Wembley roller shutters

Wembley had 20 burglaries in 2025 on WA Police figures. With 12,061 residents at the 2021 Census, that works out at 1.7 per 1,000, well under half the metropolitan rate of 4.0. The police combine homes and businesses in a single suburb count.

The number has come down over five years: 36 in 2021 and 20 in 2025, a fall of 44.4%. Further back, 2017 had 63. Motor vehicle thefts dropped too, from 15 to 5 across the same five years.

A low count is welcome, though it is not zero. On windows and glass doors a roller shutter adds a physical barrier and makes forced entry slower and noisier. Lowered on a hot afternoon, the same shutter also gives you control over the sun on that glass.

Landgate dates intensive subdivision of the Wembley area to 1909. The name was gazetted as Wembley Park in 1924, after Wembley in London, and later shortened. The 2021 Census shows a mixed suburb today: 48.7% separate houses, well under the Greater Perth figure of 77.8%, alongside 33.0% flats or apartments and 18.1% semi-detached, terrace or townhouses.

With about half the homes being flats, apartments or townhouses, consent often comes before anything else. WA's default by-laws say an owner needs the strata company's written consent to keep anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the rest of the building, and altering the structure of a lot needs written notice to the strata company at least 14 days ahead. Landgate notes that strata approval is in addition to any development and building approvals.

Separate houses suit residential roller shutters on windows and sliding doors. For a balcony, patio or courtyard, Ziptrak, Slidetrack, cafe and motorised blinds are all in our range. If a flat has no easy power point near the window, Ozroll's E-Series can collect and store energy from the sun to drive the motor.

Most of Wembley is in the Town of Cambridge; the rest is in the City of Stirling, so confirm which council covers your address before you apply for anything.

State planning rules exempt works to a single house from development approval only if the R-Codes apply, the works are deemed-to-comply and the home is not heritage protected. On the Cambridge side, the Town's Heritage List takes in places in Wembley, and listed places need planning approval for demolition and most development works.

The Town's exemption policy adds two general points. Development approval may still be required for works on land in a heritage area, special control area or bushfire prone area, and a building permit will be needed in most cases before construction starts, even where a project is exempt from development approval.