5 Sex Offenders In Wakefield: Safety Map 2020

WAKEFIELD, MA— Middlesex County currently has about 600 registered sex offenders living or working in the region. Five have Wakefield addresses where they live or work, according to public information listed on the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board website.

The Level 3 designation is reserved for the most severe offenders, according to the state's Sex Offender Registry Board. These types of sex offenders pose a "high risk" to re-offend. They are not wanted by police—and it's illegal to use the following information to commit a crime or engage in any discrimination or harassment against an offender.

Four of the offenders listed were given the Level 3 designation, while one was Level 2.

Level 2 sex offenders have a moderate risk of re-offending and pose a moderate degree of danger to the public. The public can access information about Level 2 offenders who were classified after July 12, 2013. This information is available through local police departments and through the online registry.

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Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries play a limited role in preventing child sexual abuse and stress that most perpetrators are known to the child.

The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the National Sex Offender Public Website, estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.

The Justice Department estimates 60 percent of perpetrators are known to the child but are not family members but rather family friends, babysitters, child care providers and others, and 30 percent of child victims are abused by family members. Nearly a quarter of the abusers are under the age of 18, the department estimates.

Click on the icons for names and information on Wakefield's Level 3 and 2 sex offenders.