NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2007 to December 2007
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 2007	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	118	3,876	3,044.4
2	Walgett	183	8,047	2,274.1
3	Moree Plains	248	15,991	1,550.9
4	Wentworth	95	7,405	1,282.9
5	Lachlan	74	7,355	1,006.1
6	Warren	32	3,252	984.0
7	Coonamble	45	4,699	957.7
8	Richmond Valley	194	21,267	912.2
9	Forbes	89	10,003	889.7
10	Dubbo	329	39,500	832.9
11	Cobar	41	5,023	816.2
12	Gilgandra	38	4,699	808.7
13	Broken Hill	162	20,223	801.1
14	Wellington	67	8,618	777.4
15	Campbelltown	1,122	148,969	753.2
16	Kempsey	215	28,763	747.5
17	Inverell	117	15,949	733.6
18	Tenterfield	47	6,909	680.3
19	Narrabri	94	14,181	662.9
20	Hay	23	3,520	653.4
21	Parkes	97	15,099	642.4
22	Greater Taree	300	47,110	636.8
23	Lismore	273	44,032	620.0
24	Blacktown	1,783	287,634	619.9
25	Great Lakes	217	35,068	618.8
26	Griffith	156	25,441	613.2
27	Gundagai	23	3,774	609.4
28	Liverpool Plains	48	7,877	609.4
29	Narromine	42	7,059	595.0
30	Albury	278	47,694	582.9
31	Wyong	841	144,297	582.8
32	Nambucca	109	18,886	577.1
33	Lithgow	121	20,981	576.7
34	Mid-Western Regional	126	22,260	566.0
35	Warrumbungle Shire	59	10,466	563.7
36	Cessnock	269	48,744	551.9
37	Shoalhaven	508	94,181	539.4
38	Gunnedah	65	12,129	535.9
39	Penrith	951	177,544	535.6
40	Armidale Dumaresq	129	24,749	521.2
41	Holroyd	488	94,269	517.7
42	Bathurst Regional	194	37,508	517.2
43	Guyra	23	4,478	513.6
44	Newcastle	750	147,545	508.3
45	Goulburn Mulwaree	138	27,308	505.3
46	Maitland	316	62,596	504.8
47	Wagga Wagga	293	58,802	498.3
48	Cootamundra	37	7,645	484.0
49	Muswellbrook	73	15,236	479.1
50	Marrickville	366	76,524	478.3

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2007 were calculated using 2006 population estimates.

* LGAs with populations lower than 3000 are excluded because rate calculations for these areas are very sensitive to small changes in population sizes and the number of incidents recorded. Rate calculations should also be treated very cautiously for LGAs that have high visitor numbers relative to their residential population. This is because rate calculations are based on estimated residential population and no adjustment has been made for the number of people visiting each LGA per year.