NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2006 to December 2006
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 2006	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Coonamble	79	4,714	1,675.9
2	Moree Plains	212	15,936	1,330.3
3	Bourke	48	3,906	1,228.9
4	Walgett	90	8,031	1,120.7
5	Bland	63	6,530	964.8
6	Newcastle	1,284	146,967	873.7
7	Dubbo	329	39,263	837.9
8	Muswellbrook	123	15,149	811.9
9	Leeton	97	12,026	806.6
10	Coffs Harbour	529	67,442	784.4
11	Albury	369	47,247	781.0
12	Tenterfield	52	6,805	764.1
13	Armidale Dumaresq	187	24,611	759.8
14	Guyra	33	4,460	739.9
15	Kempsey	209	28,742	727.2
16	Narrabri	101	14,172	712.7
17	Narromine	48	7,033	682.5
18	Temora	43	6,337	678.6
19	Cowra	89	13,185	675.0
20	Nambucca	126	18,755	671.8
21	Wellington	57	8,599	662.9
22	Clarence Valley	323	49,538	652.0
23	Maitland	399	61,517	648.6
24	Gilgandra	30	4,660	643.8
25	Carrathool	21	3,274	641.4
26	Lismore	277	43,628	634.9
27	Ballina	253	39,953	633.2
28	Richmond Valley	131	20,913	626.4
29	Lachlan	46	7,360	625.0
30	Narrandera	41	6,582	622.9
31	Great Lakes	212	34,695	611.0
32	Orange	228	37,791	603.3
33	Forbes	57	9,974	571.5
34	Byron	176	30,827	570.9
35	Kyogle	53	9,630	550.4
36	Cessnock	260	48,502	536.1
37	Berrigan	44	8,289	530.8
38	Wagga Wagga	307	58,055	528.8
39	Parkes	79	15,034	525.5
40	North Sydney	319	60,944	523.4
41	Bega Valley	169	32,431	521.1
42	Blayney	35	6,773	516.8
43	Gunnedah	62	12,074	513.5
44	Lake Macquarie	977	190,320	513.3
45	Yass Valley	66	12,936	510.2
46	Corowa Shire	55	11,058	497.4
47	Port Stephens	315	63,579	495.4
48	Wollongong	951	192,402	494.3
49	Liverpool Plains	38	7,852	484.0
50	Hay	17	3,534	481.0

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2004-05, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2006 were calculated using 2005 population estimates.