NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2006 to December 2006
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 2006	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	129	3,906	3,302.6
2	Walgett	244	8,031	3,038.2
3	Coonamble	69	4,714	1,463.7
4	Moree Plains	209	15,936	1,311.5
5	Warren	41	3,273	1,252.7
6	Gilgandra	47	4,660	1,008.6
7	Richmond Valley	205	20,913	980.3
8	Lachlan	72	7,360	978.3
9	Wentworth	69	7,300	945.2
10	Dubbo	331	39,263	843.0
11	Broken Hill	170	20,203	841.5
12	Wellington	69	8,599	802.4
13	Campbelltown	1,195	150,216	795.5
14	Tumut Shire	87	11,347	766.7
15	Narrabri	106	14,172	748.0
16	Inverell	116	15,794	734.5
17	Kempsey	208	28,742	723.7
18	Narrandera	46	6,582	698.9
19	Lismore	290	43,628	664.7
20	Tenterfield	44	6,805	646.6
21	Blacktown	1,829	283,458	645.2
22	Parkes	94	15,034	625.2
23	Greater Taree	289	46,986	615.1
24	Cessnock	290	48,502	597.9
25	Glen Innes Severn	52	8,735	595.3
26	Bogan	18	3,105	579.7
27	Griffith	144	25,140	572.8
28	Albury	270	47,247	571.5
29	Great Lakes	197	34,695	567.8
30	Gunnedah	68	12,074	563.2
31	Cobar	28	5,013	558.5
32	Forbes	55	9,974	551.4
33	Liverpool Plains	43	7,852	547.6
34	Lithgow	114	20,889	545.7
35	Uralla	33	6,075	543.2
36	Deniliquin	44	8,169	538.6
37	Marrickville	402	75,114	535.2
38	Wyong	762	143,393	531.4
39	Shoalhaven	494	93,615	527.7
40	Narromine	37	7,033	526.1
41	Young	63	12,035	523.5
42	Junee	31	5,922	523.5
43	Tamworth Regional	284	54,522	520.9
44	Guyra	23	4,460	515.7
45	Bathurst Regional	190	37,001	513.5
46	Muswellbrook	75	15,149	495.1
47	Newcastle	719	146,967	489.2
48	Maitland	297	61,517	482.8
49	Weddin	18	3,848	467.8
50	Penrith	826	177,955	464.2

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2004-05, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2006 were calculated using 2005 population estimates.