How To See Where Sex Offenders Live This Halloween In Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE, WI — Before children go out trick or treating on Halloween, fall is a good time to take an inventory of who is living in your neighborhood.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, there are 2,243 registered sex offenders within the city of Milwaukee, the most in any metro Milwaukee region. Milwaukee ranked 27th in the U.S. with just over 38 registered sex offenders per 10,000 people.

You can use the Wisconsin Department of Justice Sex Offender Map to search your neighborhood if you don't want your child knocking on the door of a sex offender. You can access the registered sex offender's name, address, current age, convictions, and the age of the offender and victim at the time of the offense. You can also search based on an entire city.

Search By City

Patch has published Sex Offender Safety Maps in several of our Patch communities. Each map shows which people are not allowed to participate in Halloween activities involving children in the community.

Brookfield

Greendale

Greenfield

Mount Pleasant

Oak Creek

Shorewood

Wauwatosa

Waukesha

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Registered sex offenders who are currently on active supervision are not prohibited from passing out candy on Halloween in Wisconsin. Some states have strict laws on sex offender behaviors during the season, including not wearing costumes outside of their home. ,

Wisconsin now has the seventh-largest sex offender registry in the country, with more than 21,000 registrants on its database.

U.S. States Ranked, Registered Sex Offenders:

1. California 106,216
2. Florida 69,654
3. Texas 66,587
4. Michigan 47,329
5. New York 32,257
6. Oregon 23,598
7. Wisconsin 21,871
8. Illinois 21,297
9. Washington 20,758
10. Georgia 19,724