Roller shutters Hamilton Hill

WA Police recorded 88 burglaries in Hamilton Hill in 2025. That works out at 7.8 for every 1,000 residents, about twice the rate of 4.0 across metropolitan Perth. At suburb level burglary is one combined figure, so it counts homes and businesses together.

The trend is down, and has been for most of the decade. There were 272 burglaries in 2017 and 124 in 2021, so the 2025 count is about two thirds lower than 2017 and 29% lower than 2021. The first six months of 2026 added 31.

A falling count is good news, but it is not zero, and the rate is still well above the metro figure. A roller shutter will not make a house untouchable. It does put a physical barrier over windows and glass doors, and it makes forced entry slower and noisier. It adds to, rather than replaces, the locks, lighting and screens in WA Police advice.

Most Hamilton Hill homes are separate houses: 68.4% of occupied dwellings in the 2021 Census, with another 25.2% semi-detached, terrace or townhouses. The City of Cockburn's local history records that post-war demand for affordable housing was growing by 1954, and that the State Housing Commission resumed a large part of the suburb and began building houses.

For houses, residential roller shutters on bedrooms and street facing windows are a sensible place to start, with larger sliding doors next. Townhouses and villas in a strata scheme need a check first: WA's default strata by-laws require the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the rest of the building.

Outdoor blinds round out the job. We fitted a manual Ziptrak blind with a white frame and 99% Ebony mesh in Hamilton Hill to close in an outdoor area. Our wider outdoor blinds range covers Slidetrack, cafe and motorised blinds as well.

Hamilton Hill is in the City of Cockburn. Under the state planning rules, fixing shutters to a house counts as works. A single house is exempt from development approval only when the R-Codes apply, the works meet the deemed-to-comply provisions, and the place is not heritage protected.

If your home is on the City of Cockburn Heritage List, the City's heritage design guidelines say all development affecting a listed place needs development approval, minor works included. Check before ordering.

Seniors may be able to claim part of the cost. The WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate lists security window screens or window shutters as an eligible item, up to $400. The City of Cockburn's own Seniors Security Rebate lists roller shutters at $350, but applications are closed for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.