Chart: Level 3 Sex Offenders Per Community
This week's chart tallies the number of Level 3 Sex Offenders in each community.
The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry keeps data on how many level three offenders live, work and go to school in each community.
Below is a breakdown per town. Often, there is some overlap in the number of sex offenders working in each town. For instance, an offender can live and work in a certain town and that number would be reflected in both the work and living columns even though it accounts for one person.
Arciero filed a bill that would put information about "Level 2" sex offenders online. The information would likely include their names, addresses, and photos.
Currently, people have to go down to their local police departments to get that information.
For more information, search the state's database.
| Community | Live | Work | School | Other |
| Andover | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billerica | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelmsford | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dracut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haverhill | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Lawrence | 55 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Littleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowell | 81 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| Melrose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Methuen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Andover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tewksbury | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wakefield | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilmington | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Bill
10:34 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wow...so we're ranked near the top of the list for violent cromes and sex offenses??? What a sad state this town is currently in.
w.t.f
10:43 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
How do you figure that with 1 offender living in town? The list is alphabetical
Cee Virtue
10:54 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The chart is not useful unless it's by percentage in the population. Of course Lowell has a huge number, but for all we know, it has a lower *density* of offenders compared to Chelmsford.
susan michelle
11:24 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
NONE living in our town!!!! :D
Joe Bill
12:30 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Don't get excited many of these perverts aren't registered.
Heather
12:54 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
It says 2 above.
Joe Bill
12:30 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Mike, look at the numbers for Tewksbury...10 reside in town.
Andrew Sylvia
12:48 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Hey guys,
Just a note, this is going out to multiple Patches in multiple towns.
Here in Westford, the pictures and names of the sex offenders are available in the lobby of the Police Station, the entrance to Town Hall and the J.V Fletcher Library.
beatrice
8:21 am on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Do Tewksbury figures include offenders living at the state hospital?
Lisa
12:43 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Yes, from the website it looks like at least 5 are there.