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	Walgett	213	8,047	2,646.9
2	Bourke	88	3,876	2,270.4
3	Moree Plains	329	15,991	2,057.4
4	Bogan	45	3,113	1,445.6
5	Warren	46	3,252	1,414.5
6	Gilgandra	65	4,699	1,383.3
7	Richmond Valley	292	21,267	1,373.0
8	Coonamble	61	4,699	1,298.1
9	Byron	367	30,898	1,187.8
10	Dubbo	461	39,500	1,167.1
11	Lismore	510	44,032	1,158.2
12	Narromine	80	7,059	1,133.3
13	Newcastle	1,639	147,545	1,110.8
14	Gunnedah	132	12,129	1,088.3
15	Leeton	130	12,088	1,075.4
16	Cobar	54	5,023	1,075.1
17	Snowy River	78	7,359	1,059.9
18	Inverell	167	15,949	1,047.1
19	Campbelltown	1,546	148,969	1,037.8
20	Narrabri	147	14,181	1,036.6
21	Albury	494	47,694	1,035.8
22	Lithgow	214	20,981	1,020.0
23	Liverpool Plains	79	7,877	1,002.9
24	Griffith	255	25,441	1,002.3
25	Armidale Dumaresq	245	24,749	989.9
26	Kempsey	280	28,763	973.5
27	Tenterfield	66	6,909	955.3
28	Young	113	12,126	931.9
29	Broken Hill	184	20,223	909.9
30	Wellington	78	8,618	905.1
31	Narrandera	58	6,588	880.4
32	Wagga Wagga	517	58,802	879.2
33	Nambucca	164	18,886	868.4
34	Wentworth	64	7,405	864.3
35	Tamworth Regional	473	55,063	859.0
36	Waverley	527	62,194	847.3
37	Penrith	1,501	177,544	845.4
38	Bathurst Regional	316	37,508	842.5
39	Greater Taree	395	47,110	838.5
40	Orange	316	37,982	832.0
41	Guyra	37	4,478	826.3
42	Goulburn Mulwaree	224	27,308	820.3
43	Eurobodalla	298	36,613	813.9
44	Ballina	326	40,090	813.2
45	Clarence Valley	396	50,102	790.4
46	Lachlan	58	7,355	788.6
47	Parkes	119	15,099	788.1
48	Shoalhaven	730	94,181	775.1
49	Cootamundra	59	7,645	771.7
50	Wyong	1,105	144,297	765.8

 
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.