Edinburgh's latest Police Scotland statistics have revealed that there are 597 sex offenders listed in the capital city and surrounding regions.
As of January 31, the data for Edinburgh revealed that the area with the highest concentration of registered sex offenders (RSOs) in the city was EH11, covering the likes of Stenhouse - with 43 sex offenders living in their community.
Other areas like Balerno, Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Leith also had a high number of sex offenders listed on Police Scotland’s register.
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The highest across the region was EH55, covering Livingston in West Lothian, with a concerning 49 RSOs in the community.
The exact number for each postcode is listed further down in this article.
Police Scotland say that protecting the public is their priority.
A spokesperson explained: “Protecting the public is a priority for Police Scotland. While we can never eliminate risk entirely, we want to reassure communities that all reasonable steps are being taken to protect them.
“We put in place measures to minimise the likelihood of further sexual re-offending by Registered Sex Offenders (RSOs) and would seek to re-assure people that sexual re-offending rates remain extremely low.
“RSOs are robustly managed by the police and our partners through the Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA), and subject to comprehensive risk assessment and risk management in the community. Police Scotland has units of dedicated officers specially trained for this task.”
The full list of Edinburgh postcodes, with the amount of sex offenders in their community is listed below:
EH54, including Livingston, has 49 RSOs
EH11, including Stenhouse and Broomhouse, has 43 RSOs
EH7, including Craigentinny, has 43 RSOs
EH16, including Craigmillar and Gracemount, has 40 RSOs
EH6, including Leith, has 38 RSOs
EH14, including Balerno, has 38 RSOs
EH4, including Barnton and Cramond, has 35 RSOs
EH22, including Dalkeith, has 29 RSOs
EH48, including Bathgate has 29 RSOs
EH21, including Mussleburgh, has 21 RSOs
EH8, including Meadowbank, has 20 RSOs
EH52, including Broxburn, has 20 RSOs
EH17, including Gilmerton, has 20 RSOs
EH47, including Whitburn, has 20 RSOs
EH5, including Granton and Pilton, has 16 RSOs
EH12, including South Gyle and Corstorphine, has 14 RSOs
EH49, including Linlithgow, has 13 RSOs
EH15, including Portobello, has 11 RSOs
EH51, including Bo’ness, has 10 RSOs
EH1, Old Town, has 9 RSOs
EH26, including Pentland Hills, has 9 RSOs
EH3, including Inverleith, has 9 RSOs
EH32, including Prestonpans, has 8 RSOs
EH41, including Haddington, has 8 RSOs
H53, including East and Mid Calder, has 8 RSOs
EH55, including West Calder, has 7 RSOs
EH33, including Tranent, has 6 RSOs
EH10, including Swanston, has 6 RSOs
EH13, including Oxgangs, has 6 RSOs
EH45, including Galashiels, has 5 RSOs
EH23, including Gorebridge, has 4 RSOs
EH20, including Straiton and Loanhead, has 4 RSOs
EH42, including Dunbar and Stenton, has 4 RSOs
EH39, including North Berwick, has 3 RSOs
EH30, including Queensferry, has 3 RSOs
EH24, including Rosewell, has 2 RSOs
EH27, including Kirknewton, has 2 RSOs
EH29, including Kirkliston, has 2 RSOs
EH31, including Gullane, has 2 RSOs
EH35, including Ormiston, has 2 RSOs
EH19, including Bonnyrigg, has 2 RSOs
EH18, including Lasswade, has 1 RSO
EH40, including East Linton, has 1 RSO
EH25, including Roslin, has 1 RSO
EH44, including Colquhar, has 1 RSO
EH46, including West Linton, has 1 RSO
EH9, including Blackford, has 1 RSO.
A wanted Registered Sex Offender is defined as those who are subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and who have a live warrant in force.
Police Scotland treats all missing and wanted Registered Sex Offenders with the utmost seriousness and will carry out all possible enquiries to trace their whereabouts and to re-establish the management required to protect the public.
On all occasions a Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) of a rank no less than Inspector will be appointed to lead these investigations.
As of January 31, Police Scotland has 16 Wanted Registered Sex Offenders and 0 Missing Registered Sex Offenders. Enquiries to date indicate that 14 of the 16 wanted Registered Sex Offenders have left the UK.
