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	88	3,091	2,847.0
2	Walgett	157	7,078	2,218.1
3	Moree Plains	279	14,300	1,951.0
4	Coonamble	71	4,263	1,665.5
5	Bogan	41	3,012	1,361.2
6	Richmond Valley	272	22,471	1,210.4
7	Tenterfield	81	6,834	1,185.3
8	Gunnedah	140	11,968	1,169.8
9	Narromine	77	6,717	1,146.3
10	Inverell	179	16,246	1,101.8
11	Forbes	103	9,727	1,058.9
12	Dubbo	416	39,787	1,045.6
13	Nambucca	194	18,735	1,035.5
14	Lismore	452	44,668	1,011.9
15	Kyogle	98	9,686	1,011.8
16	Cobar	50	5,143	972.2
17	Wellington	79	8,250	957.6
18	Narrandera	59	6,166	956.9
19	Wentworth	68	7,149	951.2
20	Narrabri	127	13,503	940.5
21	Campbelltown	1,383	147,460	937.9
22	Albury	451	49,321	914.4
23	Griffith	228	24,937	914.3
24	Byron	282	30,866	913.6
25	Tamworth Regional	514	56,532	909.2
26	Orange	337	37,333	902.7
27	Newcastle	1,350	150,357	897.9
28	Cowra	113	12,924	874.3
29	Lithgow	180	20,694	869.8
30	Kempsey	245	28,566	857.7
31	Manly	339	39,677	854.4
32	Broken Hill	167	20,074	831.9
33	Gilgandra	38	4,625	821.6
34	Armidale Dumaresq	200	24,684	810.2
35	Wagga Wagga	490	60,857	805.2
36	Greater Taree	376	47,242	795.9
37	Parkes	116	14,836	781.9
38	Shoalhaven	721	92,880	776.3
39	Bathurst Regional	288	37,686	764.2
40	Snowy River	59	7,727	763.6
41	Young	95	12,535	757.9
42	Glen Innes Severn	68	9,042	752.0
43	Waverley	482	65,108	740.3
44	Cooma-Monaro	75	10,142	739.5
45	Blacktown	2,100	284,692	737.6
46	Parramatta	1,150	157,775	728.9
47	Mid-Western Regional	160	22,093	724.2
48	Penrith	1,281	177,686	720.9
49	Oberon	38	5,278	720.0
50	Goulburn Mulwaree	191	27,327	698.9

 

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.