Waterford roller shutters

Waterford had 38 burglaries in 2021 and 12 in 2025, according to WA Police, a fall of 68.4% over five years. There were 10 in 2024, so 2025 came in two higher, a small movement at counts this low.

Twelve burglaries in a suburb of Waterford's size is 4.9 per 1,000 residents, a little above the metropolitan rate of 4.0. As everywhere, that single figure counts homes and businesses together.

A roller shutter is not a guarantee. It is a physical barrier on windows and doors that makes forced entry slower and noisier, and it is in place whenever you lower it.

Nine in ten Waterford dwellings are separate houses: 90.3% at the 2021 Census, with 9.7% semi-detached, terrace or townhouses and no flats recorded. Landgate says the suburb was subdivided and developed by the Christian Brothers of Clontarf, who submitted a list of Irish street names for the area in December 1979; the name Waterford, after the town in south-east Ireland where Edmund Rice founded the Christian Brothers, was approved in December 1980.

Owner occupiers make up most of the suburb, with 49.0% of homes owned outright. That suits a product meant to stay put. Residential roller shutters come with a 10-year warranty on roller shutters, and the usual starting point is the bedrooms and the main sliding door.

Alfrescos suit Slidetrack or Ziptrak blinds. The few townhouses in strata schemes need the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the building.

Start with the rebate. Waterford households with a WA Seniors Card may be able to use the state Safety and Security Rebate, which lists security window screens or window shutters as an eligible item (minimum purchase and installation value of $100). It pays up to $400 per household and can be claimed once.

Next, heritage. Places in Waterford are on the City of South Perth Heritage List adopted on 28 October 2025, and the City's Local Planning Policy 8.1 applies to works affecting listed places where a development application is required. A listed house is heritage protected, and the usual exemption does not cover it.

For other houses, the state rules exempt work on a single house from development approval where the R-Codes apply, the work meets the deemed-to-comply provisions and the place is not heritage protected. Strata titled townhouses need their strata company's approval on top of that.