Safest suburbs in Busselton
Kealy is Busselton's safest ranked suburb. Quindalup and Yallingup follow.
This page ranks Busselton suburbs from safest, leading on recorded crime and factoring in bushfire and flood risk. Each risk is measured relative to other suburbs in the same state, and suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked.
The score is crime-led: 60% recorded-crime safety, 20% bushfire and 20% flood, because the dominant question behind "safest suburbs" is crime — but a leafy suburb with serious bushfire exposure shouldn't top a safety list on low crime alone. Each leg is an inverted percentile within Busselton's pool, so a suburb reads as "safer than X% of Busselton" on that hazard. Crime is recorded-offence rate per resident from state police data, ranked within the state — it reflects reported offences, not your personal risk, and collection differs between states, so we never compare across state lines. Bushfire and flood come from mapped hazard overlays; a suburb with no mapped overlay scores as low-risk on that leg. This is descriptive risk data, not a guarantee about any individual street or property.
The safest suburbs in Busselton
Ranked on recorded crime (weighted heaviest), bushfire and flood risk — each measured relative to other suburbs in the same state. Suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free.
Kealy
WA 6280 · 1,119 residents90/100 safety · among Busselton's lowest recorded crime · some bushfire exposure
Quindalup
WA 6281 · 1,488 residents84/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Yallingup
WA 6282 · 1,195 residents74/100 safety · some bushfire exposure
Abbey
WA 6280 · 1,321 residents59/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Yalyalup
WA 6280 · 2,950 residents54/100 safety · some bushfire exposure
Vasse
WA 6280 · 2,853 residents48/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Dunsborough
WA 6281 · 6,413 residents44/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Broadwater
WA 6280 · 4,269 residents36/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
West Busselton
WA 6280 · 8,869 residents23/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Geographe
WA 6280 · 3,622 residents22/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Busselton
WA 6280 · 1,838 residents16/100 safety · some bushfire exposure · some flood exposure
Ranked from 11 qualifying suburbs. Too small a field for percentile comparisons, so each row shows its score rather than the share of Busselton it ranks above.
60% recorded crime · 20% bushfire · 20% flood. Each risk is turned into an inverted percentile within Busselton's candidate pool — the lowest-risk suburb scores highest on that leg — then blended, crime-led. Crime is the recorded-offence rate per resident from state police data, ranked within the state; it reflects reported offences, not personal risk, and is never compared across state lines. Bushfire and flood come from mapped hazard overlays. Suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the safest suburbs in Busselton?
Kealy is Busselton's safest ranked suburb. Quindalup and Yallingup follow.
How is this ranking scored?
Each eligible Busselton suburb is scored on three risks, crime-led: 60% recorded crime, 20% recorded bushfire history, and 20% flood overlays. Each is turned into an inverted percentile within Busselton — a suburb with the lowest recorded crime scores highest on the crime leg — then blended. Crime leads because it's the risk most people mean by 'safest'.
What does the crime figure actually measure?
It's the rate of recorded offences per resident from state police data, ranked against other suburbs in the same state. Two important limits: it counts reported offences, not your personal risk, and different states record and categorise crime differently — so we only ever compare suburbs within the same state, never across state lines.
Why are some suburbs missing from the list?
A suburb only appears if it has crime data and at least 1,000 residents. Suburbs without a crime record are excluded rather than shown as risk-free — otherwise a data gap would masquerade as a perfectly safe suburb. In states where suburb-level crime data isn't published, this ranking isn't produced at all.
How often is this list updated?
The top 15 is recomputed whenever the underlying risk data refreshes — crime data on each state police release, and bushfire and flood as their mapped hazard overlays update. See the footer for the last computed date.
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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