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	230	3,876	5,934.0
2	Moree Plains	588	15,991	3,677.1
3	Coonamble	163	4,699	3,468.8
4	Walgett	268	8,047	3,330.4
5	Wellington	254	8,618	2,947.3
6	Cobar	144	5,023	2,866.8
7	Broken Hill	570	20,223	2,818.6
8	Dubbo	1,089	39,500	2,757.0
9	Lachlan	201	7,355	2,732.8
10	Parkes	410	15,099	2,715.4
11	Orange	1,024	37,982	2,696.0
12	Muswellbrook	403	15,236	2,645.1
13	Griffith	669	25,441	2,629.6
14	Gunnedah	316	12,129	2,605.3
15	Warren	84	3,252	2,583.0
16	Forbes	254	10,003	2,539.2
17	Albury	1,184	47,694	2,482.5
18	Gilgandra	116	4,699	2,468.6
19	Wagga Wagga	1,386	58,802	2,357.1
20	Tamworth Regional	1,295	55,063	2,351.9
21	Leeton	284	12,088	2,349.4
22	Campbelltown	3,458	148,969	2,321.3
23	Goulburn Mulwaree	624	27,308	2,285.0
24	Narrabri	323	14,181	2,277.7
25	Newcastle	3,356	147,545	2,274.6
26	Narrandera	147	6,588	2,231.3
27	Wentworth	165	7,405	2,228.2
28	Lithgow	464	20,981	2,211.5
29	Glen Innes Severn	194	8,783	2,208.8
30	Armidale Dumaresq	544	24,749	2,198.1
31	Yass Valley	283	13,075	2,164.4
32	Deniliquin	176	8,137	2,163.0
33	Cowra	283	13,260	2,134.2
34	Cootamundra	162	7,645	2,119.0
35	Nambucca	399	18,886	2,112.7
36	Blue Mountains	1,596	75,770	2,106.4
37	Wyong	3,034	144,297	2,102.6
38	Young	252	12,126	2,078.2
39	Bathurst Regional	778	37,508	2,074.2
40	Richmond Valley	440	21,267	2,068.9
41	Kempsey	593	28,763	2,061.7
42	Narromine	145	7,059	2,054.1
43	Tenterfield	141	6,909	2,040.8
44	Port Stephens	1,294	63,650	2,033.0
45	Shoalhaven	1,914	94,181	2,032.3
46	Snowy River	146	7,359	1,984.0
47	Coffs Harbour	1,309	68,315	1,916.1
48	Clarence Valley	946	50,102	1,888.1
49	Cooma-Monaro	180	9,824	1,832.2
50	Bogan	57	3,113	1,831.0

 
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.