Roller shutters for Beaconsfield

In 2017, WA Police recorded 115 burglaries in Beaconsfield. By 2021 the count had come down to 70, and in 2025 it was 38. That is a fall of 45.7% over the last five years, and 67.0% across the longer run.

Those 38 burglaries give a 2025 rate of 7.2 per 1,000 residents, about 1.8 times the metropolitan rate of 4.0. Burglary is reported as a single figure for each suburb, so the count covers homes and businesses alike.

The direction is welcome, but the rate still sits above the metro figure. Roller shutters are one practical layer for a house here. When they are down they form a physical barrier on windows and doors and make forced entry slower and noisier. They add to, rather than replace, the basics WA Police list, such as deadlocks on external doors and windows and good lighting at entries.

The 2021 Census counted 79.3% of Beaconsfield's occupied dwellings as separate houses, 17.0% as semi-detached, terrace or townhouses and 3.6% as flats. Home ownership was 70.9%, close to the Greater Perth figure of 70.4%, and 36.0% of homes were owned outright.

For a separate house, residential roller shutters on bedrooms and glass doors make a sensible first stage, with motors that can be hardwired or battery driven. About one home in six is semi-detached or a townhouse, and in a strata scheme the default by-laws need the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the building. Get that sorted before we measure.

Alfrescos and patios suit Ziptrak track guided blinds or crank handle blinds. Our outdoor blinds use marine-grade aluminium frames cut to your opening. The nearest finished job is in Hamilton Hill, 2.0 km away: a manual Ziptrak blind with a white frame and 99% Ebony mesh.

Beaconsfield is in the City of Fremantle. The state exemption from development approval covers work on a single house only if three things hold: the R-Codes apply, the work is deemed-to-comply, and the property is not heritage protected.

That last point needs checking here. The City's heritage areas listing, LPP 3.6.1, describes two heritage areas, South Fremantle and Holland and Forrest Streets, whose statements of significance refer to their expansion into Beaconsfield in the 1930s. If your home is within a heritage area, the City's exemptions policy, LPP 1.7, treats it as heritage protected whether or not it is contributory. Any works then need development approval unless that policy's exemptions table lists them, and shutters and blinds do not appear in the table.

The City's heritage policy, LPP 3.6, also says front verandahs and porches on contributory and listed homes are not to be enclosed, and it does not allow external roller shutters in front of heritage shopfronts.

With 19.5% of residents aged 65 or over, the WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate is worth knowing about. It covers security window screens or window shutters, up to $400 per household, claimable once.