As part of Police Scotlands commitment to demonstrate openness and transparency in respect of the information they hold, Police Scotland on a monthly basis, publish data regarding the number of Registered Sex Offenders in our communities, broken down by policing division and postcode area.
The information shows that Dumfries and Galloway does have the lowest number of Registered Sex Offenders in the community in Scotland, there are currently as of March 1st 2025, 165 Registered Sex Offenders in the Dumfries and Galloway Community with 69 Registered Sex Offenders in custody or hospital in D&G, you can click this link to see the numbers by postcode. or see the tables below.
| DG1 | 25 |
| DG10 | 3 |
| DG11 | 21 |
| DG12 | 26 |
| DG13 | 1 |
| DG16 | 4 |
| DG2 | 26 |
| DG3 | 4 |
| DG4 | 3 |
| DG5 | 4 |
| DG6 | 4 |
| DG7 | 9 |
| DG8 | 6 |
| DG9 | 28 |
Data will not be published for a small number of postcode areas where the population of the area in question is particularly low and it is assessed that publication would lead to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.
Any enquiries for data not covered by this Police Scotland publication should be directed to the Police Scotland FOI team at [email protected].
A Police spokes person stated “Protecting the public is a priority for Police Scotland. While we can never eliminate risk entirely, we want to reassure communities that all reasonable steps are being taken to protect them.
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.”
