Safest suburbs in Geraldton

Mount Tarcoola is Geraldton's safest ranked suburb. Woorree and Tarcoola Beach follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 17 eligible Geraldton suburbs.

This page ranks Geraldton 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 Geraldton's pool, so a suburb reads as "safer than X% of Geraldton" 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 Geraldton

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.

1

Mount Tarcoola

WA 6530 · 3,257 residents

77/100 safety

B 76.9
2

Woorree

WA 6530 · 1,295 residents

74/100 safety · among Geraldton's lowest recorded crime · some flood exposure

C 74.4
3

Tarcoola Beach

WA 6530 · 1,360 residents

73/100 safety

B 73.1
4

Strathalbyn

WA 6530 · 1,165 residents

72/100 safety · some flood exposure

C 71.9
5

Drummond Cove

WA 6532 · 1,605 residents

69/100 safety · some bushfire exposure

B 68.8
6

Wandina

WA 6530 · 4,375 residents

62/100 safety · some bushfire exposure

B 61.9
7

Beresford

WA 6530 · 1,463 residents

62/100 safety

B 61.9
8

Beachlands

WA 6530 · 1,400 residents

58/100 safety

C 58.1
9

Glenfield

WA 6532 · 1,009 residents

58/100 safety · some bushfire exposure

C 58.1
10

Waggrakine

WA 6530 · 2,679 residents

45/100 safety · some bushfire exposure

D 45.0
11

Bluff Point

WA 6530 · 1,381 residents

37/100 safety · some flood exposure

C 36.9
12

Rangeway

WA 6530 · 1,871 residents

34/100 safety

C 33.8
13

Utakarra

WA 6530 · 1,467 residents

32/100 safety · some bushfire exposure

D 32.5
14

Wonthella

WA 6530 · 1,711 residents

32/100 safety · some flood exposure

D 31.9
15

Geraldton

WA 6530 · 3,246 residents

28/100 safety

C 28.1

Ranked from 17 qualifying suburbs. Too small a field for percentile comparisons, so each row shows its score rather than the share of Geraldton it ranks above.

How we ranked these

60% recorded crime · 20% bushfire · 20% flood. Each risk is turned into an inverted percentile within Geraldton'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 Geraldton?

Mount Tarcoola is Geraldton's safest ranked suburb. Woorree and Tarcoola Beach follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 17 eligible Geraldton suburbs.

How is this ranking scored?

Each eligible Geraldton 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 Geraldton — 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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