NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2005 to December 2005
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 2005	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Strathfield	137	31,129	440.1
2	Marrickville	277	75,870	365.1
3	Burwood	99	31,085	318.5
4	Auburn	184	62,797	293.0
5	Canterbury	389	135,048	288.0
6	Parramatta	320	151,076	211.8
7	Ashfield	82	40,258	203.7
8	Bankstown	341	175,428	194.4
9	Hurstville	145	75,640	191.7
10	Campbelltown	287	149,961	191.4
11	Bourke	7	3,924	178.4
12	Randwick	225	126,431	178.0
13	Botany Bay	60	37,192	161.3
14	Fairfield	302	187,683	160.9
15	Newcastle	234	145,633	160.7
16	Liverpool	252	167,880	150.1
17	Rockdale	140	95,036	147.3
18	Leichhardt	74	51,430	143.9
19	Holroyd	127	91,211	139.2
20	Waverley	82	62,096	132.1
21	Gilgandra	6	4,682	128.2
22	Walgett	10	8,096	123.5
23	Blacktown	341	278,532	122.4
24	Kogarah	66	55,012	120.0
25	Penrith	210	177,554	118.3
26	Bathurst	33	31,564	104.5
27	Canada Bay	69	66,148	104.3
28	Woollahra	54	53,095	101.7
29	Wollongong	192	191,558	100.2
30	Wellington	8	8,668	92.3
31	North Sydney	56	60,789	92.1
32	Dubbo	32	39,077	81.9
33	Ryde	80	99,662	80.3
34	Manly	30	38,987	76.9
35	Narrandera	5	6,594	75.8
36	Willoughby	48	63,905	75.1
37	Kempsey	21	28,114	74.7
38	Shellharbour	45	62,338	72.2
39	Lismore	31	43,229	71.7
40	Mosman	20	28,420	70.4
41	Moree Plains	11	16,027	68.6
42	Byron	20	30,724	65.1
43	Wyong	89	141,764	62.8
44	Wagga Wagga	35	57,557	60.8
45	Greater Taree	28	46,474	60.2
46	Gunnedah	7	12,287	57.0
47	Evans	3	5,356	56.0
48	Baulkham Hills	87	157,854	55.1
49	Armidale Dumaresq	13	24,596	52.9
50	Lane Cove	17	32,341	52.6

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2003-04, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2005 when this report was published, rates for 2005 were calculated using 2004 population estimates.