northernbird Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 This link is a few years old but it gives you an idea.http://www.viacorp.com/perth-suburbs-by-burglaries.html The lowest rate per 1000 homes for burglary was 8, the highest was over 300 :shocked:although only 4 over 100. SH is at 63 so that put it above average for the majority but probably not enough to really worry about, unless you go out in the bush you wont escape crime unfortunately. That is probably why I love it here as my very own suburb is the lowest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thats the thing, we are in a very low crime area but we could walk to an area where it is totally different and we wouldn't dream of living. That is probably why I love it here as my very own suburb is the lowest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmedP3 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I like Secret Harbour - family orientated. Not heard anything bad.Apparently they are extending SH further - almost into Golden Bay with a big dividing wall from the main road to the new estate. Not sure how true this is or how relevant but heard some folk talking about 20% of the new houses being allocated as state housing. Freo can be a little intimidating after dark. I have travelled on the midland line and Armadale line and felt a little uneasy. But like others have said - crime is everywhere, all around the world. sunni There is a large building project going on, but although it's bordering SH it is technically in Golden Bay and yes there is a big wall around the estate and yes some of the housing is being allocated as state housing.... not really a concern... for me the biggest concern is that there is no firm commitment from the Government to build a new primary school, ev even though the developers have allocated land for a school - which would mean that any primary school aged kids living in this new development will fall into the catchment area for Comet Bay Primary School which is technically already very over subscribed. CBPS was designed to take no more than 500 pupils 5 years ago and it currently has over 900 enrolments and they have had to build a couple of extra blocks and bring in transportable classrooms and obviously employ alot more staff to accommodate all these extra kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernbird Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 There is a large building project going on, but although it's bordering SH it is technically in Golden Bay and yes there is a big wall around the estate and yes some of the housing is being allocated as state housing.... not really a concern... for me the biggest concern is that there is no firm commitment from the Government to build a new primary school, ev even though the developers have allocated land for a school - which would mean that any primary school aged kids living in this new development will fall into the catchment area for Comet Bay Primary School which is technically already very over subscribed. CBPS was designed to take no more than 500 pupils 5 years ago and it currently has over 900 enrolments and they have had to build a couple of extra blocks and bring in transportable classrooms and obviously employ alot more staff to accommodate all these extra kids. That is the only downside to these new suburbs. The same happened up north in Tapping, had to separate the school because there wasn't enough room on the one site to build extra buildings. I would rather live in an old suburb than subject my child to a primary school with 900 kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErmintrudeMcMoo Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Try this for up to date figures http://www.police.wa.gov.au/Aboutus/Statistics/Searchcrimestatistics/tabid/998/Default.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Only takes one idiot in any pub in the world to start trouble. There was a guy pushed through a window to his death at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Cottesloe at the weekend. Turned out to be some bikey lunatic who they have arrested already. At the same pub only a few weeks ago almost the same thing happened but the guy was only pushed from the ground floor that time. I heard on the radio that the guy who did the pushing got let off with a suspended sentence and a spent conviction as "it might affect his employment prospects in the mining industry". I couldn't believe it when I heard that and then to find out that someone got killed. Luckily I've not been involved or affected by any violence or felt threatened anywhere I've been. I don't go out heaps but quite like Northbridge, Fremantle and Joondalup. There is bound to be trouble some places some of the time but you just have to use the same amount of common sense you do in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hatton Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Crime is in every Country and if you choice a low crime ares you will be OK, where I live in Cornwall has very very low crime rates and the village I lived in "coverack" the people honestly can leave there doors unlocked, but up the read in Newquay there is fights in the summer months with drunk holiday makers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joh73 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 And thankyou Newjez we are going to need it :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moirclan Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 there are lots of incidents like the above at the train station and on the trains themselves ,very few get presecuted , my son is 6 foot three and built like the proverbial @#$%he wa with two girls very pretty girls , and a gang of females came up to one of the girls two girls grabbed her arm either side and ran her face first into a wall and smashed her face they then pinched my sons coat police were around he told them what happened the gang of girls said the jacket was theirs my son told them it was from a film shoot and what was written inside the jacket the girls then had to give the jacket back the police took the girls in the gangs names and said they would be in touch , all the girls in the gang gave false names , so no redress the girl who was hurt had to go to hospital , my youngest daughter was beaten up at clarkson station so bad she was in hospital her. eye and side of her face was awful they had stamped on the side of her head , police were upset about it until they found the girls were of a certain ethnic group then didnt want to know , this story was on howard sattlers radio show , it cost me a fortune for the eye specialist my middle daughter was attacked on july 10th [ it was her 18th bday shes now 21 ] she was at joondalup train sttation and a group of girls tried to get her bag she held on for dear life as her birth certificate and bday money were in her purse , two of the railway police grabbed the girls and told my daughter to leg it on the train while they held back the girls and that was how she escaped . my father in law was a train security guard before he retired he retired two years early as he was stabbed , it came over the walkie talkie and my brother in law was in the midland workshops he raced over and they held the lad who did the stabbing , no sentance was given to him ????? a lad died in royal perth icu a few years ago he was killed at whitfords station , my dad was in icu at the time the parents left a beautiful letter on the icu board on how caring the nurses were for their son through this time etc etc it happens more frequent than people think it just dosnt make the papers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErmintrudeMcMoo Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Crime is in every Country and if you choice a low crime ares you will be OK, where I live in Cornwall has very very low crime rates and the village I lived in "coverack" the people honestly can leave there doors unlocked, but up the read in Newquay there is fights in the summer months with drunk holiday makers. You can live in a low crime area but that still won`t do you any good if you are travelling on trains like Johs. Im appalled that people just stood by and watched, there have been a few incidents reported lately that have ocurred within trains/train stations but when you read a first hand account it is really brought home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mystery^Customer1974 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 All terrible occurrences no doubt about that but all still a tiny amount of incidents (although that makes it no better) compared with the actual amount of scheduled train operations by Transperth I have witnessed horrid language on train and bus during the day but to be honest I wouldn't be getting get on after dark as I'm more likely to pay for taxi's than use public transport during times when the worst alcohol/drug affected are likely to by on the move I do hope that these cases are looked upon by those looking over their glasses and this is a wake up call to them and they start to deal with crime in an appropriate manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I've caught trains quit a bit. In the day they all seem to be fine, in fact the main station in Perth has improved since we have lived here. There used to be a few few layabouts hanging around there (like in the cultural centre) giving it out to anyone that would listen. The police and transperth have at least moved them on from there. I've heard the Armadale and Midland lines can be dodgy. The experience that Joh73 had sounds terrible. It's shocking that people just stood around and watched but when it's girls doing the attacking (a good chance they were aborigine too) a guy stepping in would feel a bit weird and would probably be outnumbered anyway. Coming from a concert like that would be mostly young girls and mums too. I've caught trains back from Freo late a night a few times and must have been lucky as I've only met decent people who were usually up for a chat. That was going from Freo into Perth and then up on the Joondalup line though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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