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	Marrickville	1,282	75,114	1,706.7
2	Dubbo	667	39,263	1,698.8
3	Leichhardt	865	51,142	1,691.4
4	Albury	755	47,247	1,598.0
5	Newcastle	2,029	146,967	1,380.6
6	Moree Plains	213	15,936	1,336.6
7	Woollahra	647	52,747	1,226.6
8	Wagga Wagga	680	58,055	1,171.3
9	Auburn	733	64,209	1,141.6
10	Strathfield	361	31,624	1,141.5
11	Bourke	44	3,906	1,126.5
12	Coonamble	52	4,714	1,103.1
13	Parramatta	1,589	151,860	1,046.4
14	Burwood	322	31,158	1,033.4
15	Port Stephens	657	63,579	1,033.4
16	Forbes	99	9,974	992.6
17	Maitland	594	61,517	965.6
18	Orange	364	37,791	963.2
19	Penrith	1,680	177,955	944.1
20	Coffs Harbour	636	67,442	943.0
21	Holroyd	867	91,941	943.0
22	Great Lakes	327	34,695	942.5
23	Blacktown	2,619	283,458	923.9
24	Campbelltown	1,376	150,216	916.0
25	Bankstown	1,616	177,000	913.0
26	Waverley	562	61,611	912.2
27	Byron	281	30,827	911.5
28	Carrathool	29	3,274	885.8
29	Queanbeyan	323	37,169	869.0
30	Liverpool	1,465	170,192	860.8
31	Botany Bay	313	37,074	844.3
32	Ashfield	335	40,018	837.1
33	Tenterfield	56	6,805	822.9
34	Gosford	1,318	163,304	807.1
35	North Sydney	487	60,944	799.1
36	Lachlan	58	7,360	788.0
37	Walgett	63	8,031	784.5
38	Lake Macquarie	1,490	190,320	782.9
39	Lismore	341	43,628	781.6
40	Willoughby	493	63,959	770.8
41	Fairfield	1,432	187,790	762.6
42	Broken Hill	153	20,203	757.3
43	Eurobodalla	275	36,389	755.7
44	Narrandera	49	6,582	744.5
45	Bathurst Regional	273	37,001	737.8
46	Gunnedah	89	12,074	737.1
47	Armidale Dumaresq	181	24,611	735.4
48	Muswellbrook	111	15,149	732.7
49	Gilgandra	34	4,660	729.6
50	Cessnock	353	48,502	727.8

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 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.