As a land owner or business owner, you may be looking for ways to improve the safety of your facilities or business to provide a safer place for clients, staff or visitors. The car park is a good place to start. With the risk of theft, vandalism or other violent crimes, car parks are an area that provides criminals with the ideal location to target other people.

If you want to make your car park safer, here are our four top tips.

Security cameras

Firstly, the best way to prevent a criminal from committing a crime is to deter them. You can do this by using security cameras across your car park. This is an affordable and reliable way to boost safety because it can help keep people safe and ensure the parking area runs smoothly.

You can also implement Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems that will register every vehicle that goes in and out of the car park. This stops unauthorised visitors and increases the safety of your parking services.

Parking attendants

Parking attendants or security guards are a great investment for larger businesses as they can inspect the parking area and ensure the safety of individuals using the facilities. This has proven effective in preventing criminal activity as they are trained to maintain safety, question unauthorised guests and ensure the smooth flow of vehicles.

Brighter lighting

A dark car park is a high risk for criminal activity as there are many corners to hide from cameras and parking attendants.

Installing lighting throughout the car park ensures that cameras can record individuals with malicious intent and help them be seen by parking attendants and security guards. This makes it much safer for employees and clients to return to their cars after dark.

Signage

Whether your parking services operate using self-ticketing parking enforcement, parking attendants or ANPR, it’s important to provide proper signage for people visiting the car park. They need to know where emergency exits are, where to pay, how to reach stairwells and which way to drive around the car park.

By using signage, you can ensure that visitors can use the car park safely and there is no confusion.

If you want to improve the safety of your parking services, Park Direct UK has you covered. We can assist you with providing parking attendants, self-ticketing parking enforcement, ANPR and abandoned vehicle removal. Get in touch today to learn more.