bobb35

Not sure which stats are you looking at, the newest I found do not include Kelmscott on the list of suburbs with the most crime at all.

The 10 suburbs with the highest crime rates from July 2018 to June 2019 were:

Northbridge: 257.38 reported incidents per 100 residents
Kwinana Town Centre: 211.65 reported incidents per 100 residents
Neerabup: 106.73 reported incidents per 100 residents
OConnor: 88.98 reported incidents per 100 residents
Burswood: 58.80 reported incidents per 100 residents
Midland: 58.59 reported incidents per 100 residents
Fremantle: 47.58 reported incidents per 100 residents
Cockburn Central: 46.43 reported incidents per 100 residents
Midvale: 44.65 reported incidents per 100 residents
Haynes: 41.97 reported incidents per 100 residents

Not a safe area at all, it's 'affordable' for a reason. Visited the area many times.

Agreed terrible - Peter P has a few aliases on here it seems. Sucking people into high crime areas.

Never claimed that Kelmscott was the safest suburb in Perth, there is crime of course, but Kelmscott has never been included within the top 10, 20 or 30 worst suburbs in Perth by crime and that's a fact, look for any stats available. These are not high crime areas, but gentrifying affordable areas perfect for investment and first home buyers. There are a few investors on here who are buying Australia wide and recognised this type of suburbs which offer excellent value. There are not many suburbs like this which are pure gold in terms of investment and that's why they are being endorsed by the same investors owning multiple properties Australia wide. Most people can't afford to purchase in the most expensive areas whether for investment or for a first home and suburbs like Kelmscott are offer amazing value for money and long term prospects due to convenient location and amenities, low vacancy rate, high rental yield and solid capital growth.

Never claimed that Kelmscott was the safest suburb in Perth, there is crime ofcourse, but Kelmscott has never been included within the top 10, 20 or 30 worst suburbs in Perth by crime and that's a fact, look for any stats available. These are not high crime areas, but gentryfying affordable areas perfect for investment and first home buyers. There are a few investors on here who are buying Australia wide and recognised this type of suburbs which offer excellent value. There are not many suburbs like this which are pure gold in terms of investment and that's why they are being endorsed by the same investors owning multiple properties Australia wide.

Agree with Robert32.

Wanted to quote you and write a comment below but failed. Yes, agreed.

No worries.

There is a pretty long list of Perth suburbs which got much worse crime than Kelmscott. For example Fremantle is one of them but no one is ever saying that investing in Fremantle or living there would be unwise. You cannot compare apples and oranges such as Dalkeith or Peppy Grove with Kelmscott. What Kelmscott offers is great value for the price you pay either as a purchaser or a renter. I managed to save a huge deal of my income by renting in Kelmscott where rents are lower which allowed me to purchase my first property in the same area. If I was renting in more expensive areas I would have still been locked in the rental cycle. If you want to free yourself from the rental crisis and finally become a first home owner Kelmscott is the way to go.

Quite hard to draw a comparison between Fremantle and Kelmscott. The primary reason you see suburbs such as Fremantle, Northbridge & Perth ranked so highly in crime statistics is because of the level of activity these suburbs experience as night life precincts... tends to skew things a bit. Kelmscott had 13.45 crimes occur per 100 residents for 2021. Whichever way you look at it, that's a lot. But the area is priced accordingly. Far too many reviews on here talking through their pockets.

It is not only Fremantle, there is a long list of suburbs with worse crime than Kelmscott and no night life: Midvale, Burswood, Midland, Mandurah, Wellard, Armadale, Osborne Park, Belmont, Cannington, Forrestdale, Balga, Brookdale, Lockridge, Karawara, Carlisle, Coodanup, St James, Bellevue, Kwinana, Neerabup, OConnor, Cockburn, Haynes...