Roller shutters for Guildford

WA Police figures show burglaries in Guildford trending down. There were 39 in 2017 and 28 in 2021, and the count fell to 15 in 2025, which is 46.4% lower than 2021 and 61.5% lower than 2017. In 2024 the figure was 22.

With 2,040 residents at the 2021 Census, 15 burglaries is a rate of 7.3 per 1,000, against 4.0 for metropolitan Perth. Like every suburb figure police publish, it counts homes and businesses together.

On a heritage street, the case for shutters has to be weighed against the approvals described below. Where they go ahead, a roller shutter gives a physical barrier on windows and doors and makes forced entry slower and noisier.

Most Guildford homes are separate houses: 81.3% of occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census. Semi-detached, terrace and townhouses make up 13.7%, flats 3.8%, and 77.3% of homes are owned.

For a house, start with our residential roller shutters, and in Guildford/Mandoon raise the approval question before choosing colours or sizes. Owners of townhouses and units in a strata scheme need the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is out of keeping with the building.

At the back of the house, a Slidetrack or Ziptrak blind can close in a verandah or alfresco, and we also make cafe and motorised outdoor blinds. Every Slidetrack blind we install is made in our own Wangara factory.

The City of Swan puts it plainly: development approval is required before any works can occur in Guildford/Mandoon, because it is a State Heritage Listed Place and Local Heritage Area. It is one of the City's two heritage areas; the other is in Woodbridge.

That matters because the usual state exemption for a single house does not reach heritage protected places. Elsewhere, a house can skip development approval for works like shutters when the R-Codes apply and the works are deemed-to-comply. On a State Register place or inside a heritage area, that exemption falls away. Talk to the City before you order, and bring its answer to the measure.

Two more checks may apply. On bushfire prone land, a site assessed at BAL-40 or BAL-FZ can need development approval despite any exemption. And in a strata scheme, Landgate notes that the strata company's approval is in addition to any development and building approvals.

For the 21.5% of residents aged 65 or over, the WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate lists security window screens or window shutters as eligible items, up to $400 per household.