Registered Sex Offenders (Category 1) your force had responsibility for as of January 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026301

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Please state how many Registered Sex Offenders (Category 1) your force had responsibility for as at 01.01.2022?

2. How many of these RSOs (Category 1) referred to in Question 1 did you NOT have an up-to-date address for in that you did NOT know where they were living?

3. Of those ‘missing’ RSOs (Category 1) referred to in Question 2 how many were designated as being managed at (i) Level 1, (ii) Level 2 and (iii) Level 3?

NOTE: If you cannot do this calculation for 01.01.2022, then please do the calculation for the most recent date you can.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - Please state how many Registered Sex Offenders (Category 1) your force had responsibility for as at 01.01.2022?

We are able to provide data up to 31/12/2021. The total number as of that date is 6,714.

Q2 - How many of these RSOs (Category 1) referred to in Question 1 did you NOT have an up-to-date address for in that you did NOT know where they were living?

283 Nominals were shown as NFA. However, there is no flag on the ViSOR (Violent and Sex Offender Register) database to identify ‘no address’

Q3 - Of those ‘missing’ RSOs (Category 1) referred to in Question 2 how many were designated as being managed at (i) Level 1, (ii) Level 2 and (iii) Level 3?

Level 1 = 268,
Level 2 = 14,
Level 3 = 1.