Sex offenders register (FOI)Sex offenders register (FOI)
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16 November 2016.Request
A
How many people were on the sex offenders register for committing offences against children on 1st April, 2016?
Can you provide a breakdown of age and gender?
How many of these had been on the register before?
B
How many of those on the register at 1st April 2016 for committing offences against children had an online element to their crimes?
2a. Can you supply age and gender of the offenders in this category?
C
How many people were on the sex offenders register for committing offences against children on 1st April, 2015.
Can you provide a breakdown of age and gender?
How many of these had been on the register before?
Response
A and C
The below table show the number of Registered Sex Offenders managed by the States of Jersey Police from January 2015.
| January 2015 | February 2015 | March 2015 | April 2015 | May 2015 | June 2015 | July 2015 | August 2015 | September 2015 | October 2015 | November 2015 | December 2015 |
| 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 68 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 69 |
| January 2016 | February 2016 | March 2016 | April 2016 | May 2016 | June 2016 | July 2016 | August 2016 | September 2016 | October 2016 | | |
| 70 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 88 | | |
All but two of those registered are males. Ages will not be disclosed.
None have been previously registered in Jersey.
B
Figures are not available for 1 April 2016, the current figures are below.
Offender Management Unit figures as of 2 November 2016
| Registered sex offenders currently being managed in the community | 88 |
| Convictions for contact offending | 45 |
| Convictions for indecent images of children | 34 |
| Convictions for non-contact offending | 6 |
| Convictions for both IIOC and contact offending | 3 |
32 individuals under age of 16 have been the victims of contact offending. Some registered sex offenders had multiple juvenile victims. Therefore, fewer than 32 of those currently registered committed offences against children.
Exemptions applied
Jersey is a small jurisdiction. To give the ages of individual registered sex offenders may inadvertently lead to their identification to the general public. The information is therefore exempt under Article 25 (2) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.
Article 25 - Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
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