NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2008 to December 2008
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 2008	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Walgett	172	7,078	2,430.1
2	Bourke	73	3,091	2,361.7
3	Moree Plains	301	14,300	2,104.9
4	Coonamble	85	4,263	1,993.9
5	Orange	555	37,333	1,486.6
6	Broken Hill	290	20,074	1,444.7
7	Albury	708	49,321	1,435.5
8	Armidale Dumaresq	330	24,684	1,336.9
9	Narrandera	81	6,166	1,313.7
10	Cowra	162	12,924	1,253.5
11	Forbes	118	9,727	1,213.1
12	Newcastle	1,809	150,357	1,203.1
13	Greater Taree	551	47,242	1,166.3
14	Gunnedah	133	11,968	1,111.3
15	Great Lakes	377	34,359	1,097.2
16	Lane Cove	322	32,047	1,004.8
17	Strathfield	345	34,580	997.7
18	Wagga Wagga	578	60,857	949.8
19	Wellington	78	8,250	945.5
20	Dubbo	371	39,787	932.5
21	Holroyd	884	95,130	929.3
22	Blacktown	2,592	284,692	910.5
23	Tenterfield	61	6,834	892.6
24	Campbelltown	1,292	147,460	876.2
25	Shoalhaven	798	92,880	859.2
26	Narrabri	116	13,503	859.1
27	Waverley	558	65,108	857.0
28	Woollahra	461	53,990	853.9
29	Wentworth	61	7,149	853.3
30	Port Stephens	549	64,698	848.6
31	North Sydney	523	62,842	832.2
32	Willoughby	560	68,387	818.9
33	Lithgow	169	20,694	816.7
34	Parramatta	1,265	157,775	801.8
35	Leeton	93	11,683	796.0
36	Richmond Valley	178	22,471	792.1
37	Kempsey	224	28,566	784.1
38	Marrickville	585	76,284	766.9
39	Bathurst Regional	288	37,686	764.2
40	Tamworth Regional	428	56,532	757.1
41	Wyong	1,073	143,988	745.2
42	Griffith	184	24,937	737.9
43	Inverell	116	16,246	714.0
44	Leichhardt	362	51,855	698.1
45	Randwick	895	128,435	696.9
46	Liverpool	1,202	172,932	695.1
47	Muswellbrook	110	16,039	685.8
48	Ballina	277	40,932	676.7
49	Cessnock	323	48,985	659.4
50	Byron	201	30,866	651.2

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2006-07, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2008 when this report was published, rates for 2008 were calculated using 2007 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.