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	34	3,091	1,100.0
2	Auburn	595	70,986	838.2
3	Bankstown	1,246	179,657	693.5
4	Newcastle	900	150,357	598.6
5	Campbelltown	858	147,460	581.9
6	Cessnock	285	48,985	581.8
7	Botany Bay	215	37,813	568.6
8	Marrickville	424	76,284	555.8
9	Holroyd	522	95,130	548.7
10	Albury	269	49,321	545.4
11	Strathfield	180	34,580	520.5
12	Moree Plains	73	14,300	510.5
13	Blacktown	1,449	284,692	509.0
14	Orange	187	37,333	500.9
15	Lithgow	100	20,694	483.2
16	Parramatta	758	157,775	480.4
17	Liverpool	822	172,932	475.3
18	Fairfield	879	187,362	469.1
19	Penrith	803	177,686	451.9
20	Waverley	292	65,108	448.5
21	Leichhardt	232	51,855	447.4
22	Dubbo	177	39,787	444.9
23	Kempsey	127	28,566	444.6
24	Canterbury	610	137,755	442.8
25	Wyong	600	143,988	416.7
26	Maitland	272	66,530	408.8
27	Lake Macquarie	788	193,092	408.1
28	Shellharbour	261	64,296	405.9
29	Wentworth	29	7,149	405.7
30	Woollahra	216	53,990	400.1
31	Bogan	12	3,012	398.4
32	Randwick	511	128,435	397.9
33	Port Stephens	255	64,698	394.1
34	Richmond Valley	85	22,471	378.3
35	Rockdale	369	98,070	376.3
36	Burwood	123	32,860	374.3
37	Greater Taree	172	47,242	364.1
38	Wagga Wagga	215	60,857	353.3
39	Canada Bay	247	70,619	349.8
40	Hurstville	253	77,684	325.7
41	Hawkesbury	202	62,211	324.7
42	Gilgandra	15	4,625	324.3
43	Gosford	523	162,388	322.1
44	Wollongong	624	195,768	318.7
45	Singleton	73	23,258	313.9
46	Tamworth Regional	175	56,532	309.6
47	Eurobodalla	111	36,771	301.9
48	Gunnedah	36	11,968	300.8
49	Broken Hill	60	20,074	298.9
50	Coffs Harbour	205	68,992	297.1

 

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.