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	Bourke	337	3,938	8,557.6
2	Walgett	535	8,207	6,518.8
3	Coonamble	186	4,758	3,909.2
4	Moree Plains	524	16,153	3,244.0
5	Wellington	202	8,714	2,318.1
6	Dubbo	878	38,937	2,254.9
7	Gilgandra	104	4,739	2,194.6
8	Narromine	150	7,041	2,130.4
9	Lachlan	152	7,477	2,032.9
10	Glen Innes	121	5,987	2,021.0
11	Kempsey	517	27,850	1,856.4
12	Tenterfield	125	6,805	1,836.9
13	Evans	94	5,385	1,745.6
14	Narrabri	244	14,383	1,696.4
15	Lismore	725	43,045	1,684.3
16	Wentworth	121	7,218	1,676.4
17	Guyra	74	4,456	1,660.7
18	Narrandera	110	6,639	1,656.9
19	Cowra	213	13,108	1,625.0
20	Newcastle	2,345	144,375	1,624.2
21	Campbelltown	2,407	150,589	1,598.4
22	Snowy River	117	7,327	1,596.8
23	Broken Hill	320	20,666	1,548.4
24	Griffith	382	24,776	1,541.8
25	Orange	572	37,526	1,524.3
26	Warren	50	3,302	1,514.2
27	Goulburn	318	21,268	1,495.2
28	Inverell	230	15,779	1,457.6
29	Tumut	164	11,555	1,419.3
30	Blacktown	3,828	273,267	1,400.8
31	Bathurst	437	31,236	1,399.0
32	Rylstone	53	3,831	1,383.5
33	Bogan	43	3,116	1,380.0
34	Lithgow	280	20,462	1,368.4
35	Albury	603	44,690	1,349.3
36	Nambucca	244	18,141	1,345.0
37	Leeton	160	12,018	1,331.3
38	Coffs Harbour	851	64,051	1,328.6
39	Muswellbrook	203	15,291	1,327.6
40	Carrathool	44	3,319	1,325.7
41	Byron	403	30,404	1,325.5
42	Young	157	11,903	1,319.0
43	Gunnedah	162	12,379	1,308.7
44	Greater Taree	599	45,793	1,308.1
45	Shoalhaven	1,170	90,679	1,290.3
46	Richmond Valley	265	20,912	1,267.2
47	Coonabarabran	85	6,761	1,257.2
48	Marrickville	954	75,991	1,255.4
49	Wyong	1,754	140,288	1,250.3
50	Wagga Wagga	710	57,245	1,240.3

 
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.