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	173	3,924	4,408.8
2	Walgett	245	8,096	3,026.2
3	Coonamble	67	4,728	1,417.1
4	Moree Plains	210	16,027	1,310.3
5	Wentworth	83	7,236	1,147.0
6	Warren	34	3,282	1,036.0
7	Dubbo	370	39,077	946.8
8	Lachlan	70	7,431	942.0
9	Glen Innes	51	5,945	857.9
10	Gilgandra	39	4,682	833.0
11	Guyra	35	4,441	788.1
12	Kempsey	210	28,114	747.0
13	Inverell	111	15,729	705.7
14	Muswellbrook	105	15,195	691.0
15	Campbelltown	1,034	149,961	689.5
16	Narrandera	44	6,594	667.3
17	Broken Hill	130	20,440	636.0
18	Wellington	55	8,668	634.5
19	Cessnock	305	48,143	633.5
20	Richmond Valley	132	20,838	633.5
21	Coonabarabran	42	6,673	629.4
22	Blacktown	1,751	278,532	628.7
23	Rylstone	24	3,821	628.1
24	Tenterfield	42	6,785	619.0
25	Bogan	19	3,122	608.6
26	Gunnedah	74	12,287	602.3
27	Lithgow	121	20,564	588.4
28	Greater Taree	273	46,474	587.4
29	Evans	31	5,356	578.8
30	Shoalhaven	512	91,765	557.9
31	Narrabri	77	14,239	540.8
32	Maitland	323	59,949	538.8
33	Leeton	64	12,028	532.1
34	Narromine	37	7,020	527.1
35	Young	63	11,957	526.9
36	Cootamundra	40	7,596	526.6
37	Newcastle	762	145,633	523.2
38	Wyong	741	141,764	522.7
39	Lismore	225	43,229	520.5
40	Forbes	50	9,974	501.3
41	Tumut	57	11,382	500.8
42	Parry	64	12,807	499.7
43	Bathurst	155	31,564	491.1
44	Walcha	16	3,261	490.6
45	Albury	218	44,887	485.7
46	Griffith	119	24,909	477.7
47	Mudgee	87	18,421	472.3
48	Lake Macquarie	889	189,196	469.9
49	Wagga Wagga	267	57,557	463.9
50	Holroyd	423	91,211	463.8

 
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.