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	Waverley	721	62,194	1,159.3
2	Burwood	336	31,387	1,070.5
3	Strathfield	304	32,529	934.6
4	Bankstown	1,640	179,719	912.5
5	Botany Bay	323	37,415	863.3
6	Holroyd	804	94,269	852.9
7	Marrickville	615	76,524	803.7
8	Parramatta	1,218	155,098	785.3
9	Blacktown	2,236	287,634	777.4
10	Gundagai	26	3,774	688.9
11	Willoughby	430	65,029	661.2
12	Gilgandra	31	4,699	659.7
13	Liverpool	1,075	172,050	624.8
14	Byron	180	30,898	582.6
15	Rockdale	560	96,409	580.9
16	Leichhardt	296	51,660	573.0
17	Manly	220	39,214	561.0
18	Auburn	369	66,286	556.7
19	Woollahra	294	53,033	554.4
20	Fairfield	1,042	188,074	554.0
21	Albury	262	47,694	549.3
22	Tenterfield	37	6,909	535.5
23	Randwick	673	127,948	526.0
24	Penrith	909	177,544	512.0
25	Bland	33	6,562	502.9
26	Newcastle	733	147,545	496.8
27	Ashfield	198	40,262	491.8
28	Queanbeyan	185	37,848	488.8
29	Kogarah	274	56,736	482.9
30	Cobar	24	5,023	477.8
31	North Sydney	292	61,802	472.5
32	Walgett	38	8,047	472.2
33	Ryde	470	100,351	468.4
34	Bogan	14	3,113	449.7
35	Canada Bay	309	68,955	448.1
36	Narrandera	29	6,588	440.2
37	Dubbo	172	39,500	435.4
38	Canterbury	591	135,969	434.7
39	Moree Plains	69	15,991	431.5
40	Wollongong	820	192,131	426.8
41	Ballina	171	40,090	426.5
42	Griffith	108	25,441	424.5
43	Snowy River	31	7,359	421.3
44	Hurstville	310	76,623	404.6
45	Campbelltown	592	148,969	397.4
46	Maitland	241	62,596	385.0
47	Tweed	302	81,886	368.8
48	Warringah	512	141,133	362.8
49	Nambucca	68	18,886	360.1
50	Great Lakes	126	35,068	359.3

 
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.