Dracut’s history starts almost fifty years before its 1701 incorporation, when Edward Colburn and his family settled the area the Pennacook people called Augumtoocooke — river bottomland and forest along the north bank of the Merrimack.
The settlement survived a 1676 raid during King Philip’s War and grew for two centuries around water power: first sawmills and gristmills, then, by the 1800s, the cotton and paper mills of Collinsville and the shipyard in what is still called the Navy Yard neighborhood, where vessels were built for the U.S. Navy. That pattern of separate mill villages, rather than one downtown, is why the Dracut Economic Development Committee still divides the town into nine distinct business districts today: Bridge Street, Broadway, Collinsville, Dracut Center, East Dracut, Hovey Square, Kenwood, Lakeview, and Navy Yard. For a security company, that layout means coverage has to be planned district by district, not around a single commercial core.
By Derek Kreymer, Operations Manager
Hub Security and Investigative Group provides
security guard services in Dracut, MA —
armed and
unarmed guards,
mobile patrol, and licensed
private investigation services — for a Middlesex County town of 32,574 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate) on the New Hampshire border, across the Merrimack River from Lowell. Dracut is the hometown of Captain John Ogonowski, the American Airlines Flight 11 pilot killed on September 11, 2001, and of Revolutionary War general James Mitchell Varnum. Its Navy Yard district takes its name from the 19th-century shipyard that once stood on the riverbank there.
Security Built Around Dracut’s Districts
Collinsville grew up around the town’s 19th-century cotton and paper mills and is now mostly residential streets close to the Merrimack, where Hub Security fields
residential security guard coverage for homeowners’ associations and individual properties.
The Navy Yard district, once a working shipyard, is today a riverside business and light-industrial park. Hub Security provides
corporate security patrols and access control for the offices and warehouses located there, along with
construction site security when parcels along the river are redeveloped.
Bridge Street and Broadway form Dracut’s main retail corridor, anchored by the Dracut Crossing shopping plaza, banks, and a strip of independent restaurants and stores. Hub Security assigns
retail security officers to these properties for loss prevention and after-hours checks.
Lakeview and Kenwood, the neighborhoods around Long Pond and Mascuppic Lake, are largely single-family residential. Hub Security patrols there focus on vacation-season vacancy checks and neighborhood watch coordination with residents.
What Local Crime Data Actually Shows
Dracut recorded a violent crime rate of 1.49 per 1,000 residents in 2024, according to
FBI data compiled by NeighborhoodScout — less than half the Massachusetts state average of 3.15. Property crime in Dracut was 6.58 per 1,000 residents, also well under the state average of 11.12, and the town recorded zero murders in the most recent reporting year. Neighborhood Scout’s overall crime index ranks Dracut as safer than 48% of U.S. cities of all sizes.
Low overall crime numbers do not mean zero risk for a specific business or property. Dracut’s commercial activity is split across nine separate business districts rather than one downtown, which means loss prevention, parking-lot safety, and after-hours access control have to be addressed at each location individually rather than through one central patrol route. That is the gap Hub Security is hired to close, whether the property in question is a retail plaza on Broadway or a warehouse in the Navy Yard district.
Coverage by District
| District |
Key Local Features |
Hub Security Focus |
| Collinsville |
Former mill village, dense residential streets near the Merrimack River |
Residential patrol, HOA coverage |
| Navy Yard |
Riverside business and light-industrial park, former shipyard site |
Corporate access control, construction site security |
| Bridge Street / Broadway |
Dracut Crossing plaza, banks, restaurants, main retail corridor |
Retail loss prevention, after-hours checks |
| Lakeview / Kenwood |
Single-family neighborhoods near Long Pond and Mascuppic Lake |
Residential and vacancy patrol |
| Dracut Center / Hovey Square |
Town offices, schools, community institutions |
Event and facility security |
What Hub Security Provides in Dracut
Serving Dracut and the Surrounding Area
Dracut sits directly across the Merrimack River from Lowell and shares the Merrimack Valley with several other towns Hub Security already covers. Officers assigned to Dracut regularly work alongside teams serving these nearby communities:
Why Dracut Businesses and Residents Choose Hub
- Massachusetts-licensed for both security guard services and private investigation work
- Fully insured, with background-checked and trained officers
- GPS patrol tracking and unannounced supervisor inspections on every shift
- Local management that knows Dracut’s nine business districts — not a national call center or app-based broker
- 24/7 emergency dispatch at (617) 857-1200
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dracut a safe town? Dracut’s violent crime rate of 1.49 per 1,000 residents and property crime rate of 6.58 per 1,000 are both well below the Massachusetts state averages, according to NeighborhoodScout. Low crime does not eliminate the need for site-specific security at retail plazas, construction sites, and business parks, which is where Hub Security focuses its Dracut patrols.
Does Hub Security cover all of Dracut’s business districts? Yes. Hub Security patrols all nine districts designated by the Dracut Economic Development Committee, including Bridge Street, Broadway, Collinsville, Dracut Center, East Dracut, Hovey Square, Kenwood, Lakeview, and Navy Yard.
Is Hub Security licensed to operate in Dracut, MA? Yes. Hub Security and Investigative Group is licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for both security guard services and private investigation services, and carries full insurance coverage for its officers and investigators.
Can Hub Security provide both armed guards and private investigators in Dracut? Yes. Hub Security offers armed and unarmed guards, mobile patrol, and licensed private investigation services — including background checks and corporate investigations — from a single local provider serving Dracut and the surrounding Merrimack Valley.
Call Hub Security & Investigative Group at (617) 857-1200 for a free consultation on security guard services in Dracut, MA, or
request a quote online.
