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	Bourke	23	3,091	744.1
2	Lockhart	13	3,288	395.4
3	Gilgandra	18	4,625	389.2
4	Walgett	27	7,078	381.5
5	Wentworth	25	7,149	349.7
6	Uralla	20	5,987	334.1
7	Moree Plains	46	14,300	321.7
8	Inverell	51	16,246	313.9
9	Kyogle	30	9,686	309.7
10	Muswellbrook	47	16,039	293.0
11	Narromine	19	6,717	282.9
12	Leeton	33	11,683	282.5
13	Orange	105	37,333	281.3
14	Richmond Valley	62	22,471	275.9
15	Narrandera	17	6,166	275.7
16	Lismore	122	44,668	273.1
17	Dubbo	108	39,787	271.4
18	Cootamundra	20	7,527	265.7
19	Bogan	8	3,012	265.6
20	Coolamon	11	4,155	264.7
21	Tenterfield	18	6,834	263.4
22	Coonamble	11	4,263	258.0
23	Cowra	33	12,924	255.3
24	Cobar	13	5,143	252.8
25	Bathurst Regional	94	37,686	249.4
26	Griffith	62	24,937	248.6
27	Nambucca	46	18,735	245.5
28	Parkes	36	14,836	242.7
29	Armidale Dumaresq	59	24,684	239.0
30	Bland	15	6,385	234.9
31	Tamworth Regional	132	56,532	233.5
32	Glen Innes Severn	21	9,042	232.2
33	Young	29	12,535	231.4
34	Broken Hill	46	20,074	229.2
35	Albury	111	49,321	225.1
36	Gloucester	11	4,971	221.3
37	Kempsey	61	28,566	213.5
38	Cabonne	27	12,940	208.7
39	Bega Valley	68	32,655	208.2
40	Warrumbungle Shire	21	10,093	208.1
41	Narrabri	28	13,503	207.4
42	Greater Taree	97	47,242	205.3
43	Tumut Shire	23	11,238	204.7
44	Hay	7	3,476	201.4
45	Goulburn Mulwaree	55	27,327	201.3
46	Great Lakes	69	34,359	200.8
47	Ashfield	84	41,833	200.8
48	Gunnedah	24	11,968	200.5
49	Mid-Western Regional	44	22,093	199.2
50	Wellington	16	8,250	193.9

 

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.