into the billions of pounds a year, and the British Retail Consortium reports that violence and abuse against shop staff has climbed sharply. A permanent fit-out is slow and expensive, and a dummy camera deters no one. The Vigil 600 gives a store a real, visible deterrent it can have standing on the floor this week.
UK shoplifting is at its highest level on record.
These are public figures from the British Retail Consortium, the Office for National Statistics and police forces — the reason a visible deterrent on the floor earns its place.
Cost of customer theft to UK retailers in a single year, part of a £4.2bn total retail crime bill.
BRC Crime Survey 2025Police-recorded shoplifting offences in England & Wales (year to March 2025) — the highest since records began in 2003.
ONSIncidents of violence and abuse against retail staff — up around 340% since 2020.
BRC Crime Survey 2025Shoplifting offences that result in a charge or summons — most are closed with no suspect identified.
ONS, 2024A small group of prolific offenders drives much of the loss. In London alone, just 104 repeat shoplifters were linked to roughly a third of all shop-theft offences where a suspect was identified, and the Ministry of Justice has found shoplifters reoffend more than any other type of offender. The same faces come back — so a store’s best defence is being a visibly harder target than the shop next door, with recorded evidence when it is needed.
Sources: BRC Retail Crime Survey 2025; ONS, Crime in England & Wales (year ending March 2025); Metropolitan Police. Figures are the latest published at the time of writing and are indicative of the national picture.
A deterrent that records — and challenges out of hours.
The Vigil 600 is a compact, rapid-deployment CCTV unit built to drop into a retail space without an install. Delivered as a managed hire for Hampshire and the South Coast, with no minimum weeks on the invoice.
- Visible camera unit positioned where shoplifting and anti-social behaviour happen
- Wireless motion detection with photo verification — alerts with a picture, not just a ping
- Local recording with remote live view from your phone, wherever you are
- Built-in siren to challenge intruders when the shop is closed
- Hard-wired to mains power or run on solar and battery — whichever the premises suits
- No network cabling and no shop broadband — connectivity is mobile and built in, live the same visit
- Optional 24/7 professional monitoring with event verification and audio challenge
- Recorded footage to download and share with police or your insurer
For a person watching the feed out of hours, see 24/7 monitoring. The on-camera analytics are covered in the technology page.
Vigil 600 — the compact unit built for indoor retail.
For a retail premises the Vigil 600 is the usual fit: compact enough to stand on a shop floor or cover a single entrance, with wireless motion detection, photo verification, local recording and a built-in siren. A larger site, a forecourt or a yard behind the store can step up to the camera-equipped Vigil 700 — tell us the layout and we will specify, not guess.
From a call to a unit on the floor.
No lengthy install programme — a retail deployment is a short, managed process.
1 · Tell us the store
Share the premises and where the problem is — the entrance, the floor, the stockroom, an empty unit. We recommend where the Vigil 600 should sit and send a written quote with no minimum tie-in.
2 · We deploy the unit
We deliver and position the Vigil 600 in one visit, set its detection zones and show you the app. No cabling, no shop broadband, no disruption to trading — live the same day in most cases.
3 · Deter, record, monitor
The unit deters on sight, records for evidence, and alerts your phone. Add 24/7 monitoring if you want a control room verifying events and challenging intruders out of hours.
Retail security FAQs.
Can the Vigil 600 be used inside a shop or retail unit?
Yes. The Vigil 600 is a compact, free-standing unit designed to sit inside or at the entrance of a premises — on a shop floor, in a stockroom, or covering a doorway or forecourt. It needs no wall fixings and nothing is cabled in, so it can be positioned where the risk actually is and moved if that changes.
How is the Vigil 600 powered — does it need wiring or broadband?
You have the choice. The Vigil 600 can be hard-wired to mains power where the premises has a spare supply, or run on solar and battery where it does not — so it suits a staffed shop with a socket to spare and an empty unit with none alike. Either way there is no network cabling and no shop broadband to arrange, because connectivity is mobile and built in. That is what lets it go live the same visit rather than waiting on an install.
How quickly can it be deployed in a retail premises?
Usually the same day or within 48 hours of an agreed quote across Hampshire and the South of England. The unit is delivered, positioned and switched on in one visit — useful when a store has had an incident and needs cover now.
Does it deter shoplifters, or only record them?
Both. A visible camera unit on the shop floor does deterrent work the moment it is seen, and its motion detection with photo verification and built-in siren can challenge someone out of hours. When a theft does happen, it is recorded so you have evidence rather than just an empty shelf.
Can it be monitored out of hours when the shop is closed?
Self-managed alerts to your phone are included as standard. Professional 24/7 monitoring, with a person verifying events and an audio challenge, is an optional add-on — so an overnight-empty unit can have a control room watching without you paying for one you do not need.
How much does retail CCTV hire cost?
The Vigil 600 starts from £89 per week plus VAT, with 24/7 monitoring available on top. There is no minimum hire period, so a short-term or seasonal shop is costed for exactly the weeks it needs. See the hire and pricing page for the full breakdown.
Can footage be shared with police or used against shoplifters?
Yes. Recorded footage can be downloaded and shared with police or your insurer after an incident. A visible, recording unit also supports a store's wider loss-prevention and staff-safety case in a way a mirror or a dummy camera cannot.
Put a deterrent on the shop floor this week.
Tell us the premises and what you are seeing — or call 02394 331 999. Written quote, live the same day, no minimum hire.