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	Gilgandra	43	4,699	915.1
2	Bourke	26	3,876	670.8
3	Hay	16	3,520	454.5
4	Cobar	22	5,023	438.0
5	Richmond Valley	74	21,267	348.0
6	Walgett	28	8,047	348.0
7	Wentworth	25	7,405	337.6
8	Moree Plains	53	15,991	331.4
9	Lachlan	24	7,355	326.3
10	Narromine	23	7,059	325.8
11	Warrumbungle Shire	34	10,466	324.9
12	Bogan	9	3,113	289.1
13	Warren	9	3,252	276.8
14	Bland	18	6,562	274.3
15	Gunnedah	33	12,129	272.1
16	Deniliquin	22	8,137	270.4
17	Wellington	23	8,618	266.9
18	Wagga Wagga	154	58,802	261.9
19	Blayney	18	6,894	261.1
20	Kyogle	25	9,642	259.3
21	Cowra	34	13,260	256.4
22	Inverell	40	15,949	250.8
23	Young	30	12,126	247.4
24	Narrabri	35	14,181	246.8
25	Armidale Dumaresq	60	24,749	242.4
26	Albury	115	47,694	241.1
27	Leeton	29	12,088	239.9
28	Dubbo	94	39,500	238.0
29	Weddin	9	3,847	233.9
30	Griffith	59	25,441	231.9
31	Uralla	14	6,126	228.5
32	Tumut Shire	26	11,388	228.3
33	Glen Innes Severn	20	8,783	227.7
34	Bathurst Regional	83	37,508	221.3
35	Junee	13	6,009	216.3
36	Lismore	95	44,032	215.8
37	Mid-Western Regional	48	22,260	215.6
38	Kempsey	62	28,763	215.6
39	Greater Taree	101	47,110	214.4
40	Coonamble	10	4,699	212.8
41	Nambucca	40	18,886	211.8
42	Walcha	7	3,307	211.7
43	Coffs Harbour	144	68,315	210.8
44	Tamworth Regional	116	55,063	210.7
45	Eurobodalla	77	36,613	210.3
46	Forbes	21	10,003	209.9
47	Lithgow	43	20,981	204.9
48	Liverpool Plains	16	7,877	203.1
49	Broken Hill	41	20,223	202.7
50	Tenterfield	14	6,909	202.6

 
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.