NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2004 to December 2004
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 2004	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Strathfield	124	30,220	410.3
2	Burwood	118	30,827	382.8
3	Marrickville	275	75,991	361.9
4	Leichhardt	154	51,114	301.3
5	Auburn	178	61,125	291.2
6	Ashfield	111	40,326	275.3
7	Parramatta	348	149,016	233.5
8	Randwick	281	125,994	223.0
9	Bourke	8	3,938	203.1
10	Canterbury	275	135,573	202.8
11	Fairfield	381	188,462	202.2
12	Holroyd	164	90,533	181.1
13	Botany Bay	66	37,472	176.1
14	Bankstown	294	174,513	168.5
15	Rockdale	157	94,155	166.7
16	Woollahra	87	53,332	163.1
17	Liverpool	270	165,649	163.0
18	Hurstville	119	75,230	158.2
19	Campbelltown	237	150,589	157.4
20	Penrith	264	178,233	148.1
21	Kogarah	79	53,775	146.9
22	Canada Bay	95	64,671	146.9
23	Newcastle	208	144,375	144.1
24	Blacktown	364	273,267	133.2
25	Wellington	11	8,714	126.2
26	Walgett	9	8,207	109.7
27	Narrandera	7	6,639	105.4
28	North Sydney	62	60,041	103.3
29	Willoughby	65	63,171	102.9
30	Waverley	64	62,290	102.7
31	Dubbo	40	38,937	102.7
32	Ryde	95	99,506	95.5
33	Wollongong	173	191,602	90.3
34	Lismore	38	43,045	88.3
35	Moree Plains	14	16,153	86.7
36	Shellharbour	52	61,570	84.5
37	Gilgandra	4	4,739	84.4
38	Evans	4	5,385	74.3
39	Broken Hill	15	20,666	72.6
40	Manly	28	38,868	72.0
41	Greater Taree	32	45,793	69.9
42	Armidale Dumaresq	17	24,675	68.9
43	Hunters Hill	9	13,692	65.7
44	Queanbeyan	22	34,394	64.0
45	Tamworth	23	37,120	62.0
46	Goulburn	13	21,268	61.1
47	Bathurst	19	31,236	60.8
48	Warren	2	3,302	60.6
49	Port Stephens	34	61,379	55.4
50	Lake Macquarie	104	189,150	55.0

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2002-03, Cat. No. 3218.0 (for 2002 and 2003 population estimates). As no population estimates were available for 2004 when this report was published, rates for 2004 were calculated using 2003 population estimates.