Find out if sex offenders live near you...

So I had no idea that http://familywatchdog.us was a website that publicly displays all of the registered sex offenders in your area. It’s kind of creepy.

You just enter an address, and it will show a map. You can click on the squares that appear, and see photos (where available), addresses, and convictions.
The website also offers an email notification service in which you can specify up to three addresses (not zip codes) that you want to watch and the distance around those addresses. You will automatically will receive an email the moment a registered sex offender moves near your area. Creepy.

The company that runs the sites updates their data daily from multiple public data sources. Click here to check to see if you have an sex offenders near your house.

Some scary statistics:

· 90% of all sexual assaults against children are committed by someone whom the victim knew.
· The typical sexual predator will assault 30 - 60 times before being caught.
· The re-arrest rate for convicted child molesters is 52%.