The Bureau of Statistics and Crime Research's 2020 leaderboard found Wagga was up there with other major regional centres such as Newcastle and Wollongong with larger populations.

When factoring in population size, Wagga is roughly three times worse than those cities, with 0.11 driving offences per person compared to 0.04 in Newcastle and 0.038 in Wollongong.

The BOCSAR data shows a 77 per cent increase in registration offences in Wagga since 2016, as well as a 67 per cent increase in people driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol over the same period.

Wagga driving instructor Glen Gaudron said he had seen a dramatic uptick in the number of people being fined for registration offences since the removal of rego reminder stickers.

Mr Gaudron said he had seen more people fined for speeding since the removal of mobile speed camera warning signs, but little to no change in the number of reckless drivers on Wagga roads.

"The revenue for the fines have increased astronomically, but the same number of lives have been lost since the speed camera signs have been taken away," Mr Gaudron said.

"In terms of drink-driving, the fines don't seem to be having much effect on them. They need to go one step further and do something like the hooning legislation, where they take the car away."

Taxi driver Ken Chappelow he had not personally noticed an increase in reckless drivers in Wagga, even as someone who spent a lot of time on the road.

"It doesn't seem to have gotten worse, but it certainly hasn't gotten any better," Mr Chappelow said.

The data also covers non-driving related offenses, some of which had seen significant changes during last year's lockdown.

During the two-year period from January of 2019 to December of 2020, thefts decreased significantly, with break-and-enters down around 29 per cent, car thefts down 28 per cent, and "other" theft down 32 per cent.

That data is consistent with the rest of Australia, which saw a steep decline in robberies during lockdown.

Other crimes saw a significant increase in Wagga, with sexual assault reports jumping by 71.2 per cent.

The "other offences" category, which includes traffic offences, saw a whopping 98 per cent increase - nearly doubling in two years.

Domestic violence reports saw only a modest increase in Wagga, however the overall rate continues to far outstrip other regional centres.

Wagga had a rate of roughly 0.007 domestic violence offences per person, which is 73 per cent higher than Newcastle and 130 per cent higher than Wollongong.

Wagga's rate of domestic violence per person was approximately three times worse than the Coolamon, Greater Hume, and Lockhart Shire council areas.