NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2005 to December 2005
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 2005	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	59	3,924	1,503.6
2	Auburn	616	62,797	980.9
3	Dubbo	375	39,077	959.6
4	Marrickville	660	75,870	869.9
5	Bankstown	1,430	175,428	815.1
6	Cessnock	374	48,143	776.9
7	Campbelltown	1,126	149,961	750.9
8	Holroyd	668	91,211	732.4
9	Shellharbour	430	62,338	689.8
10	Gilgandra	32	4,682	683.5
11	Strathfield	212	31,129	681.0
12	Leichhardt	347	51,430	674.7
13	Botany Bay	243	37,192	653.4
14	Liverpool	1,095	167,880	652.3
15	Parramatta	983	151,076	650.7
16	Burwood	202	31,085	649.8
17	Wentworth	47	7,236	649.5
18	Moree Plains	102	16,027	636.4
19	Canterbury	839	135,048	621.3
20	Blacktown	1,604	278,532	575.9
21	Waverley	355	62,096	571.7
22	Newcastle	804	145,633	552.1
23	Wyong	782	141,764	551.6
24	Penrith	976	177,554	549.7
25	Wollongong	1,051	191,558	548.7
26	Albury	237	44,887	528.0
27	Ashfield	204	40,258	506.7
28	Maitland	292	59,949	487.1
29	Wellington	42	8,668	484.5
30	Fairfield	901	187,683	480.1
31	Woollahra	250	53,095	470.9
32	Narromine	33	7,020	470.1
33	Lake Macquarie	888	189,196	469.4
34	Lismore	196	43,229	453.4
35	Rockdale	430	95,036	452.5
36	Walgett	36	8,096	444.7
37	Muswellbrook	65	15,195	427.8
38	Hurstville	319	75,640	421.7
39	Kempsey	118	28,114	419.7
40	Byron	128	30,724	416.6
41	Randwick	526	126,431	416.0
42	Camden	206	50,302	409.5
43	Great Lakes	138	34,186	403.7
44	Port Stephens	251	62,448	401.9
45	Shoalhaven	367	91,765	399.9
46	Coonamble	18	4,728	380.7
47	Evans	20	5,356	373.4
48	Hawkesbury	232	63,598	364.8
49	Kogarah	199	55,012	361.7
50	Wollondilly	145	40,661	356.6

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2003-04, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2005 when this report was published, rates for 2005 were calculated using 2004 population estimates.