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	Auburn	213	70,986	300.1
2	Strathfield	96	34,580	277.6
3	Marrickville	205	76,284	268.7
4	Burwood	79	32,860	240.4
5	Parramatta	299	157,775	189.5
6	Canterbury	239	137,755	173.5
7	Campbelltown	255	147,460	172.9
8	Rockdale	168	98,070	171.3
9	Hurstville	133	77,684	171.2
10	Botany Bay	62	37,813	164.0
11	Holroyd	155	95,130	162.9
12	Randwick	197	128,435	153.4
13	Blacktown	419	284,692	147.2
14	Waverley	95	65,108	145.9
15	Ashfield	61	41,833	145.8
16	Liverpool	227	172,932	131.3
17	Bankstown	234	179,657	130.2
18	Leichhardt	66	51,855	127.3
19	Fairfield	232	187,362	123.8
20	Newcastle	181	150,357	120.4
21	Kogarah	65	55,861	116.4
22	Lismore	51	44,668	114.2
23	Woollahra	53	53,990	98.2
24	Penrith	173	177,686	97.4
25	Bourke	3	3,091	97.1
26	Moree Plains	13	14,300	90.9
27	Albury	36	49,321	73.0
28	Wellington	6	8,250	72.7
29	Wollongong	137	195,768	70.0
30	Ryde	70	102,609	68.2
31	North Sydney	42	62,842	66.8
32	Canada Bay	47	70,619	66.6
33	Willoughby	43	68,387	62.9
34	Gloucester	3	4,971	60.4
35	Gunnedah	7	11,968	58.5
36	Great Lakes	20	34,359	58.2
37	Orange	21	37,333	56.3
38	Dubbo	22	39,787	55.3
39	Nambucca	10	18,735	53.4
40	Hawkesbury	33	62,211	53.0
41	Manly	21	39,677	52.9
42	Maitland	35	66,530	52.6
43	Coffs Harbour	36	68,992	52.2
44	Shellharbour	33	64,296	51.3
45	Gosford	83	162,388	51.1
46	Hunters Hill	7	14,031	49.9
47	Blue Mountains	37	76,088	48.6
48	Tamworth Regional	27	56,532	47.8
49	Camden	24	52,142	46.0
50	Kempsey	13	28,566	45.5

 

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.