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	38	3,876	980.4
2	Auburn	563	66,286	849.3
3	Botany Bay	296	37,415	791.1
4	Strathfield	252	32,529	774.7
5	Marrickville	579	76,524	756.6
6	Bankstown	1,222	179,719	680.0
7	Leichhardt	341	51,660	660.1
8	Moree Plains	103	15,991	644.1
9	Newcastle	948	147,545	642.5
10	Holroyd	597	94,269	633.3
11	Albury	287	47,694	601.8
12	Burwood	181	31,387	576.7
13	Blacktown	1,645	287,634	571.9
14	Waverley	354	62,194	569.2
15	Randwick	727	127,948	568.2
16	Canterbury	771	135,969	567.0
17	Port Stephens	355	63,650	557.7
18	Walgett	44	8,047	546.8
19	Campbelltown	811	148,969	544.4
20	Parramatta	834	155,098	537.7
21	Liverpool	907	172,050	527.2
22	Maitland	325	62,596	519.2
23	Penrith	884	177,544	497.9
24	Rockdale	473	96,409	490.6
25	Woollahra	260	53,033	490.3
26	Dubbo	188	39,500	475.9
27	Lismore	205	44,032	465.6
28	Cessnock	226	48,744	463.6
29	Fairfield	838	188,074	445.6
30	Kempsey	128	28,763	445.0
31	Great Lakes	149	35,068	424.9
32	Canada Bay	285	68,955	413.3
33	Richmond Valley	87	21,267	409.1
34	Shellharbour	253	63,642	397.5
35	Ashfield	159	40,262	394.9
36	Greater Taree	186	47,110	394.8
37	Wyong	557	144,297	386.0
38	Lake Macquarie	721	189,596	380.3
39	Kogarah	212	56,736	373.7
40	Shoalhaven	336	94,181	356.8
41	Eurobodalla	129	36,613	352.3
42	Nambucca	66	18,886	349.5
43	Lithgow	73	20,981	347.9
44	Orange	132	37,982	347.5
45	Broken Hill	68	20,223	336.3
46	Narrandera	22	6,588	333.9
47	Coffs Harbour	228	68,315	333.7
48	Wollongong	640	192,131	333.1
49	Bathurst Regional	119	37,508	317.3
50	Hurstville	243	76,623	317.1

 

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.