NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2008 to December 2008
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 2008	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Burwood	427	32,860	1,299.5
2	Waverley	829	65,108	1,273.3
3	Botany Bay	442	37,813	1,168.9
4	Parramatta	1,596	157,775	1,011.6
5	Blacktown	2,863	284,692	1,005.6
6	Strathfield	320	34,580	925.4
7	Bankstown	1,655	179,657	921.2
8	Auburn	614	70,986	865.0
9	Willoughby	586	68,387	856.9
10	Gundagai	32	3,813	839.2
11	Warrumbungle Shire	81	10,093	802.5
12	Marrickville	610	76,284	799.6
13	Randwick	952	128,435	741.2
14	Holroyd	699	95,130	734.8
15	Liverpool	1,241	172,932	717.6
16	Woollahra	373	53,990	690.9
17	Ryde	672	102,609	654.9
18	Penrith	1,097	177,686	617.4
19	Lane Cove	196	32,047	611.6
20	Fairfield	1,142	187,362	609.5
21	Rockdale	597	98,070	608.7
22	North Sydney	377	62,842	599.9
23	Ashfield	250	41,833	597.6
24	Campbelltown	872	147,460	591.3
25	Snowy River	45	7,727	582.4
26	Maitland	380	66,530	571.2
27	Canada Bay	400	70,619	566.4
28	Bland	35	6,385	548.2
29	Leichhardt	283	51,855	545.8
30	Newcastle	803	150,357	534.1
31	Manly	203	39,677	511.6
32	Canterbury	699	137,755	507.4
33	Albury	241	49,321	488.6
34	Yass Valley	67	14,112	474.8
35	Hurstville	366	77,684	471.1
36	Kogarah	260	55,861	465.4
37	Wollongong	869	195,768	443.9
38	Cessnock	217	48,985	443.0
39	Wyong	627	143,988	435.5
40	Gilgandra	20	4,625	432.4
41	Baulkham Hills	716	168,026	426.1
42	Great Lakes	146	34,359	424.9
43	Wingecarribee	190	44,862	423.5
44	Dubbo	163	39,787	409.7
45	Cobar	21	5,143	408.3
46	Narrandera	25	6,166	405.4
47	Camden	209	52,142	400.8
48	Tumut Shire	45	11,238	400.4
49	Warringah	557	140,917	395.3
50	Orange	146	37,333	391.1

 

Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2006-07, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2008 when this report was published, rates for 2008 were calculated using 2007 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.