Suburbs Number of Dwellings Number of Burglaries Ratio Geraldton Beachlands 740 57 7.70% Beresford 731 58 7.93% Bluff Point

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Suburbs Number of Dwellings Number of Burglaries Ratio Geraldton Beachlands 740 57 7.70% Beresford 731 58 7.93% Bluff Point Suburbs Number of Dwellings Number of Burglaries Ratio Geraldton Beachlands 740 57 7.70% Beresford 731 58 7.93% Bluff Point 612 101 16.50% Cape Burney 267 3 1.12% Deepdale 235 6 2.55% Drummond Cove 443 21 4.74% Glenfield 273 14 5.13% Geraldton 1647 143 8.68% Karloo 226 48 21.24% Mahomets Flats 407 17 4.18% Meru 93 10 10.75% Moresby 290 20 6.90% Mount Tarcoola 1318 61 4.63% Narngulu 93 7 7.53% Rangeway 921 145 15.74% Rudds Gully 93 2 2.15% Spalding 975 160 16.41% Strathalbyn 364 25 6.87% Sunset Beach 623 36 5.78% Tarcoola Beach 603 26 4.31% Utakarra 499 91 18.24% Waggrakine 931 48 5.16% Wandina 1138 19 1.67% Webberton 57 4 7.02% West End 408 10 2.45% Wonthella 891 55 6.17% Woorree 456 23 5.04% TOTAL 15334 1210 7.89% Kalgoorlie Boulder 2259 102 4.52% Binduli 126 0.00% Broadwood 239 5 2.09% Hannans 929 13 1.40% Karlkurla 16 0.00% Kalgoorlie 1849 88 4.76% Lamington 844 19 2.25% Mullingar 129 1 0.78% Parkeston 23 0 0.00% Piccadilly 1109 57 5.14% Somerville 1514 48 3.17% South Boulder 607 31 5.11% South Kalgoorlie 1894 48 2.53% Victory Heights 351 19 5.41% West Kalgoorlie 1514 0 0.00% West Lamington 573 23 4.01% Williamstown 93 3 3.23% Yilkari 239 0.00% TOTAL 14308 457 3.19% Bunbury Australind 4704 67 1.42% Bunbury 2068 90 4.35% Carey Park 2407 131 5.44% College Grove 436 6 1.38% Dalyellup 2457 69 2.81% Eaton 3289 40 1.22% East Bunbury 1968 45 2.29% Gelorup 724 9 1.24% Glen Iris 1092 40 3.66% Leschenault 1052 12 1.14% Millbridge 479 8 1.67% Pelican Point 338 13 3.85% Picton East 229 2 0.87% South Bunbury 3992 116 2.91% Usher 937 26 2.77% Withers 1524 79 5.18% TOTAL 27696 753 2.72% Mandurah Barragup 299 6 2.01% Bouvard 483 6 1.24% Coodanup 1699 69 4.06% Dawesville 2251 37 1.64% Dudley Park 2918 69 2.36% Erskine 2097 18 0.86% Falcon 2988 47 1.57% Greenfields 4327 132 3.05% Halls Head 5931 108 1.82% Herron 195 6 3.08% Lakelands 1153 47 4.08% Madora Bay 797 25 3.14% Mandurah 5158 228 4.42% Meadow Springs 2429 63 2.59% Parklands 197 2 1.02% San Remo 460 12 2.61% Silver Sands 772 24 3.11% Stake Hill 159 5 3.14% Wannanup 1507 26 1.73% TOTAL 35820 930 2.60% Karratha Karratha 102 4 3.92% Bulgarra 1287 28 2.18% Pegs Creek 755 28 3.71% Millars Well 931 28 3.01% Nickol 1531 60 3.92% Baynton 996 25 2.51% Karratha Industrial Estat 334 0 0.00% TOTAL 5936 173 2.91% Busselton Abbey 518 3 0.58% Ambergate 116 1 0.86% Bovell 144 1 0.69% Broadwater 1739 6 0.35% Busselton 1009 34 3.37% Geographe 1589 17 1.07% Reinscourt 158 0 0.00% Siesta Park 173 1 0.58% Vasse 669 1 0.15% West Busselton 3793 29 0.76% Wonnerup 158 3 1.90% Yalyalup 424 6 1.42% TOTAL 10490 102 0.97% Albany Albany 821 20 2.44% Bayonet Head 1054 20 1.90% Big Grove 132 0 0.00% Centennial Park 407 10 2.46% Collingwood Heights 299 5 1.67% Collingwood Park 207 3 1.45% Elleker 146 0 0.00% Emu Point 204 2 0.98% Frenchman Bay 165 0 0.00% Gledhow 384 10 2.60% Goode Beach 165 1 0.61% Kalgan 288 4 1.39% Lange 57 1 1.75% Little Grove 509 5 0.98% Lockyer 538 14 2.60% Lower King 724 26 3.59% McKail 1120 22 1.96% Middleton Beach 498 9 1.81% Milpara 359 7 1.95% Mira Mar 888 24 2.70% Mount Clarence 338 6 1.78% Mount Elphinstone 234 2 0.85% Mount Melville 574 5 0.87% Orana 909 25 2.75% Port Albany 821 0 0.00% Robinson 234 9 3.85% Spencer Park 1622 38 2.34% Torbay 155 1 0.65% Torndirrup 25 3 12.00% Warrenup 213 1 0.47% Willyung 155 0 0.00% Yakamia 1242 28 2.25% TOTAL 15487 301 1.94% Broome Broome 2043 203 9.94% Cable Beach 2839 133 4.68% Minyirr 126 1 0.79% Bilingurr 337 6 1.78% Djugun 1051 12 1.14% TOTAL 6396 355 5.55% Port Hedland Port Hedland 1765 44 2.49% South Hedland 3724 216 5.80% Wedgefield 244 2 0.82% TOTAL 5733 262 4.57% Perth Suburbs with high burglary rates Balga 4556 314 6.89% Bassendean 4341 171 3.94% Beechboro 4938 156 3.16% Thornlie 8761 202 2.31% Rockingham 7610 237 3.11% Victoria Park 4436 129 2.91% Koondoola 1440 79 5.49% Mirrabooka 2604 138 5.30% Northbridge 581 25 4.30% Midland 2626 124 4.72% Redcliffe 2004 94 4.69% Girrawheen 3392 95 2.80% Anketell 101 5 4.95% Bertram 1911 50 2.62% Caversham 1052 65 6.18% Karawara 744 46 6.18% Medina 1040 52 5.00% Westminster 2453 109 4.44% St James 2049 131 6.39% Burglary (Dwellings) Data June 2014 - May 2015 inclusive Census data for number of dwellings 2011 Date collected by Just Everything Media Group email [email protected] for feedback or questions.
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