Super-rich pick flats with private security as sales rise of £15m-plus London homes

Luxury apartments in One Hyde Park, London, which has multimillion-pound security arrangements. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty

Super-rich overseas property hunters are increasingly buying luxurious apartments with private security because of concerns about their personal safety, a study has found, as sales of homes over £15m in London rose in 2023.

Wealthy people are buying newly built flats in “high-security super-luxury apartment buildings offering concierge security and amenities” in some of the capital’s most affluent neighbourhoods, according to the research by the high-end estate agency Beauchamp Estates and property service LonRes.