Roller shutters Yanchep

Yanchep's burglary count was little changed between 2021 and 2025: 34, then 33. The 2025 figure works out at 3.0 per 1,000 residents, below the rate of 4.0 for metropolitan Perth. Suburb figures count homes and businesses together.

The longer run shows a much bigger change. WA Police recorded 85 burglaries in Yanchep in 2017, so 2025 was about 61% down on that year. The rate also leans high, because it is calculated on the 2021 Census population of 11,022 and the suburb is estimated to have grown by 25.8% between 2021 and 2025.

Figures describe a whole suburb, not one house. What a shutter changes is at the window itself: closed, it is a physical barrier on windows and doors, and it makes forced entry slower and noisier.

Separate houses made up 97.2% of Yanchep's occupied dwellings in 2021, and home ownership was 75.5%, above the Greater Perth figure of 70.4%. On a detached house, residential roller shutters usually start on the bedrooms, then move to the living areas and the big glass doors.

Semi-detached homes and townhouses were only 2.6% of dwellings. If yours is one, it may sit in a strata scheme, and the default by-laws need the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside the lot that is out of keeping with the building.

For the alfresco, a Slidetrack blind or a set of cafe blinds closes in the sides. Every Slidetrack blind we install is made in our Wangara factory, and motorised outdoor blinds can take sun and wind sensors that adjust to changing weather on their own.

For a single house, WA's planning regulations make shutter work exempt from development approval when the R-Codes apply, the work meets the deemed-to-comply provisions, and the place is not heritage protected. Miss any one of those and you need approval.

Yanchep is a locality on the City of Wanneroo's Heritage List 2025, so some places in the suburb are listed. The City's heritage policy, LPP 4.12, states that a Heritage-protected Place is not exempt from requiring a development approval. If your property is on that list or the State Register, apply to the City before you order.

Holders of a WA Seniors Card can put the state Safety and Security Rebate towards window shutters: up to $400, claimed once per household, on a purchase of at least $100.