Joliet Has Most, Naperville Has Least Sex Offenders Per Capita
Montgomery hits about midway through the list of sex offenders per capita of nearby towns.
Last week, Patch sites around Chicago posted a sex offender registry map.
We looked that data of towns surrounding Montgomery and found the percentage of sex offenders per town by dividing the number of sex offenders listed on the Illinois Sexual Offender website by a town's population. While last week you saw just the number of sex offenders, we hope this provides context as to how many live where.
The registry list includes those in a Department of Corrections facility, those who are homeless and those whose location may be unknown.
The populations in the chart are from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2011.
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|
Town |
Sex Offenders |
Population |
Percentage |
|
Joliet |
209 |
148,402 |
0.1408337 |
|
Lockport |
34 |
24,987 |
0.1360708 |
|
Aurora |
212 |
199,672 |
0.1061741 |
|
Wheaton |
52 |
53,238 |
0.0976746 |
|
Warrenville |
12 |
13,232 |
0.0906892 |
|
LaGrange |
12 |
15,617 |
0.0768393 |
|
Plainfield |
30 |
39,840 |
0.0753012 |
|
Bolingbrook |
55 |
73,802 |
0.0745237 |
|
North Aurora |
12 |
16,922 |
0.0709136 |
|
Lisle |
13 |
22,539 |
0.0576778 |
|
Montgomery |
10 |
18,688 |
0.0535102 |
|
Lemont |
8 |
16,076 |
0.0497636 |
|
Oak Lawn |
28 |
56,937 |
0.0491772 |
|
Darien |
10 |
22,241 |
0.044962 |
|
Woodridge |
14 |
33,200 |
0.0421687 |
|
Oswego |
12 |
30,856 |
0.0388903 |
|
Downers Grove |
17 |
48,163 |
0.0352968 |
|
Palos Hills |
6 |
17,561 |
0.0341666 |
|
Tinley Park |
17 |
56,965 |
0.0298429 |
|
Orland Park |
14 |
57,016 |
0.0245545 |
|
Palos Heights |
3 |
12,567 |
0.023872 |
|
Naperville |
32 |
142,773 |
0.0224132 |
Who Needs to Register?
Persons convicted of misdemeanor or felony sex crimes involving children under age 18 as well as adult victims are required to register their addresses with the local law enforcement agency in the communities where they reside once a year, under the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act. The same rules apply to out-of-state sex offenders who move to or work in Illinois, as well as out-of-state students attending a state college or university.
The Illinois State Police maintain a detailed Sex Offender Registry of all of the state's registered sex offenders that is available to the public. There, citizens can look up and find the registered sex offenders living in their own communities. Local police departments throughout the state feed information about the individual sex offenders registered in their jurisdictions to the state database.
Similar requirements for registration are also in effect for sex crimes committed against adults — especially adults with disabilities.
A sex offender must register annually in person at the local police department for the duration of the required 10-year registration period.
In addition, registered sex offenders are prohibited from residing within 500 feet of a school, daycare center, youth center or other facility catering to children under age 18.
