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	139	3,938	3,529.7
2	Walgett	266	8,207	3,241.1
3	Coonamble	70	4,758	1,471.2
4	Moree Plains	201	16,153	1,244.4
5	Gilgandra	53	4,739	1,118.4
6	Dubbo	398	38,937	1,022.2
7	Glen Innes	61	5,987	1,018.9
8	Narromine	69	7,041	980.0
9	Lachlan	67	7,477	896.1
10	Carrathool	29	3,319	873.8
11	Wentworth	63	7,218	872.8
12	Wellington	69	8,714	791.8
13	Inverell	121	15,779	766.8
14	Campbelltown	1,087	150,589	721.8
15	Tenterfield	49	6,805	720.1
16	Kempsey	198	27,850	711.0
17	Cowra	93	13,108	709.5
18	Evans	38	5,385	705.7
19	Tumut	79	11,555	683.7
20	Narrandera	45	6,639	677.8
21	Blacktown	1,828	273,267	668.9
22	Broken Hill	136	20,666	658.1
23	Young	78	11,903	655.3
24	Warren	21	3,302	636.0
25	Griffith	154	24,776	621.6
26	Guyra	27	4,456	605.9
27	Shoalhaven	532	90,679	586.7
28	Lismore	245	43,045	569.2
29	Narrabri	81	14,383	563.2
30	Coffs Harbour	360	64,051	562.1
31	Bathurst	174	31,236	557.0
32	Greater Taree	250	45,793	545.9
33	Goulburn	115	21,268	540.7
34	Lithgow	109	20,462	532.7
35	Wyong	747	140,288	532.5
36	Leeton	63	12,018	524.2
37	Orange	195	37,526	519.6
38	Wagga Wagga	297	57,245	518.8
39	Richmond Valley	107	20,912	511.7
40	Muswellbrook	78	15,291	510.1
41	Snowy River	37	7,327	505.0
42	Great Lakes	167	33,576	497.4
43	Copmanhurst	23	4,627	497.1
44	Grafton	84	17,238	487.3
45	Newcastle	697	144,375	482.8
46	Marrickville	362	75,991	476.4
47	Maitland	279	58,941	473.4
48	Cobar	24	5,076	472.8
49	Cootamundra	35	7,607	460.1
50	Penrith	819	178,233	459.5

 
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.