Lanarkshire is dwelling to just about 600 registered intercourse offenders.
Alarming statistics from Police Scotland present that the county has the second highest quantity within the nation - with 577 residing locally and 178 in police custody or in hospital.
This can be a seven per cent rise within the general variety of 536 final October.
Damaged down by policing division and postcode space up till August 31, Motherwell (ML1) homes the best variety of convicted paedophiles, rapists and intercourse attackers, with 69 residing within the North Lanarkshire city.
East Kilbride (G74 and 75) is the second highest with 60 - with eight in neighbouring Strathaven (ML10).
Wishaw (ML2) has 49 residing locally, Airdrie (ML6) homes 47 and there are 40 residing in Coatbridge (ML5).
In Rutherglen (G73), there are 42 intercourse offenders, with 31 in neighbouring Cambuslang (G72) and Hamilton is dwelling to 30.
Glasgow has the best determine in Scotland with 691 registered intercourse offenders residing locally and 278 in police custody or in hospital.
The nationwide whole is 4591 with Police Scotland reporting 16 needed registered intercourse offenders, 13 of which have left the UK and no lacking RSOs.
Police insist that registered intercourse offenders (RSOs) are monitored by specialist groups.
A spokesperson defined: "Police Scotland, working with our MAPPA (Multi-Company Public Safety Preparations) companions, handle registered intercourse offenders (RSOs) throughout all of Scotland's communities.
“Each single offender is assessed and managed in step with the danger they current. Sexual re-offending charges of RSOs stay very low.
“Whereas we are able to by no means utterly get rid of danger, Police Scotland and MAPPA companions use sturdy danger evaluation processes, and a spread of investigative instruments together with the newest applied sciences, to handle RSOs, mitigate danger and to guard the general public."
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