Sex Offenders Living In Dallas-Area 2019

DALLAS, TX — Before kids go out trick or treating on Halloween, fall is a good time to take an inventory of who is living in your neighborhood. In the Dallas-area, including in Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties, there are nearly 11,500 registered sex offenders, according to the statewide sex offender registry.

A majority of those on the state's registry reside in Dallas County (6032) followed by Tarrant County (4300). According to the registry, there are 594 registered sex offenders in Collin County and 562 in Denton County.

To view the sex offenders living in your neighborhood so you know which routes to avoid on Halloween, search the Texas public sex offender website. You can search the registry by address, zip code, county or name.

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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.