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	318	3,924	8,104.0
2	Walgett	516	8,096	6,373.5
3	Moree Plains	513	16,027	3,200.8
4	Coonamble	147	4,728	3,109.1
5	Dubbo	859	39,077	2,198.2
6	Warren	70	3,282	2,132.8
7	Wentworth	153	7,236	2,114.4
8	Lachlan	150	7,431	2,018.6
9	Gilgandra	91	4,682	1,943.6
10	Glen Innes	111	5,945	1,867.1
11	Kempsey	524	28,114	1,863.8
12	Guyra	77	4,441	1,733.8
13	Narrandera	114	6,594	1,728.8
14	Campbelltown	2,547	149,961	1,698.4
15	Wellington	143	8,668	1,649.7
16	Inverell	258	15,729	1,640.3
17	Lismore	708	43,229	1,637.8
18	Newcastle	2,380	145,633	1,634.2
19	Bogan	50	3,122	1,601.5
20	Gunnedah	195	12,287	1,587.0
21	Muswellbrook	237	15,195	1,559.7
22	Narrabri	222	14,239	1,559.1
23	Richmond Valley	324	20,838	1,554.9
24	Rylstone	59	3,821	1,544.1
25	Coonabarabran	103	6,673	1,543.5
26	Young	179	11,957	1,497.0
27	Narromine	104	7,020	1,481.5
28	Greater Taree	686	46,474	1,476.1
29	Broken Hill	299	20,440	1,462.8
30	Orange	546	37,546	1,454.2
31	Tenterfield	98	6,785	1,444.4
32	Cobar	72	5,020	1,434.3
33	Bathurst	449	31,564	1,422.5
34	Albury	633	44,887	1,410.2
35	Griffith	351	24,909	1,409.1
36	Blacktown	3,903	278,532	1,401.3
37	Lithgow	287	20,564	1,395.6
38	Leeton	164	12,028	1,363.5
39	Forbes	135	9,974	1,353.5
40	Byron	411	30,724	1,337.7
41	Carrathool	44	3,308	1,330.1
42	Eurobodalla	473	35,902	1,317.5
43	Cootamundra	100	7,596	1,316.5
44	Tamworth	485	37,272	1,301.2
45	Nambucca	241	18,525	1,300.9
46	Hay	46	3,549	1,296.1
47	Wagga Wagga	742	57,557	1,289.2
48	Evans	69	5,356	1,288.3
49	Mudgee	237	18,421	1,286.6
50	Cessnock	605	48,143	1,256.7

 
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.