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	87	3,924	2,217.1
2	Coonamble	67	4,728	1,417.1
3	Walgett	104	8,096	1,284.6
4	Moree Plains	203	16,027	1,266.6
5	Dubbo	415	39,077	1,062.0
6	Kempsey	294	28,114	1,045.7
7	Bega Valley	298	31,955	932.6
8	Wellington	76	8,668	876.8
9	Culcairn	35	4,017	871.3
10	Gunnedah	101	12,287	822.0
11	Byron	247	30,724	803.9
12	Forbes	80	9,974	802.1
13	Newcastle	1,165	145,633	800.0
14	Lachlan	59	7,431	794.0
15	Glen Innes	47	5,945	790.6
16	Gilgandra	35	4,682	747.5
17	Bogan	23	3,122	736.7
18	Warren	24	3,282	731.3
19	Richmond Valley	152	20,838	729.4
20	Albury	323	44,887	719.6
21	Narrandera	47	6,594	712.8
22	Coffs Harbour	453	66,529	680.9
23	Maitland	408	59,949	680.6
24	Bellingen	84	12,720	660.4
25	Tenterfield	44	6,785	648.5
26	Nambucca	119	18,525	642.4
27	Greater Taree	291	46,474	626.2
28	Muswellbrook	95	15,195	625.2
29	Broken Hill	126	20,440	616.4
30	Auburn	383	62,797	609.9
31	Quirindi	30	4,928	608.8
32	Griffith	151	24,909	606.2
33	Orange	225	37,546	599.3
34	Cowra	77	13,147	585.7
35	Clarence Valley	287	49,422	580.7
36	Narromine	40	7,020	569.8
37	North Sydney	346	60,789	569.2
38	Lismore	243	43,229	562.1
39	Hume	45	8,166	551.1
40	Tumut	62	11,382	544.7
41	Corowa	46	8,596	535.1
42	Great Lakes	181	34,186	529.5
43	Oberon	27	5,106	528.8
44	Berrigan	41	8,188	500.7
45	Armidale Dumaresq	123	24,596	500.1
46	Leichhardt	255	51,430	495.8
47	Junee	29	5,887	492.6
48	Botany Bay	183	37,192	492.0
49	Leeton	59	12,028	490.5
50	Carrathool	16	3,308	483.7

 
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.