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	Coonamble	84	4,758	1,765.4
2	Wellington	130	8,714	1,491.9
3	Warren	43	3,302	1,302.2
4	Bourke	50	3,938	1,269.7
5	Moree Plains	191	16,153	1,182.4
6	Dubbo	459	38,937	1,178.8
7	Walgett	96	8,207	1,169.7
8	Kempsey	293	27,850	1,052.1
9	Griffith	241	24,776	972.7
10	Newcastle	1,393	144,375	964.8
11	Lachlan	71	7,477	949.6
12	Tenterfield	58	6,805	852.3
13	Gilgandra	39	4,739	823.0
14	Bega Valley	257	31,499	815.9
15	Cobar	41	5,076	807.7
16	Muswellbrook	123	15,291	804.4
17	Gunnedah	97	12,379	783.6
18	Glen Innes	46	5,987	768.3
19	Coffs Harbour	492	64,051	768.1
20	Leeton	90	12,018	748.9
21	Maitland	432	58,941	732.9
22	Evans	39	5,385	724.2
23	Kyogle	70	9,673	723.7
24	Richmond Valley	150	20,912	717.3
25	Inverell	112	15,779	709.8
26	Parkes	106	15,072	703.3
27	Wentworth	50	7,218	692.7
28	Greater Taree	316	45,793	690.1
29	Albury	307	44,690	687.0
30	Leichhardt	341	51,114	667.1
31	Cessnock	311	47,842	650.1
32	Oberon	33	5,086	648.8
33	Broken Hill	133	20,666	643.6
34	Bathurst	197	31,236	630.7
35	Maclean	110	17,633	623.8
36	Coonabarabran	41	6,761	606.4
37	Grafton	104	17,238	603.3
38	Temora	38	6,307	602.5
39	Bellingen	77	12,786	602.2
40	Pristine Waters	65	11,098	585.7
41	Manilla	19	3,275	580.2
42	Auburn	353	61,125	577.5
43	Nambucca	104	18,141	573.3
44	Marrickville	428	75,991	563.2
45	Cabonne	71	12,620	562.6
46	Corowa	48	8,602	558.0
47	Mudgee	102	18,458	552.6
48	Lismore	232	43,045	539.0
49	Young	64	11,903	537.7
50	Wollongong	1,030	191,602	537.6

 
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.