Safest suburbs in Perth

Menora is Perth's safest ranked suburb, with the city's lowest recorded crime. Winthrop and Marmion follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 273 eligible Perth suburbs.

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

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

Menora

WA 6050 · 2,691 residents

88/100 safety · among Perth's lowest recorded crime

A+ 88.3
2

Winthrop

WA 6150 · 6,020 residents

88/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 99% of Perth

A+ 87.8
3

Marmion

WA 6020 · 2,390 residents

88/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 99% of Perth

A 87.8
4

Churchlands

WA 6018 · 3,638 residents

87/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 98% of Perth

A 86.9
5

Pearsall

WA 6065 · 4,244 residents

86/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 96% of Perth

A 85.9
6

Leeming

WA 6149 · 10,883 residents

85/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Perth

A+ 84.6
7

Wembley Downs

WA 6019 · 6,743 residents

84/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 93% of Perth

A+ 84.0
8

Padbury

WA 6025 · 8,626 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 98% of Perth · some bushfire exposure

A 82.3
9

Sorrento

WA 6020 · 7,795 residents

82/100 safety · among Perth's lowest recorded crime · some bushfire exposure

A+ 82.3
10

Carine

WA 6020 · 7,330 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 89% of Perth

A+ 82.0
11

Hocking

WA 6065 · 6,987 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 89% of Perth

A 82.0
12

Gwelup

WA 6018 · 5,391 residents

81/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 87% of Perth

A+ 80.7
13

Ardross

WA 6153 · 4,578 residents

81/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 87% of Perth

A+ 80.7
14

Woodlands

WA 6018 · 4,551 residents

81/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 87% of Perth

A+ 80.7
15

Swanbourne

WA 6010 · 4,592 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 86% of Perth

A+ 79.7

Ranked from 273 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

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

Menora is Perth's safest ranked suburb, with the city's lowest recorded crime. Winthrop and Marmion follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 273 eligible Perth suburbs.

How is this ranking scored?

Each eligible Perth 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 Perth — 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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