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	Marrickville	1,353	76,284	1,773.6
2	Orange	617	37,333	1,652.7
3	Albury	782	49,321	1,585.5
4	Newcastle	2,342	150,357	1,557.6
5	Bourke	48	3,091	1,552.9
6	Wagga Wagga	822	60,857	1,350.7
7	Coonamble	57	4,263	1,337.1
8	Strathfield	449	34,580	1,298.4
9	Leichhardt	666	51,855	1,284.4
10	Botany Bay	480	37,813	1,269.4
11	Auburn	882	70,986	1,242.5
12	Forbes	119	9,727	1,223.4
13	Maitland	779	66,530	1,170.9
14	Moree Plains	167	14,300	1,167.8
15	Parkes	173	14,836	1,166.1
16	Dubbo	451	39,787	1,133.5
17	Wyong	1,617	143,988	1,123.0
18	Cowra	143	12,924	1,106.5
19	Woollahra	571	53,990	1,057.6
20	Parramatta	1,657	157,775	1,050.2
21	Liverpool	1,807	172,932	1,044.9
22	Burwood	341	32,860	1,037.7
23	Walgett	72	7,078	1,017.2
24	Mosman	282	28,152	1,001.7
25	Broken Hill	199	20,074	991.3
26	Leeton	114	11,683	975.8
27	Bankstown	1,673	179,657	931.2
28	Campbelltown	1,359	147,460	921.6
29	Manly	357	39,677	899.8
30	Coffs Harbour	610	68,992	884.2
31	Canada Bay	609	70,619	862.4
32	Armidale Dumaresq	210	24,684	850.8
33	North Sydney	534	62,842	849.8
34	Holroyd	808	95,130	849.4
35	Gosford	1,379	162,388	849.2
36	Port Stephens	547	64,698	845.5
37	Eurobodalla	306	36,771	832.2
38	Nambucca	155	18,735	827.3
39	Randwick	1,059	128,435	824.5
40	Blacktown	2,337	284,692	820.9
41	Shellharbour	524	64,296	815.0
42	Bathurst Regional	297	37,686	788.1
43	Penrith	1,395	177,686	785.1
44	Waverley	510	65,108	783.3
45	Tamworth Regional	432	56,532	764.2
46	Hurstville	587	77,684	755.6
47	Lane Cove	238	32,047	742.7
48	Ballina	303	40,932	740.3
49	Pittwater	416	56,920	730.9
50	Lake Macquarie	1,405	193,092	727.6

 

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.