Z Protection Services now runs licensed overnight patrols across selected Ballarat suburbs, for residential and small to medium businesses. A marked security company on your street, deterring the opportunists who look for easy targets. If we already cover your suburb you can onboard today. If not, register your interest and we will start as soon as enough neighbours sign on.
Enter your suburb to see whether you can onboard now or register your interest.
Patrols are now active and growing. We are updating all of our contacts with their current coverage status, so everyone who has registered will hear which suburbs are live and how to onboard.
These Ballarat suburbs have licensed overnight patrols running right now. If yours is on the list you can onboard online today.
A licensed security officer in a hi-vis marked company vehicle, checking your property every night, for residential and for small to medium businesses.
For homeowners and tenants.
For small to medium businesses with up to 3 entry and exit points, including shops, hospitality, offices, service stations and trade premises.
From $42 a week you get 2 to 3 patrols a night, seven nights a week. That works out to around $2 a patrol, and a coffee costs more than that. For less than half the price of your morning coffee, a licensed security officer in a hi-vis marked company vehicle checks your property every single night. It is one of the most affordable ways to put a real, visible security presence on your street.
How it is funded. These patrols are funded entirely by the residents and businesses who take part. Although our proposal was not taken up by Ballarat City Council, the patrols are going ahead, and we keep prices as low as we can so the service stays accessible to the general public and small businesses.
Offenders look for the easy target, the dark street, the quiet driveway, the premises that nobody is watching. A visible, licensed patrol changes that calculation before anything happens.
A marked, hi-vis vehicle on your street signals that this area is watched. Opportunistic offenders move on to an easier target, and most property crime is exactly that, opportunistic.
Not a sticker, not an app on its own. Licensed security officers in marked vehicles are physically present on your street through the night, checking entrances, gates, driveways and perimeters.
Offenders weigh up whole streets, not single houses. A known patrol presence lifts the safety of every property on the street, and the more neighbours who join, the stronger that effect.
See something that does not sit right? Report it to us or through the community app and we can schedule a patrol to the area. You always have someone to call after hours.
Officers and vehicles carry body and 360-degree cameras and GPS. If an incident happens, the relevant footage and records can support your insurance claim and a police investigation.
Our Ballarat Community app lets members report crime, theft and stolen vehicles so neighbours can watch out for each other, improving the odds of recovering stolen property.
Trained, hi-vis security patrol officers operate marked vehicles across Ballarat, with the ability to deploy more than one vehicle across the city at once.
Hi-vis marked patrol vehicles conduct regular slow-pass checks of your property through the night, checking entrances, gates, car parks and perimeters. A known, visible patrol presence is one of the strongest deterrents available.
If you see something that worries you, tell us through the app or by phone and we can schedule a patrol to the area. It is a planned check, not an emergency response, so for anything urgent always call Triple Zero first.
Business members can add alarm monitoring and response for an extra cost, so when an alarm activates we can respond. It is an optional add-on, and it is coming for residential members soon.
Vehicles and officers carry in-car GPS trackers, 360-degree vehicle cameras, officer body cameras, stab-resistant security vests, satellite communication systems, and hi-vis marked vehicles. ANPR number plate recognition is coming to the fleet soon.
The default window is 10pm to 5am, seven nights a week, covering the hours when most property crime happens. Where an area wants a different schedule, such as earlier evening cover, hours can be adjusted to suit members there.
If an incident occurs, the relevant patrol records and camera footage can be provided to support police investigations and insurance claims. We provide tracking and footage in the event of an incident, rather than as a routine report.
Patrols are open to residents and businesses across Ballarat, with community and organisation options too.
Houses were the single most targeted location in Ballarat in 2025, with 4,550 offences. Knowing hi-vis patrol vehicles are covering your street through the night gives real peace of mind.
You deserve to feel safe whether you own or rent. Booking nightly patrols lets you take control of your own security with no permanent changes to the property.
Residential patrols can be booked by homeowners and tenants. Landlords, property managers and body corporates are set up under a business arrangement, not residential.
The numbers are not abstract. Each one happened to someone running a business, coming home from work, or sleeping in their house.
A community reporting app where members log crime, theft and stolen vehicles. Reports are shared with other members across Ballarat, so the whole community can keep watch, and so you have a better chance of recovering stolen property.
Live in a suburb we already patrol? Onboard online. Not there yet? Register and we will start as soon as enough neighbours are on board.
If we already patrol your suburb, you can set up your patrols through our secure onboarding portal. Choose residential or business, confirm your details, and you are covered.
Residential patrols can be booked by homeowners and tenants. Landlords, property managers and body corporates onboard under a business arrangement. In an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) first.
Check your suburb, onboard online, or register your interest. It takes a minute, and there is no payment to register.