NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2007 to December 2007
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 2007	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Moree Plains	396	15,991	2,476.4
2	Bourke	85	3,876	2,193.0
3	Walgett	142	8,047	1,764.6
4	Broken Hill	298	20,223	1,473.6
5	Coonamble	69	4,699	1,468.4
6	Wellington	115	8,618	1,334.4
7	Dubbo	520	39,500	1,316.5
8	Great Lakes	433	35,068	1,234.7
9	Strathfield	396	32,529	1,217.4
10	Wentworth	88	7,405	1,188.4
11	Newcastle	1,712	147,545	1,160.3
12	Marrickville	883	76,524	1,153.9
13	Cowra	146	13,260	1,101.1
14	Albury	522	47,694	1,094.5
15	Burwood	319	31,387	1,016.3
16	Campbelltown	1,453	148,969	975.4
17	Tamworth Regional	536	55,063	973.4
18	Orange	355	37,982	934.7
19	Muswellbrook	142	15,236	932.0
20	Leeton	112	12,088	926.5
21	Holroyd	870	94,269	922.9
22	Woollahra	484	53,033	912.6
23	Griffith	230	25,441	904.1
24	Warren	29	3,252	891.8
25	Kempsey	255	28,763	886.6
26	Blacktown	2,548	287,634	885.8
27	Parramatta	1,372	155,098	884.6
28	Tenterfield	61	6,909	882.9
29	Wagga Wagga	511	58,802	869.0
30	Greater Taree	405	47,110	859.7
31	Bathurst Regional	322	37,508	858.5
32	Richmond Valley	180	21,267	846.4
33	Auburn	559	66,286	843.3
34	Waverley	519	62,194	834.5
35	Ashfield	335	40,262	832.1
36	Lismore	366	44,032	831.2
37	North Sydney	510	61,802	825.2
38	Randwick	1,048	127,948	819.1
39	Lachlan	60	7,355	815.8
40	Leichhardt	420	51,660	813.0
41	Armidale Dumaresq	200	24,749	808.1
42	Clarence Valley	391	50,102	780.4
43	Port Stephens	496	63,650	779.3
44	Fairfield	1,459	188,074	775.8
45	Eurobodalla	282	36,613	770.2
46	Forbes	77	10,003	769.8
47	Narrandera	50	6,588	759.0
48	Ballina	302	40,090	753.3
49	Botany Bay	278	37,415	743.0
50	Canada Bay	493	68,955	715.0

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2007 were calculated using 2006 population estimates.

* LGAs with populations lower than 3000 are excluded because rate calculations for these areas are very sensitive to small changes in population sizes and the number of incidents recorded. Rate calculations should also be treated very cautiously for LGAs that have high visitor numbers relative to their residential population. This is because rate calculations are based on estimated residential population and no adjustment has been made for the number of people visiting each LGA per year.