Hub’s guards bring genuine local knowledge of North Andover, MA to every assignment, backed by Hub Security and Investigative Group’s statewide operations.
North Andover was not always its own town.
Settled in 1634 as the northern parish of Andover, it spent more than two centuries as farmland and mill villages tied to a larger community to the south, until residents split off and incorporated their own municipality on April 7, 1855. That late, deliberate separation is why North Andover’s map still reads the way it does today: a historic town common and colonial center on one side, and a string of 19th-century mill villages strung along the Shawsheen and Merrimack rivers on the other.
The Davis and Furber Machine Company, which built textile machinery along the Shawsheen, gave rise to the Machine Shop Village district — worker housing and mill buildings clustered around the factory in a pattern still visible in the neighborhood today. Western Electric later became the town’s dominant employer before restructuring into Lucent Technologies, and North Andover shifted from an industrial center into a bedroom community within commuting range of Boston and Lawrence. That industrial-to-residential arc, more than any single event, explains why security needs in North Andover now span an old colonial center, former mill neighborhoods, a private college campus, and a large modern warehouse operation — four very different kinds of property sitting inside one town line.
By Derek Kreymer, Operations Manager
Hub Security and Investigative Group provides security guard services in North Andover, MA — armed and unarmed guards, mobile patrol, and licensed private investigation services — for an Essex County town of 31,490 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate) covering 27.8 square miles along the Merrimack Valley. North Andover is home to Merrimack College, a large Amazon fulfillment center that opened in 2024 with more than 1,500 employees, and Barker’s Farm, which has operated continuously since 1643 and is considered the oldest continually operated business in Massachusetts.
Security in North Andover, MA
For North Andover, MA, Hub Security and Investigative Group provides licensed armed and unarmed guards, mobile patrol, and private investigation services tailored to the community’s needs.
Security Built Around North Andover’s Districts
The North Andover Center Historic District, built around the colonial-era town common, mixes municipal buildings, churches, and small professional offices — a low-crime but visible district where Hub provides corporate security for office tenants and event-related patrol during town gatherings.
The Machine Shop Village area, built up around the old Davis and Furber Machine Company site, contains a denser mix of multi-family housing and small commercial buildings than the rest of town — Hub covers this district with residential security patrol tailored to older, closely spaced properties.
Merrimack College’s campus and the surrounding institutional corridor call for coordinated access control and event security, which Hub provides through corporate security staffing for campus-adjacent buildings and functions.
The Amazon fulfillment center and the broader industrial corridor near Route 125 represent the newest layer of North Andover’s economy, and Hub covers ongoing site work and logistics-adjacent development there with construction site security.
What Local Crime Data Actually Shows
North Andover recorded a violent crime rate of 1.56 per 1,000 residents in 2024, according to FBI-based data compiled by NeighborhoodScout — roughly half the Massachusetts state average of 3.15 per 1,000. Property crime came in at 6.13 per 1,000 residents, also well under the state average of 11.12. NeighborhoodScout’s index still places North Andover as safer than only 50% of U.S. cities overall, and the same data recorded one homicide in town during 2024.
The lower violent and property crime numbers track with North Andover’s shift from an industrial town to a residential and institutional one, but a mid-range national ranking, a documented homicide, and a genuinely mixed property base — historic center, dense mill-era housing, a college campus, and a major distribution facility — are why Hub Security and Investigative Group treats North Andover as a town that needs district-specific coverage rather than one blanket patrol plan.
Coverage by District
| District | Key Local Features | Hub Focus |
|---|---|---|
| North Andover Center Historic District | Town common, colonial-era buildings, municipal offices | Corporate security, event patrol |
| Machine Shop Village | Former mill housing, dense residential streets | Residential security patrol |
| Merrimack College corridor | College campus and adjacent institutional buildings | Corporate and campus-adjacent security |
| Route 125 industrial corridor | Amazon fulfillment center, logistics and warehouse space | Construction site security, patrol |
What Hub Provides in North Andover Ma
- Corporate security for offices in the town center and near Merrimack College
- Residential security patrol for Machine Shop Village and neighboring mill-era streets
- Construction site security for development near the Route 125 industrial corridor
- Mobile patrol covering multiple North Andover properties on a single route
- Retail security for shops along Main Street and Route 114
- Background check services for North Andover employers and landlords
- Corporate investigations for North Andover-based businesses
Serving North Andover and the Surrounding Area
North Andover sits in the Merrimack Valley, close to Lawrence, Haverhill, and Methuen, with easy access to Boston-area suburbs to the south.
