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	133	3,906	3,405.0
2	Walgett	239	8,031	2,976.0
3	Coonamble	97	4,714	2,057.7
4	Moree Plains	283	15,936	1,775.9
5	Bogan	43	3,105	1,384.9
6	Tenterfield	89	6,805	1,307.9
7	Dubbo	484	39,263	1,232.7
8	Warren	40	3,273	1,222.1
9	Richmond Valley	242	20,913	1,157.2
10	Narromine	80	7,033	1,137.5
11	Byron	349	30,827	1,132.1
12	Lismore	491	43,628	1,125.4
13	Albury	519	47,247	1,098.5
14	Wellington	94	8,599	1,093.2
15	Lachlan	79	7,360	1,073.4
16	Newcastle	1,565	146,967	1,064.9
17	Broken Hill	212	20,203	1,049.3
18	Narrandera	68	6,582	1,033.1
19	Narrabri	144	14,172	1,016.1
20	Inverell	157	15,794	994.0
21	Forbes	99	9,974	992.6
22	Snowy River	72	7,293	987.2
23	Campbelltown	1,469	150,216	977.9
24	Lithgow	200	20,889	957.4
25	Goulburn Mulwaree	248	27,112	914.7
26	Gunnedah	110	12,074	911.0
27	Cobar	45	5,013	897.7
28	Orange	336	37,791	889.1
29	Tamworth Regional	482	54,522	884.0
30	Cootamundra	66	7,623	865.8
31	Eurobodalla	315	36,389	865.6
32	Waverley	532	61,611	863.5
33	Kyogle	83	9,630	861.9
34	Parkes	129	15,034	858.1
35	Leeton	103	12,026	856.5
36	Bathurst Regional	316	37,001	854.0
37	Greater Taree	397	46,986	844.9
38	Nambucca	157	18,755	837.1
39	Wentworth	61	7,300	835.6
40	Griffith	210	25,140	835.3
41	Guyra	37	4,460	829.6
42	Kempsey	238	28,742	828.1
43	Carrathool	27	3,274	824.7
44	Young	98	12,035	814.3
45	Wagga Wagga	469	58,055	807.9
46	Penrith	1,415	177,955	795.1
47	Gilgandra	37	4,660	794.0
48	Great Lakes	271	34,695	781.1
49	Tumut Shire	88	11,347	775.5
50	Parramatta	1,174	151,860	773.1

 
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.