Las Vegas Halloween Sex Offender Safety Map 2017

Halloween is always a good time to take stock of those who are living in your neighborhood. Many parents, with their young kids out trick or treating, are on the cautious side and worry about things like, are their sex offenders living in the area.

The state of Nevada is aware of those concerns and maintains a publicly accessible database showing where sex offenders live.

The database is maintained by the state's Department of Public Safety. They are in charge of making sure that every name, address, and photo on the site are checked each day.

To access the database, click right here. Once there you will have the opportunity to put in your address and pull up all the registered offenders in your neighborhood.

It lists offenders and where they live, work, and/or go to school.

The site allows you to search for offenders within one, two, and three miles of an address.

The wider your search, the more names that will turn up.

You can also search by vehicle by entering a license plate number.

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