Crime & Safety

Redwood City Sex Offenders Online

Want to know where these criminals live in your neighborhood?

 

Ever wonder if your neighbors are secretly not so friendly?

The sex offender registry is public record, and new neighbors are legally supposed to announce themselves as sex offenders if they've been convicted. But that transparency can be hard to come by — unless you know about CrimeReports.com, or the California Attorney General's Megan's Law website.

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The websites are a great resource for local crime data and information on registered sex offenders in California.

The public and police departments use them to show the community where crimes are taking place and where offenders live and their identities.

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But even in places outside local police departments' jurisdictions, the websites have mapped the addresses, names and photos of sex offenders in the entire country. 

The criminals are marked on the CrimeReports.com map with red triangles. Orange triangles symbolize two sex offenders living at one address. Click on the triangles to see details on the offenders. 

In Redwood City, the Megan's Law website shows a total of 111 sex offenders, 23 in the 94061 zip code, nine in the 94062 zip code, 77 in the 94063 zip code and two in the 94065 zip code.

Do you worry about your neighbors? Are you surprised to see how many sex offenders are in Redwood City? Did you think there would be more? Tell us in the comments!



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