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	343	3,906	8,781.4
2	Walgett	378	8,031	4,706.8
3	Moree Plains	597	15,936	3,746.2
4	Dubbo	1,301	39,263	3,313.6
5	Muswellbrook	484	15,149	3,194.9
6	Coonamble	150	4,714	3,182.0
7	Wellington	268	8,599	3,116.6
8	Leeton	322	12,026	2,677.5
9	Forbes	266	9,974	2,666.9
10	Goulburn Mulwaree	710	27,112	2,618.8
11	Gilgandra	122	4,660	2,618.0
12	Orange	972	37,791	2,572.0
13	Cowra	339	13,185	2,571.1
14	Cobar	127	5,013	2,533.4
15	Albury	1,193	47,247	2,525.0
16	Tamworth Regional	1,367	54,522	2,507.2
17	Wagga Wagga	1,432	58,055	2,466.6
18	Parkes	370	15,034	2,461.1
19	Broken Hill	495	20,203	2,450.1
20	Campbelltown	3,653	150,216	2,431.8
21	Gunnedah	292	12,074	2,418.4
22	Narrandera	155	6,582	2,354.9
23	Bathurst Regional	868	37,001	2,345.9
24	Richmond Valley	473	20,913	2,261.8
25	Newcastle	3,276	146,967	2,229.1
26	Coffs Harbour	1,474	67,442	2,185.6
27	Young	263	12,035	2,185.3
28	Blayney	148	6,773	2,185.1
29	Tenterfield	148	6,805	2,174.9
30	Warren	71	3,273	2,169.3
31	Griffith	543	25,140	2,159.9
32	Snowy River	155	7,293	2,125.3
33	Lachlan	156	7,360	2,119.6
34	Kempsey	608	28,742	2,115.4
35	Inverell	329	15,794	2,083.1
36	Narrabri	293	14,172	2,067.5
37	Lismore	887	43,628	2,033.1
38	Armidale Dumaresq	496	24,611	2,015.4
39	Clarence Valley	997	49,538	2,012.6
40	Lithgow	420	20,889	2,010.6
41	Wingecarribee	893	44,670	1,999.1
42	Port Stephens	1,250	63,579	1,966.1
43	Shoalhaven	1,831	93,615	1,955.9
44	Blue Mountains	1,465	76,511	1,914.8
45	Eurobodalla	676	36,389	1,857.7
46	Wyong	2,633	143,393	1,836.2
47	Great Lakes	636	34,695	1,833.1
48	Guyra	81	4,460	1,816.1
49	Cootamundra	138	7,623	1,810.3
50	Penrith	3,192	177,955	1,793.7

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 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.