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	Burwood	373	32,860	1,135.1
2	Waverley	618	65,108	949.2
3	Bourke	22	3,091	711.7
4	Willoughby	477	68,387	697.5
5	Wellington	49	8,250	593.9
6	Inverell	94	16,246	578.6
7	Moree Plains	70	14,300	489.5
8	Orange	179	37,333	479.5
9	Dubbo	187	39,787	470.0
10	Parramatta	720	157,775	456.3
11	Blacktown	1,173	284,692	412.0
12	Lismore	181	44,668	405.2
13	Newcastle	590	150,357	392.4
14	Campbelltown	566	147,460	383.8
15	Wollongong	743	195,768	379.5
16	Armidale Dumaresq	92	24,684	372.7
17	Liverpool	629	172,932	363.7
18	Wagga Wagga	219	60,857	359.9
19	Albury	170	49,321	344.7
20	Narrandera	21	6,166	340.6
21	Penrith	603	177,686	339.4
22	Walgett	24	7,078	339.1
23	Botany Bay	128	37,813	338.5
24	Marrickville	257	76,284	336.9
25	Gosford	531	162,388	327.0
26	Coffs Harbour	224	68,992	324.7
27	Gilgandra	14	4,625	302.7
28	Eurobodalla	111	36,771	301.9
29	Tweed	244	84,325	289.4
30	Wyong	410	143,988	284.7
31	Ryde	286	102,609	278.7
32	Tenterfield	19	6,834	278.0
33	Bankstown	490	179,657	272.7
34	Cobar	14	5,143	272.2
35	Great Lakes	93	34,359	270.7
36	Hurstville	210	77,684	270.3
37	Kempsey	77	28,566	269.6
38	Glen Innes Severn	24	9,042	265.4
39	Byron	81	30,866	262.4
40	Randwick	336	128,435	261.6
41	Bathurst Regional	98	37,686	260.0
42	Lake Macquarie	502	193,092	260.0
43	Coonamble	11	4,263	258.0
44	Griffith	63	24,937	252.6
45	Auburn	179	70,986	252.2
46	Greater Taree	119	47,242	251.9
47	Narrabri	34	13,503	251.8
48	Port Macquarie-Hastings	176	72,440	243.0
49	Baulkham Hills	388	168,026	230.9
50	Gunnedah	27	11,968	225.6

 

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.