Keeping Crowds Safe from Vehicle-Based Threats
At CrowdGuard, we are specialists in Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM), dedicated to protecting public spaces and events from vehicular threats.
Our mission is to provide innovative HVM solutions, ensuring safety and security for gatherings of all sizes. From temporary measures to semi-permanent and permanent installations, we offer a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to meet your specific security needs.
Our Core Values
Integrity
We provide honest, product-agnostic advice grounded in wider counter-terrorism understanding. We recommend proportionate solutions tailored to each client’s risks, operational needs and budget, never promoting unnecessary measures.
Attention to Detail
Through rigorous quality assurance, thorough due diligence and robust processes, we maintain high standards from initial risk assessment through to deployment and de-rigging.
Teamwork
At Crowdguard, teamwork means Protection in Partnership. We believe in sharing knowledge, communicating openly and working collaboratively with colleagues, clients and partners. By combining expertise and supporting one another, we achieve better outcomes together.
Continuous Improvement
We are constantly reviewing best practice and innovative HVM and perimeter protection products, striving for the highest standards in our sector and staying ahead in the event security field to offer you the most robust and proportionate solutions.
No Nonsense
We take a no nonsense approach to keeping things simple and offering you an event security proposal that meets your needs, without overcomplicating matters or underestimating risk.
Fairness
Fairness means treating everyone with honesty, respect and integrity. We value different perspectives, promote equal opportunities and make transparent decisions, ensuring our advice and solutions are fair, proportionate and appropriate.
Hard Work
We are passionate about what we do, and completely committed to helping you keep people and assets safer, mitigating risk and potentially saving lives.
Commitment
We take pride in taking ownership, delivering on our promises and going the extra mile. We are dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes, consistently meeting expectations and seeing every project through to completion.
Our Vision
We aim to create a world where public safety is a foremost priority and the threat of vehicular attacks is notably minimised. While it’s not possible to eliminate all risks entirely, our Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) solutions provide crucial time for response and should be an integral part of a comprehensive risk management and counter terrorism strategy. By combining innovative products with effective processes, we enhance overall security and preparedness.
We believe that HVM should be a key component of an event’s overall counter-terrorism strategy, not just a traffic management measure. HVM involves both products and processes, and it must integrate with a broader security plan. A standalone vehicle barrier might stop a vehicle, but it won’t prevent an attack if it’s not part of a comprehensive security strategy.
HVM - A Risk-Led, Proportionate Approach to Protecting Public Spaces and Events
Download our free HVM white paper to understand what reasonable, proportionate protection really looks like. Grounded in NPSA and ProtectUK guidance, it explains when Hostile Vehicle Mitigation may be appropriate, when it isn’t, and how to make defensible, risk-led decisions.
Practical, non-technical and experience-led—this guide helps you protect people while keeping spaces open, accessible and welcoming.
An official Crowdguard White Paper