Each month, Police Scotland published the latest data on the number of Registered Sex Offenders (RSOs), which is broken down by council area and postcode.
A police spokesperson said: “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.”
A small number of postcode areas, where the population of the area in question is particularly low and it is assessed that publication would lead to individuals being identified, are not included in the figures,
Browse our photo gallery to see the Edinburgh and Lothians postcodes with the most sex offenders, as of June 2025.
1. Edinburgh and Lothians postcodes with the most sex offenders
Browse our photo gallery to see the Edinburgh and Lothians postcodes with the most sex offenders, as of June 2025. Photo: Pixabay
