Roller shutters in Clarkson

WA Police recorded 69 burglaries in Clarkson in 2025. Set against the suburb's 2021 Census population, that is 5.0 per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.0 across metropolitan Perth. The figure counts homes and businesses together.

Over five years the count is little changed: 68 in 2021 and 69 in 2025. The latest year did go up, from 54 in 2024 to 69, a rise of about 28%. The longer view is still lower. In 2017 Clarkson recorded 150 burglaries, so 2025 sits 54% below that.

Shutters are not a guarantee against a break-in. What they add is a physical barrier over windows and glass doors that makes forced entry slower and noisier.

Clarkson is overwhelmingly separate houses: 89.3% of occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, well above the Greater Perth figure of 77.8%. Townhouses and semi-detached homes made up 9.8%, and flats less than 1%. The suburb name itself was approved on 8 January 1980, after the early settler Clarkson family who held large leases in the area.

For most houses the natural starting point is residential roller shutters on the bedrooms, then the sliding door to the backyard. Electric shutters run from a wall switch or remote.

For the alfresco, Ziptrak and Slidetrack blinds close in the space against wind and sun, and the rest of our outdoor blinds range covers cafe and motorised styles.

Clarkson sits wholly within the City of Wanneroo. Under the state planning regulations, alterations or additions to a single house are exempt from development approval only when the R-Codes apply, the work meets their deemed-to-comply provisions and the place is not heritage protected.

The City's exemptions policy, adopted on 23 June 2026, also leaves out any site included on its Municipal Heritage List or the State Heritage Register. The localities named for the City's Heritage List 2025 include Carramar, Mindarie and Two Rocks but not Clarkson, so for most homes here the heritage exclusion will not arise.

Townhouse owners in a strata scheme should talk to the strata company first. The default by-laws require its written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the rest of the building, and 14 days' written notice before altering the structure of a lot.