Roller shutters for Scarborough

In 2017 WA Police recorded 152 burglaries in Scarborough. The count was 72 by 2021 and 52 in 2024, and in 2025 it fell to 29. That is 59.7% below 2021 and 80.9% below 2017.

Spread across 17,605 residents, 29 burglaries give a rate of 1.6 per 1,000, well under half the metropolitan rate of 4.0. Police publish one combined number per suburb, so homes and businesses are both in it.

None of that makes glass any stronger. A roller shutter adds a physical barrier over windows and doors, including ground floor sliders that open onto a courtyard, and it makes forced entry slower and noisier.

Separate houses are only 36.2% of Scarborough's occupied dwellings, far below the Greater Perth figure of 77.8%. Semi-detached, terrace and townhouses make up 47.6%, and flats 16.1%. The City of Stirling's thematic history says large-scale development occurred in the years following World War II.

For a townhouse or flat, the strata company's view comes before the measure, which the approvals section explains. Once that is settled, residential roller shutters suit bedrooms, balcony doors and ground floor glass in the same way they suit a house.

For courtyards and alfrescos, Ziptrak and Slidetrack blinds close the space in. Our outdoor blind frames are cut from marine-grade aluminium in Wangara, and the mesh and PVC are trimmed on our own CNC table.

With close to two thirds of homes in townhouses or flats, strata rules come first in Scarborough. The default conduct by-law says an owner must not keep anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the rest of the building without the strata company's written consent. Where the work alters the structure of the lot, the by-laws also ask for 14 days' written notice to the strata company.

Strata approval does not replace council approval; Landgate notes it is in addition to any development and building approvals. Scarborough is in the City of Stirling. A separate house is exempt from development approval when the R-Codes apply, the shutters are deemed-to-comply, and the place is not heritage protected.

Some Scarborough places are on the City of Stirling Heritage List. The City assesses applications for listed properties on their merits, taking the listing into account.