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	67	3,906	1,715.3
2	Auburn	537	64,209	836.3
3	Bankstown	1,472	177,000	831.6
4	Marrickville	584	75,114	777.5
5	Leichhardt	363	51,142	709.8
6	Dubbo	276	39,263	703.0
7	Holroyd	633	91,941	688.5
8	Campbelltown	1,023	150,216	681.0
9	Parramatta	1,003	151,860	660.5
10	Moree Plains	104	15,936	652.6
11	Waverley	394	61,611	639.5
12	Coonamble	30	4,714	636.4
13	Strathfield	198	31,624	626.1
14	Great Lakes	217	34,695	625.5
15	Canterbury	826	134,126	615.8
16	Burwood	189	31,158	606.6
17	Newcastle	888	146,967	604.2
18	Blacktown	1,708	283,458	602.6
19	Cessnock	284	48,502	585.5
20	Botany Bay	207	37,074	558.3
21	Liverpool	942	170,192	553.5
22	Penrith	934	177,955	524.9
23	Shellharbour	331	63,124	524.4
24	Fairfield	981	187,790	522.4
25	Woollahra	272	52,747	515.7
26	Kempsey	140	28,742	487.1
27	Maitland	288	61,517	468.2
28	Rockdale	435	95,341	456.3
29	Wollongong	864	192,402	449.1
30	Albury	208	47,247	440.2
31	Randwick	553	126,034	438.8
32	Canada Bay	294	67,261	437.1
33	Lake Macquarie	819	190,320	430.3
34	Ashfield	171	40,018	427.3
35	Port Stephens	271	63,579	426.2
36	Wyong	610	143,393	425.4
37	Hawkesbury	263	63,824	412.1
38	Wentworth	30	7,300	411.0
39	Walgett	33	8,031	410.9
40	Greater Taree	190	46,986	404.4
41	Narromine	25	7,033	355.5
42	Hurstville	270	76,036	355.1
43	Byron	109	30,827	353.6
44	Gilgandra	16	4,660	343.3
45	Richmond Valley	70	20,913	334.7
46	Orange	126	37,791	333.4
47	Shoalhaven	312	93,615	333.3
48	Gosford	538	163,304	329.4
49	Tweed	264	80,935	326.2
50	Kogarah	178	55,800	319.0

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