NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2004 to December 2004
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 2004	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	67	3,938	1,701.4
2	Leichhardt	688	51,114	1,346.0
3	Shellharbour	636	61,570	1,033.0
4	Dubbo	394	38,937	1,011.9
5	Campbelltown	1,394	150,589	925.7
6	Marrickville	699	75,991	919.8
7	Bankstown	1,570	174,513	899.6
8	Auburn	541	61,125	885.1
9	Burwood	245	30,827	794.8
10	Botany Bay	286	37,472	763.2
11	Canterbury	1,033	135,573	762.0
12	Holroyd	676	90,533	746.7
13	Cessnock	356	47,842	744.1
14	Waverley	451	62,290	724.0
15	Woollahra	384	53,332	720.0
16	Liverpool	1,185	165,649	715.4
17	Wollongong	1,357	191,602	708.2
18	Newcastle	999	144,375	691.9
19	Parramatta	1,027	149,016	689.2
20	Randwick	842	125,994	668.3
21	Strathfield	196	30,220	648.6
22	Kempsey	180	27,850	646.3
23	Penrith	1,110	178,233	622.8
24	Blacktown	1,696	273,267	620.6
25	Fairfield	1,117	188,462	592.7
26	Rockdale	539	94,155	572.5
27	Moree Plains	92	16,153	569.6
28	Ashfield	227	40,326	562.9
29	Wyong	760	140,288	541.7
30	Lismore	230	43,045	534.3
31	Wellington	45	8,714	516.4
32	Canada Bay	323	64,671	499.5
33	Hurstville	368	75,230	489.2
34	Camden	235	49,451	475.2
35	Lake Macquarie	869	189,150	459.4
36	Walgett	37	8,207	450.8
37	Leeton	53	12,018	441.0
38	Hawkesbury	278	63,700	436.4
39	Wentworth	31	7,218	429.5
40	Albury	187	44,690	418.4
41	Great Lakes	140	33,576	417.0
42	Shoalhaven	376	90,679	414.6
43	Maitland	242	58,941	410.6
44	Kogarah	217	53,775	403.5
45	Queanbeyan	136	34,394	395.4
46	Sutherland	836	215,084	388.7
47	Gilgandra	18	4,739	379.8
48	Bathurst	112	31,236	358.6
49	Port Stephens	217	61,379	353.5
50	Kiama	71	20,255	350.5

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2002-03, Cat. No. 3218.0 (for 2002 and 2003 population estimates). As no population estimates were available for 2004 when this report was published, rates for 2004 were calculated using 2003 population estimates.