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	Wellington	43	8,668	496.1
2	Rylstone	18	3,821	471.1
3	Bogan	14	3,122	448.4
4	Wentworth	32	7,236	442.2
5	Narromine	30	7,020	427.4
6	Gilgandra	20	4,682	427.2
7	Warren	14	3,282	426.6
8	Coonamble	19	4,728	401.9
9	Moree Plains	64	16,027	399.3
10	Cobar	20	5,020	398.4
11	Walgett	30	8,096	370.6
12	Cootamundra	28	7,596	368.6
13	Bourke	14	3,924	356.8
14	Richmond Valley	74	20,838	355.1
15	Dubbo	135	39,077	345.5
16	Tamworth	127	37,272	340.7
17	Cowra	44	13,147	334.7
18	Kempsey	93	28,114	330.8
19	Tenterfield	22	6,785	324.2
20	Harden	11	3,771	291.7
21	Broken Hill	58	20,440	283.8
22	Byron	87	30,724	283.2
23	Carrathool	9	3,308	272.1
24	Kyogle	26	9,628	270.0
25	Hume	22	8,166	269.4
26	Glen Innes	16	5,945	269.1
27	Inverell	39	15,729	247.9
28	Eurobodalla	88	35,902	245.1
29	Bathurst	76	31,564	240.8
30	Tumut	27	11,382	237.2
31	Orange	87	37,546	231.7
32	Mudgee	42	18,421	228.0
33	Parkes	34	15,034	226.2
34	Gloucester	11	4,902	224.4
35	Evans	12	5,356	224.0
36	Albury	100	44,887	222.8
37	Lismore	96	43,229	222.1
38	Lachlan	16	7,431	215.3
39	Walcha	7	3,261	214.7
40	Newcastle	311	145,633	213.6
41	Campbelltown	320	149,961	213.4
42	Griffith	53	24,909	212.8
43	Ballina	84	39,546	212.4
44	Greater Taree	98	46,474	210.9
45	Berrigan	17	8,188	207.6
46	Nambucca	38	18,525	205.1
47	Lithgow	42	20,564	204.2
48	Greater Argyle	55	27,003	203.7
49	Bland	13	6,552	198.4
50	Hay	7	3,549	197.2

 
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.