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	83	7,078	1,172.6
2	Coonamble	48	4,263	1,126.0
3	Forbes	106	9,727	1,089.8
4	Moree Plains	153	14,300	1,069.9
5	Cowra	130	12,924	1,005.9
6	Richmond Valley	205	22,471	912.3
7	Wentworth	64	7,149	895.2
8	Bourke	27	3,091	873.5
9	Parkes	123	14,836	829.1
10	Lachlan	54	6,814	792.5
11	Leeton	91	11,683	778.9
12	Tenterfield	50	6,834	731.6
13	Newcastle	1,063	150,357	707.0
14	Great Lakes	242	34,359	704.3
15	Albury	343	49,321	695.4
16	Bland	44	6,385	689.1
17	Nambucca	128	18,735	683.2
18	Bogan	20	3,012	664.0
19	Berrigan	56	8,446	663.0
20	Wagga Wagga	402	60,857	660.6
21	Temora	39	5,986	651.5
22	Bega Valley	210	32,655	643.1
23	Coffs Harbour	439	68,992	636.3
24	Kempsey	178	28,566	623.1
25	Cobar	32	5,143	622.2
26	Clarence Valley	308	50,596	608.7
27	Warrumbungle Shire	60	10,093	594.5
28	Maitland	395	66,530	593.7
29	Deniliquin	45	7,673	586.5
30	Gunnedah	70	11,968	584.9
31	Lockhart	19	3,288	577.9
32	Broken Hill	114	20,074	567.9
33	Ballina	229	40,932	559.5
34	Greater Taree	263	47,242	556.7
35	Cessnock	267	48,985	545.1
36	Gilgandra	25	4,625	540.5
37	Muswellbrook	86	16,039	536.2
38	Eurobodalla	193	36,771	524.9
39	Port Stephens	334	64,698	516.2
40	Shoalhaven	477	92,880	513.6
41	Dubbo	197	39,787	495.1
42	Mid-Western Regional	108	22,093	488.8
43	Narrandera	30	6,166	486.5
44	Armidale Dumaresq	120	24,684	486.1
45	Byron	148	30,866	479.5
46	Tamworth Regional	269	56,532	475.8
47	Lithgow	96	20,694	463.9
48	Upper Hunter Shire	63	13,594	463.4
49	Harden	17	3,683	461.6
50	Coolamon	19	4,155	457.3

 

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.