NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2005 to December 2005
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 2005	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Burwood	219	31,085	704.5
2	Waverley	375	62,096	603.9
3	Botany Bay	175	37,192	470.5
4	Byron	134	30,724	436.1
5	Strathfield	127	31,129	408.0
6	Manly	155	38,987	397.6
7	Parramatta	448	151,076	296.5
8	Bourke	11	3,924	280.3
9	North Sydney	165	60,789	271.4
10	Willoughby	168	63,905	262.9
11	Marrickville	189	75,870	249.1
12	Auburn	154	62,797	245.2
13	Woollahra	125	53,095	235.4
14	Newcastle	342	145,633	234.8
15	Randwick	265	126,431	209.6
16	Ashfield	84	40,258	208.7
17	Leichhardt	100	51,430	194.4
18	Wollongong	321	191,558	167.6
19	Snowy River	12	7,322	163.9
20	Wellington	14	8,668	161.5
21	Holroyd	140	91,211	153.5
22	Dubbo	59	39,077	151.0
23	Moree Plains	23	16,027	143.5
24	Campbelltown	211	149,961	140.7
25	Blacktown	389	278,532	139.7
26	Bathurst	44	31,564	139.4
27	Fairfield	257	187,683	136.9
28	Hurstville	99	75,640	130.9
29	Evans	7	5,356	130.7
30	Penrith	232	177,554	130.7
31	Liverpool	207	167,880	123.3
32	Lismore	53	43,229	122.6
33	Gosford	193	162,841	118.5
34	Canterbury	156	135,048	115.5
35	Wagga Wagga	64	57,557	111.2
36	Orange	40	37,546	106.5
37	Ryde	105	99,662	105.4
38	Lithgow	21	20,564	102.1
39	Wyong	140	141,764	98.8
40	Mosman	27	28,420	95.0
41	Bankstown	161	175,428	91.8
42	Albury	41	44,887	91.3
43	Coffs Harbour	60	66,529	90.2
44	Rockdale	84	95,036	88.4
45	Richmond Valley	18	20,838	86.4
46	Tamworth	32	37,272	85.9
47	Hume	7	8,166	85.7
48	Junee	5	5,887	84.9
49	Sutherland Shire	181	214,784	84.3
50	Kogarah	46	55,012	83.6

 
Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand, 2003-04, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2005 when this report was published, rates for 2005 were calculated using 2004 population estimates.