NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2007 to December 2007
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 2007	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Burwood	296	31,387	943.1
2	Bourke	35	3,876	903.0
3	Waverley	512	62,194	823.2
4	Willoughby	415	65,029	638.2
5	Parramatta	791	155,098	510.0
6	Tenterfield	33	6,909	477.6
7	Moree Plains	74	15,991	462.8
8	Wagga Wagga	254	58,802	432.0
9	Lismore	179	44,032	406.5
10	Dubbo	157	39,500	397.5
11	Inverell	60	15,949	376.2
12	Campbelltown	542	148,969	363.8
13	Wollongong	685	192,131	356.5
14	Penrith	630	177,544	354.8
15	Ryde	345	100,351	343.8
16	Albury	162	47,694	339.7
17	Warren	11	3,252	338.3
18	Newcastle	480	147,545	325.3
19	Blacktown	926	287,634	321.9
20	Gosford	522	163,469	319.3
21	Orange	121	37,982	318.6
22	Byron	97	30,898	313.9
23	Liverpool	529	172,050	307.5
24	Griffith	78	25,441	306.6
25	Auburn	193	66,286	291.2
26	Kempsey	83	28,763	288.6
27	Armidale Dumaresq	70	24,749	282.8
28	Wyong	405	144,297	280.7
29	Marrickville	212	76,524	277.0
30	Bathurst Regional	101	37,508	269.3
31	Narrandera	17	6,588	258.0
32	Coffs Harbour	176	68,315	257.6
33	Tweed	210	81,886	256.5
34	Hurstville	196	76,623	255.8
35	Glen Innes Severn	22	8,783	250.5
36	Fairfield	466	188,074	247.8
37	Maitland	155	62,596	247.6
38	Tamworth Regional	136	55,063	247.0
39	Randwick	310	127,948	242.3
40	Greater Taree	114	47,110	242.0
41	Narromine	17	7,059	240.8
42	Holroyd	226	94,269	239.7
43	Mid-Western Regional	53	22,260	238.1
44	Port Stephens	150	63,650	235.7
45	Ashfield	94	40,262	233.5
46	Lake Macquarie	442	189,596	233.1
47	Narrabri	33	14,181	232.7
48	Leichhardt	120	51,660	232.3
49	Muswellbrook	35	15,236	229.7
50	Goulburn Mulwaree	62	27,308	227.0

 

Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2007 were calculated using 2006 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.