NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2006 to December 2006
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 2006	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Bourke	61	3,906	1,561.7
2	Walgett	69	8,031	859.2
3	Broken Hill	165	20,203	816.7
4	Richmond Valley	168	20,913	803.3
5	Byron	240	30,827	778.5
6	Gilgandra	36	4,660	772.5
7	Deniliquin	62	8,169	759.0
8	Warren	22	3,273	672.2
9	Wentworth	49	7,300	671.2
10	Clarence Valley	328	49,538	662.1
11	Gunnedah	78	12,074	646.0
12	Wagga Wagga	367	58,055	632.2
13	Parkes	95	15,034	631.9
14	Corowa Shire	69	11,058	624.0
15	Lismore	269	43,628	616.6
16	Dubbo	242	39,263	616.4
17	Albury	291	47,247	615.9
18	Coffs Harbour	415	67,442	615.3
19	Leeton	74	12,026	615.3
20	Inverell	97	15,794	614.2
21	Orange	229	37,791	606.0
22	Forbes	60	9,974	601.6
23	Cowra	79	13,185	599.2
24	Lithgow	125	20,889	598.4
25	Newcastle	876	146,967	596.1
26	Singleton	132	22,270	592.7
27	Narrabri	84	14,172	592.7
28	Tumut Shire	67	11,347	590.5
29	Murray	39	6,729	579.6
30	Great Lakes	201	34,695	579.3
31	Coonamble	27	4,714	572.8
32	Moree Plains	91	15,936	571.0
33	Griffith	142	25,140	564.8
34	Cootamundra	43	7,623	564.1
35	Kempsey	162	28,742	563.6
36	Narrandera	36	6,582	546.9
37	Cessnock	265	48,502	546.4
38	Weddin	21	3,848	545.7
39	Goulburn Mulwaree	147	27,112	542.2
40	Port Stephens	341	63,579	536.3
41	Maitland	328	61,517	533.2
42	Warrumbungle Shire	56	10,508	532.9
43	Eurobodalla	193	36,389	530.4
44	Tenterfield	36	6,805	529.0
45	Muswellbrook	80	15,149	528.1
46	Young	63	12,035	523.5
47	Greater Taree	243	46,986	517.2
48	Hastings	362	70,581	512.9
49	Armidale Dumaresq	126	24,611	512.0
50	Cooma-Monaro	50	9,792	510.6

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2004-05, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2006 were calculated using 2005 population estimates.