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	Auburn	220	66,286	331.9
2	Strathfield	97	32,529	298.2
3	Burwood	93	31,387	296.3
4	Marrickville	220	76,524	287.5
5	Parramatta	353	155,098	227.6
6	Ashfield	91	40,262	226.0
7	Botany Bay	80	37,415	213.8
8	Hurstville	161	76,623	210.1
9	Canterbury	266	135,969	195.6
10	Holroyd	181	94,269	192.0
11	Randwick	229	127,948	179.0
12	Bankstown	313	179,719	174.2
13	Rockdale	165	96,409	171.1
14	Campbelltown	243	148,969	163.1
15	Leichhardt	81	51,660	156.8
16	Blacktown	441	287,634	153.3
17	Waverley	89	62,194	143.1
18	Fairfield	266	188,074	141.4
19	Kogarah	77	56,736	135.7
20	Newcastle	199	147,545	134.9
21	Liverpool	231	172,050	134.3
22	Penrith	238	177,544	134.1
23	Woollahra	70	53,033	132.0
24	Canada Bay	73	68,955	105.9
25	Bourke	4	3,876	103.2
26	Wollongong	166	192,131	86.4
27	Dubbo	34	39,500	86.1
28	Willoughby	49	65,029	75.4
29	Moree Plains	12	15,991	75.0
30	Walgett	6	8,047	74.6
31	Ryde	73	100,351	72.7
32	Manly	27	39,214	68.9
33	Ballina	27	40,090	67.3
34	Kempsey	19	28,763	66.1
35	North Sydney	40	61,802	64.7
36	Maitland	40	62,596	63.9
37	Lismore	27	44,032	61.3
38	Hawkesbury	37	63,732	58.1
39	Wellington	5	8,618	58.0
40	Orange	22	37,982	57.9
41	Bathurst Regional	21	37,508	56.0
42	Great Lakes	19	35,068	54.2
43	Camden	28	52,459	53.4
44	Sutherland Shire	114	214,030	53.3
45	Gundagai	2	3,774	53.0
46	Albury	25	47,694	52.4
47	Hornsby	80	157,269	50.9
48	Tamworth Regional	28	55,063	50.9
49	Shellharbour	32	63,642	50.3
50	Greater Taree	23	47,110	48.8

 
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.