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	Burwood	223	30,827	723.4
2	Strathfield	165	30,220	546.0
3	Manly	200	38,868	514.6
4	Botany Bay	188	37,472	501.7
5	Bourke	19	3,938	482.5
6	Waverley	282	62,290	452.7
7	Leichhardt	225	51,114	440.2
8	Byron	130	30,404	427.6
9	North Sydney	214	60,041	356.4
10	Willoughby	217	63,171	343.5
11	Woollahra	176	53,332	330.0
12	Ashfield	132	40,326	327.3
13	Randwick	387	125,994	307.2
14	Parramatta	451	149,016	302.7
15	Auburn	177	61,125	289.6
16	Marrickville	199	75,991	261.9
17	Snowy River	17	7,327	232.0
18	Newcastle	334	144,375	231.3
19	Dubbo	76	38,937	195.2
20	Wellington	16	8,714	183.6
21	Liverpool	304	165,649	183.5
22	Fairfield	345	188,462	183.1
23	Holroyd	161	90,533	177.8
24	Wollongong	327	191,602	170.7
25	Moree Plains	27	16,153	167.2
26	Bankstown	289	174,513	165.6
27	Ryde	162	99,506	162.8
28	Campbelltown	243	150,589	161.4
29	Canterbury	218	135,573	160.8
30	Blacktown	435	273,267	159.2
31	Penrith	280	178,233	157.1
32	Kogarah	82	53,775	152.5
33	Hurstville	112	75,230	148.9
34	Mosman	38	28,174	134.9
35	Gosford	210	162,533	129.2
36	Orange	48	37,526	127.9
37	Rockdale	109	94,155	115.8
38	Sutherland	243	215,084	113.0
39	Canada Bay	73	64,671	112.9
40	Parry	14	12,853	108.9
41	Lismore	46	43,045	106.9
42	Gilgandra	5	4,739	105.5
43	Albury	47	44,690	105.2
44	Wyong	145	140,288	103.4
45	Armidale Dumaresq	25	24,675	101.3
46	Tamworth	37	37,120	99.7
47	Bathurst	31	31,236	99.2
48	Shellharbour	61	61,570	99.1
49	Coffs Harbour	62	64,051	96.8
50	Warren	3	3,302	90.9

 
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.