NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2005 to December 2005
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 2005	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	143	3,924	3,644.2
2	Wellington	146	8,668	1,684.4
3	Dubbo	645	39,077	1,650.6
4	Moree Plains	263	16,027	1,641.0
5	Narrandera	103	6,594	1,562.0
6	Newcastle	2,221	145,633	1,525.1
7	Bathurst	424	31,564	1,343.3
8	Walgett	108	8,096	1,334.0
9	Albury	581	44,887	1,294.4
10	Coonamble	60	4,728	1,269.0
11	Gilgandra	56	4,682	1,196.1
12	Ashfield	475	40,258	1,179.9
13	Broken Hill	234	20,440	1,144.8
14	Armidale Dumaresq	275	24,596	1,118.1
15	Griffith	272	24,909	1,092.0
16	Wentworth	78	7,236	1,077.9
17	Campbelltown	1,590	149,961	1,060.3
18	Marrickville	803	75,870	1,058.4
19	Holroyd	955	91,211	1,047.0
20	Gunnedah	127	12,287	1,033.6
21	Great Lakes	345	34,186	1,009.2
22	Leichhardt	519	51,430	1,009.1
23	Strathfield	314	31,129	1,008.7
24	Shellharbour	622	62,338	997.8
25	Tamworth	368	37,272	987.3
26	Orange	368	37,546	980.1
27	Lismore	420	43,229	971.6
28	Evans	51	5,356	952.2
29	Randwick	1,198	126,431	947.6
30	Parramatta	1,383	151,076	915.4
31	Woollahra	483	53,095	909.7
32	Wollongong	1,731	191,558	903.6
33	Wagga Wagga	516	57,557	896.5
34	Auburn	554	62,797	882.2
35	Blacktown	2,431	278,532	872.8
36	Forbes	87	9,974	872.3
37	Botany Bay	324	37,192	871.2
38	Wyong	1,231	141,764	868.3
39	Muswellbrook	129	15,195	849.0
40	Greater Taree	394	46,474	847.8
41	Cessnock	407	48,143	845.4
42	Burwood	262	31,085	842.9
43	Shoalhaven	769	91,765	838.0
44	Kempsey	231	28,114	821.7
45	Maitland	482	59,949	804.0
46	Liverpool	1,326	167,880	789.8
47	Tenterfield	53	6,785	781.1
48	Port Stephens	483	62,448	773.4
49	Waverley	472	62,096	760.1
50	Glen Innes	45	5,945	756.9

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2003-04, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2005 when this report was published, rates for 2005 were calculated using 2004 population estimates.