And that’s just the ones we know about! A friend of my wife’s found out she has a registered sex offender living on her street. So, for fun, I went to the California Megan’s Law site to see who was in my neighborhood. I didn’t expect to find this:

Holy cow! According to the site there are 18,507 registered sex offenders in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. That’s 1 for every 890 people — 1 for every 249 people under 18 (based on year 2000 census data).

The site has a lot of data including photos and offenses of every registrant. The offenses are terse but meaningful. For example: Harmful matter: seduction of minor/elec. mail/internet f/only.

Creepy.

Update: For kicks, offenders near Disneyland.