During March, the number of female clients seeking referrals for the NSW government's Safer Pathways services in Wagga increased by 61 cases to a total of 242, up nearly 34 per cent compared to the same time last year.

Women's Safety NSW, a representative body for women's family violence services, requested the data from the state government.

The group found Wagga's 61 additional female referrals, including 20 for a 'serious threat', in March was in the top five worst results for NSW being below Central Sydney at 78, St George at 67 and Orange at 63 but above Newcastle at 60.

Wagga Women's Health Centre crisis and support worker Julie Mecham said the report was "absolutely a concern".

"Anytime we see a rise in figures that identifies violence within our community, it is a concern and it should be a concern for every one of us," she said.

Ms Mecham said the health restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus and the resulting job losses could be contributing factors.

"[The health measures] restrict not only the victim being able to leave and access services and support and find safety for themselves and their children, but it also putting the perpetrator in a lot more stressful situation as well," she said.

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Wagga-based Nationals MLC Wes Fang said the state had put millions of dollars more into support services.

"We knew that going into the pandemic that by the sheer fact of being isolated at home in close contact with family members would result in increased domestic violence referrals," Mr Fang said.

"So we did some work initially in late March and early April around this.

"It is concerning to see an increase in the rate, we would never want to see that, but in anticipation the Attorney General made changes."

Mr Fang said $14 million had been put into temporary accommodation and $20 million into social housing.

Male referrals to Wagga services increased by 11 compared with March last year to a total of 88.

Albury saw a similar increase in male referrals but a slight decrease in female referrals during the same time period, while Griffith saw smaller increases in both.

Wagga MP Joe McGirr said there had been warnings about a potential rise in domestic violence but it had yet to show in some of the statistics relating to police activity.

"The [referral] statistics are concerning, and we certainly need to make sure our agencies are able to deal with those situations," he said.