Hub Security and Investigative Group patrols this corridor as a connected territory, which means North Andover clients get the same response infrastructure as businesses in the neighboring cities.
Why North Andover Businesses and Residents Choose Hub
- Massachusetts-licensed for both security guard and private investigation services
- Fully insured, with officers who are background-checked and trained before assignment
- GPS patrol tracking and unannounced supervisor inspections on every route
- Local management that knows North Andover’s history and districts — not a national call center or app-based broker
- 24/7 emergency dispatch at (617) 857-1200
Choosing the Right Provider for Security in North Andover, MA
Not every security company serving North Andover, MA can back up its claims.
Ask to see a guard license number, current proof of insurance, and references from properties they already cover locally. Hub backs up all three with supervisors who make unannounced site checks, available on request, so coverage never slips when no one is watching.
Flexible Patrol Scheduling for North Andover, MA
Some North Andover properties need a standing mobile patrol route; others just need coverage for a single event. Hub sets up either directly, and for managers with multiple stops around North Andover, a shared loop typically beats scheduling each property separately. Hub has valued the chance to serve the North Andover area with reliable patrol coverage.
Building reliable security in North Andover, MA starts with addressing the specific layout and needs of your property. Key features include installing modern HD video surveillance, remote-access control systems, and motion sensors for key entry points. Partnering with a professional team that offers 24/7 monitoring and quick incident response ensures full-scale security in North Andover, MA, keeping your home, business, or industrial facility protected year-round.
Call Hub Security & Investigative Group at (617) 857-1200 for a free consultation on security in North Andover, MA, or request a quote online.
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Lawrence Municipal Airport and the Lake Cochichewick Watershed
One of North Andover’s largest properties belongs to another city. Lawrence Municipal Airport sits inside North Andover, about two miles east of Lawrence, and is owned by the City of Lawrence. It covers 420 acres, has two paved runways of 5,001 and 3,654 feet, and in 2019 had 169 aircraft based on the field, including helicopters and jets, with close to 40,000 takeoffs and landings that year. Hangars, flight schools, maintenance shops and aviation businesses around a field this size hold expensive equipment and fuel, and a long perimeter fence is only as good as the person checking it. Hub can provide hangar and tenant-building patrols, overnight checks of gates and parked aircraft areas, and background checks for businesses hiring staff who will have access to the ramp.
The town’s other large protected area is Lake Cochichewick, which has been North Andover’s main drinking water supply for about a century. Swimming is banned for people and animals, and boating has been limited since 2002 to manually powered boats or electric motors. Brooks School, a private preparatory school, sits on the shoreline. Homeowners and institutions next to a protected water supply have a real interest in spotting trespassing, dumping and unauthorized boat launches early. A Hub mobile patrol can include those shoreline access points on its route, with each pass recorded so property managers have a clear record to share with the town if a problem turns up.
Condo, Apartment, and Business Complex Security in North Andover
Apartment communities in North Andover, like Avalon North Andover, bring together many households sharing entryways, parking areas, and mailrooms — common spaces that depend on coordinated security rather than any single resident’s efforts. Property management or a condo association can contract Hub to patrol these areas, monitor access points, and respond to incidents, splitting the cost across the whole community instead of residents each arranging their own protection. Hub Security and Investigative Group’s officers provide a visible, professional presence that helps deter package theft, trespassing, and break-ins, protecting shared property that benefits every household in the community.
Office parks like Jefferson Office Park on Turnpike Street bring multiple businesses together on one campus in a town along the Merrimack Valley’s I-495 corridor, sharing parking, entrances, and common grounds. Property managers can contract Hub Security and Investigative Group to staff entry points, patrol the grounds, and monitor after-hours activity, dividing the cost across every tenant rather than each company hiring separate coverage. Hub’s officers control building access outside normal hours, respond quickly to alarms or incidents, and maintain a visible presence that gives tenants of every size the protection a single large occupant would otherwise need to arrange alone.
Hub officers are also trained and certified to staff public and private events in North Andover — from town festivals and community gatherings to a condo association’s holiday party or a business complex’s tenant event — and hold current Massachusetts Crowd Manager certification through the MA Department of Fire Services, in addition to CPR/First Aid and Narcan (naloxone) certification. That combination means an officer staffing a crowded North Andover event isn’t just a visible presence — they’re certified to manage occupancy limits and respond to a medical emergency until first responders arrive, which is the standard property owners and event organizers should expect from event security.