NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2004 to December 2004
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 2004	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Leichhardt	1,501	51,114	2,936.6
2	Dubbo	870	38,937	2,234.4
3	Bourke	66	3,938	1,676.0
4	Woollahra	870	53,332	1,631.3
5	Moree Plains	233	16,153	1,442.5
6	Newcastle	1,963	144,375	1,359.7
7	Albury	604	44,690	1,351.5
8	Walgett	110	8,207	1,340.3
9	Marrickville	988	75,991	1,300.2
10	Kempsey	362	27,850	1,299.8
11	North Sydney	762	60,041	1,269.1
12	Waverley	778	62,290	1,249.0
13	Shellharbour	730	61,570	1,185.6
14	Evans	63	5,385	1,169.9
15	Randwick	1,438	125,994	1,141.3
16	Bathurst	356	31,236	1,139.7
17	Penrith	1,991	178,233	1,117.1
18	Auburn	676	61,125	1,105.9
19	Strathfield	333	30,220	1,101.9
20	Burwood	336	30,827	1,090.0
21	Wagga Wagga	623	57,245	1,088.3
22	Wellington	94	8,714	1,078.7
23	Botany Bay	400	37,472	1,067.5
24	Narromine	75	7,041	1,065.2
25	Liverpool	1,757	165,649	1,060.7
26	Parramatta	1,573	149,016	1,055.6
27	Snowy River	76	7,327	1,037.3
28	Griffith	243	24,776	980.8
29	Campbelltown	1,468	150,589	974.8
30	Warren	32	3,302	969.1
31	Bankstown	1,687	174,513	966.7
32	Port Stephens	589	61,379	959.6
33	Coffs Harbour	606	64,051	946.1
34	Great Lakes	315	33,576	938.2
35	Canada Bay	594	64,671	918.5
36	Kiama	184	20,255	908.4
37	Ashfield	365	40,326	905.1
38	Wollongong	1,731	191,602	903.4
39	Holroyd	807	90,533	891.4
40	Orange	331	37,526	882.1
41	Armidale Dumaresq	215	24,675	871.3
42	Willoughby	545	63,171	862.7
43	Ballina	319	39,266	812.4
44	Byron	238	30,404	782.8
45	Mosman	219	28,174	777.3
46	Blacktown	2,121	273,267	776.2
47	Maitland	455	58,941	772.0
48	Gunnedah	95	12,379	767.4
49	Hurstville	574	75,230	763.0
50	Wyong	1,064	140,288	758.4

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2002-03, Cat. No. 3218.0 (for 2002 and 2003 population estimates). As no population estimates were available for 2004 when this report was published, rates for 2004 were calculated using 2003 population estimates.