Official figures reveal that one in 1,000 people in England and Wales is a sex offender.
According to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) update about how dangerous offenders are managed in the community, showed that there are now 98 sex offenders per 100,000 population. This has increased from 92 in figures from 2014.
It has also been disclosed that 222 offenders being supervised by the Multi Agency Protection Arrangements (Mappa), had been charged with another serious offence in 2014-15; a 28% rise.
