Number of registered sex offenders in each Fife postcode revealed

There are 349 RSOs in the Fife community, with another 149 in either custody or hospital.

The KY8 (Levenmouth and Largo area) and KY12 (parts of Dunfermline and west Fife) postcodes have the highest amount of RSOs in Fife, with 45 in each postcode. The area with the fewest RSOs is KY14 (part of north east Fife).

The data for each postcode is:

KY10 – 12

KY11 – 44

KY12 – 45

KY13 – 5

KY14 – 3

KY15 – 20

KY16 – 11

KY2 – 25

KY3 – 10

KY4 – 20

KY5 – 22

KY6 – 22

KY7 – 27

KY8 – 45

A statement on the Police Scotland website says: “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.”

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