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Security Services

We are committed to the safety of our University, proactively offering a reassuring and visible security service.

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Incident reporting 
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Contact

In case of emergency call:

+44 114 222 4444

In non-emergencies:

+44 114 222 4085

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Working with others 
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Let people just be

About us

The University of Sheffield’s Security Services are committed to keeping students, staff and visitors safe and secure.

Our university's security services

Safe Sheffield

A city-wide initiative to help students in Sheffield stay as safe as possible whilst they are living and studying here.

Find out about this initiative

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Contact information

Non-emergency

24-hour Security Control line

Telephone: +44 114 222 4085

Emergency

Control room

Telephone: +44 114 222 4444

More Security Services contacts

News

Staff received the Secured By Design award outside Factory 2050
Lee Parker (Deputy Security Operations Manager), Richard Yates (Head of Security) and Ryan Diver (Head of the IMG Group, Factory 2050)
5 August 2021

Clear way forward for security at Factory 2050

The distinctive Factory 2050 building, at the heart of the University of Sheffield Innovation District, is an exceptional facility. However, the glass curtain wall exterior has made security design for the building more complex.
Security Services patrol campus
28 April 2021

Understanding your experiences of Security Services

Help us achieve Secured Environments accreditation by completing this survey.
View from the Students' Union
3 March 2020

Secure development gets gold award

The University’s construction site for its MRI-PET scanner facility has been awarded the gold Secured By Design standard.
A man looking under a toilet cubicle for a sweet
19 June 2018

Our Safe Sheffield initiative

This month the University launched its #BeDrugAware campaign, which aims to raise student awareness of the dangers presented by recreational drug use.