NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2004 to December 2004
Top 50 Local Government Areas ranked by rate of recorded criminal incidents
LGAs with population under 3000, Sydney LGA and LGAs without the offence have been excluded.
 

Rank	Local Government Area	Offences in 2004	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	111	3,938	2,818.7
2	Walgett	203	8,207	2,473.5
3	Moree Plains	383	16,153	2,371.1
4	Dubbo	851	38,937	2,185.6
5	Wellington	176	8,714	2,019.7
6	Narrandera	118	6,639	1,777.4
7	Gilgandra	81	4,739	1,709.2
8	Tenterfield	116	6,805	1,704.6
9	Leichhardt	833	51,114	1,629.7
10	Warren	52	3,302	1,574.8
11	Great Lakes	519	33,576	1,545.7
12	Evans	79	5,385	1,467.0
13	Newcastle	2,078	144,375	1,439.3
14	Greater Taree	647	45,793	1,412.9
15	Campbelltown	2,096	150,589	1,391.9
16	Bathurst	388	31,236	1,242.2
17	Lismore	529	43,045	1,228.9
18	Armidale Dumaresq	301	24,675	1,219.9
19	Randwick	1,511	125,994	1,199.3
20	Ashfield	472	40,326	1,170.5
21	Mosman	329	28,174	1,167.7
22	Holroyd	1,050	90,533	1,159.8
23	Strathfield	338	30,220	1,118.5
24	North Sydney	668	60,041	1,112.6
25	Albury	491	44,690	1,098.7
26	Kempsey	301	27,850	1,080.8
27	Coonamble	51	4,758	1,071.9
28	Marrickville	805	75,991	1,059.3
29	Woollahra	561	53,332	1,051.9
30	Wollongong	1,989	191,602	1,038.1
31	Narromine	73	7,041	1,036.8
32	Ballina	405	39,266	1,031.4
33	Burwood	317	30,827	1,028.3
34	Parramatta	1,528	149,016	1,025.4
35	Oberon	51	5,086	1,002.8
36	Willoughby	632	63,171	1,000.5
37	Broken Hill	205	20,666	992.0
38	Orange	369	37,526	983.3
39	Muswellbrook	149	15,291	974.4
40	Rylstone	37	3,831	965.8
41	Auburn	579	61,125	947.2
42	Waverley	589	62,290	945.6
43	Lane Cove	302	32,270	935.9
44	Manly	361	38,868	928.8
45	Tamworth	341	37,120	918.6
46	Port Stephens	562	61,379	915.6
47	Gunnedah	113	12,379	912.8
48	Cobar	46	5,076	906.2
49	Blacktown	2,469	273,267	903.5
50	Queanbeyan	310	34,394	901.3

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2002-03, Cat. No. 3218.0 (for 2002 and 2003 population estimates). As no population estimates were available for 2004 when this report was published, rates for 2004 were calculated using 2003 population estimates.