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	40	3,091	1,294.1
2	Forbes	101	9,727	1,038.3
3	Gilgandra	39	4,625	843.2
4	Walgett	56	7,078	791.2
5	Tenterfield	52	6,834	760.9
6	Albury	339	49,321	687.3
7	Leeton	80	11,683	684.8
8	Broken Hill	137	20,074	682.5
9	Inverell	110	16,246	677.1
10	Gunnedah	81	11,968	676.8
11	Moree Plains	96	14,300	671.3
12	Byron	204	30,866	660.9
13	Wagga Wagga	402	60,857	660.6
14	Dubbo	260	39,787	653.5
15	Lithgow	134	20,694	647.5
16	Kempsey	184	28,566	644.1
17	Wentworth	46	7,149	643.4
18	Narrabri	86	13,503	636.9
19	Maitland	415	66,530	623.8
20	Wellington	48	8,250	581.8
21	Narromine	39	6,717	580.6
22	Deniliquin	44	7,673	573.4
23	Cootamundra	42	7,527	558.0
24	Cowra	72	12,924	557.1
25	Parkes	82	14,836	552.7
26	Narrandera	34	6,166	551.4
27	Ballina	215	40,932	525.3
28	Glen Innes Severn	47	9,042	519.8
29	Lachlan	35	6,814	513.6
30	Port Stephens	328	64,698	507.0
31	Great Lakes	174	34,359	506.4
32	Richmond Valley	113	22,471	502.9
33	Newcastle	753	150,357	500.8
34	Cessnock	245	48,985	500.2
35	Murray	34	6,941	489.8
36	Orange	182	37,333	487.5
37	Corowa Shire	55	11,434	481.0
38	Gwydir	26	5,407	480.9
39	Clarence Valley	239	50,596	472.4
40	Greater Taree	223	47,242	472.0
41	Tamworth Regional	261	56,532	461.7
42	Bathurst Regional	170	37,686	451.1
43	Manly	177	39,677	446.1
44	Uralla	26	5,987	434.3
45	Coffs Harbour	299	68,992	433.4
46	Bogan	13	3,012	431.6
47	Singleton	100	23,258	430.0
48	Junee	26	6,051	429.7
49	Tweed	361	84,325	428.1
50	Berrigan	36	8,446	426.2

 

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.