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	249	15,991	1,557.1
2	Walgett	105	8,047	1,304.8
3	Parkes	191	15,099	1,265.0
4	Tenterfield	68	6,909	984.2
5	Coonamble	45	4,699	957.7
6	Nambucca	173	18,886	916.0
7	Albury	427	47,694	895.3
8	Lachlan	65	7,355	883.8
9	Kempsey	242	28,763	841.4
10	Bega Valley	260	32,637	796.6
11	Armidale Dumaresq	197	24,749	796.0
12	Newcastle	1,174	147,545	795.7
13	Leeton	95	12,088	785.9
14	Junee	46	6,009	765.5
15	Bourke	29	3,876	748.2
16	Broken Hill	151	20,223	746.7
17	Warrumbungle Shire	77	10,466	735.7
18	Gunnedah	89	12,129	733.8
19	Clarence Valley	365	50,102	728.5
20	Muswellbrook	109	15,236	715.4
21	Coffs Harbour	481	68,315	704.1
22	Maitland	427	62,596	682.2
23	Richmond Valley	144	21,267	677.1
24	Temora	43	6,400	671.9
25	Forbes	66	10,003	659.8
26	Gilgandra	31	4,699	659.7
27	Cobar	32	5,023	637.1
28	Berrigan	52	8,541	608.8
29	Cowra	78	13,260	588.2
30	Bland	38	6,562	579.1
31	Young	70	12,126	577.3
32	Eurobodalla	209	36,613	570.8
33	Cessnock	278	48,744	570.3
34	Great Lakes	199	35,068	567.5
35	Wentworth	41	7,405	553.7
36	Ballina	217	40,090	541.3
37	Greater Taree	251	47,110	532.8
38	Narrabri	74	14,181	521.8
39	Port Stephens	313	63,650	491.8
40	Byron	148	30,898	479.0
41	Tamworth Regional	263	55,063	477.6
42	Wingecarribee	210	44,912	467.6
43	Tumut Shire	53	11,388	465.4
44	Wagga Wagga	269	58,802	457.5
45	Shoalhaven	428	94,181	454.4
46	Dubbo	179	39,500	453.2
47	Wellington	39	8,618	452.5
48	Mid-Western Regional	100	22,260	449.2
49	Bathurst Regional	161	37,508	429.2
50	Lithgow	90	20,981	429.0

 

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.