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	Bourke	248	3,091	8,023.3
2	Coonamble	182	4,263	4,269.3
3	Walgett	302	7,078	4,266.7
4	Moree Plains	548	14,300	3,832.2
5	Forbes	336	9,727	3,454.3
6	Narrandera	193	6,166	3,130.1
7	Wellington	231	8,250	2,800.0
8	Lithgow	577	20,694	2,788.2
9	Dubbo	1,103	39,787	2,772.3
10	Broken Hill	551	20,074	2,744.8
11	Albury	1,353	49,321	2,743.3
12	Parkes	396	14,836	2,669.2
13	Orange	993	37,333	2,659.8
14	Bogan	79	3,012	2,622.8
15	Gilgandra	120	4,625	2,594.6
16	Wagga Wagga	1,572	60,857	2,583.1
17	Lachlan	174	6,814	2,553.6
18	Campbelltown	3,737	147,460	2,534.2
19	Muswellbrook	402	16,039	2,506.4
20	Newcastle	3,747	150,357	2,492.1
21	Cowra	321	12,924	2,483.8
22	Cobar	126	5,143	2,449.9
23	Leeton	284	11,683	2,430.9
24	Gunnedah	289	11,968	2,414.8
25	Kempsey	687	28,566	2,405.0
26	Richmond Valley	532	22,471	2,367.5
27	Narrabri	317	13,503	2,347.6
28	Tamworth Regional	1,300	56,532	2,299.6
29	Narromine	152	6,717	2,262.9
30	Armidale Dumaresq	558	24,684	2,260.6
31	Bathurst Regional	832	37,686	2,207.7
32	Guyra	96	4,411	2,176.4
33	Griffith	539	24,937	2,161.4
34	Inverell	348	16,246	2,142.1
35	Wyong	3,039	143,988	2,110.6
36	Mid-Western Regional	465	22,093	2,104.7
37	Nambucca	394	18,735	2,103.0
38	Byron	646	30,866	2,092.9
39	Shoalhaven	1,925	92,880	2,072.6
40	Blacktown	5,775	284,692	2,028.5
41	Glen Innes Severn	182	9,042	2,012.8
42	Port Stephens	1,295	64,698	2,001.6
43	Maitland	1,321	66,530	1,985.6
44	Cooma-Monaro	201	10,142	1,981.9
45	Goulburn Mulwaree	538	27,327	1,968.7
46	Lismore	877	44,668	1,963.4
47	Blue Mountains	1,493	76,088	1,962.2
48	Penrith	3,400	177,686	1,913.5
49	Temora	114	5,986	1,904.4
50	Oberon	100	5,278	1,894.7

 

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.