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	Bourke	42	3,876	1,083.6
2	Walgett	70	8,047	869.9
3	Wentworth	61	7,405	823.8
4	Inverell	122	15,949	764.9
5	Cobar	38	5,023	756.5
6	Moree Plains	118	15,991	737.9
7	Broken Hill	147	20,223	726.9
8	Byron	224	30,898	725.0
9	Coonamble	34	4,699	723.6
10	Forbes	70	10,003	699.8
11	Wellington	60	8,618	696.2
12	Richmond Valley	142	21,267	667.7
13	Dubbo	249	39,500	630.4
14	Leeton	76	12,088	628.7
15	Wagga Wagga	369	58,802	627.5
16	Tenterfield	43	6,909	622.4
17	Albury	294	47,694	616.4
18	Parkes	93	15,099	615.9
19	Kempsey	173	28,763	601.5
20	Young	72	12,126	593.8
21	Port Stephens	373	63,650	586.0
22	Armidale Dumaresq	144	24,749	581.8
23	Narromine	41	7,059	580.8
24	Lithgow	121	20,981	576.7
25	Cootamundra	44	7,645	575.5
26	Gilgandra	27	4,699	574.6
27	Clarence Valley	284	50,102	566.8
28	Lachlan	41	7,355	557.4
29	Cowra	73	13,260	550.5
30	Maitland	338	62,596	540.0
31	Kyogle	52	9,642	539.3
32	Greater Taree	254	47,110	539.2
33	Ballina	216	40,090	538.8
34	Narrabri	76	14,181	535.9
35	Warrumbungle Shire	56	10,466	535.1
36	Muswellbrook	81	15,236	531.6
37	Narrandera	35	6,588	531.3
38	Snowy River	39	7,359	530.0
39	Oberon	29	5,503	527.0
40	Eurobodalla	191	36,613	521.7
41	Cooma-Monaro	51	9,824	519.1
42	Newcastle	755	147,545	511.7
43	Gunnedah	62	12,129	511.2
44	Cessnock	246	48,744	504.7
45	Berrigan	43	8,541	503.5
46	Bathurst Regional	188	37,508	501.2
47	Orange	188	37,982	495.0
48	Temora	31	6,400	484.4
49	Coffs Harbour	330	68,315	483.1
50	Singleton	108	22,538	479.2

 
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.