NSW - Regional

New England & Northwest 705 assaults per 100,000.

Residents in regional/rural/remote NSW are up to 24 times more likely to be hospitalised due to DFV.

Highest rates

(per 100,000)
Walgett – 3,297.7;
Moree Plains – 2,268.3;
Coonamble – 1,605.8;
Broken Hill – 1,526.3;
Lachlan – 1,350.3.

Regional communities face rates four to ten times higher

than the NSW state average (341 per 100,000).