Edmonds 2018 Halloween Sex Offender Map

EDMONDS, WA - Before kids go out trick or treating this Halloween, it's a good idea to take an inventory of who is living in your neighborhood. We've put together a map of all the sex offenders living nearby with data from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

Pins on the map represent the block where an offender is living. Roll your cursor over the pins, and you will see more information pop up, including the registered sex offender's name.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries can play only 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.

Groups that advocate for rights of sex offenders have objected to Patch's annual offender maps. We have posted a letter from the group NARSOL here advocating against the maps. We have also posted an article explaining why Patch began creating the maps.

Here's the map of offenders near you: