'Steady increase' in Jersey sex offenders - report

The number of registered sex offenders in Jersey rose to 211 in 2025, up from 202 the previous year.

The figure has been released as part of the Jersey Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (JMAPPA) annual report.

There were 26 new sex offenders, while 13 people were removed from the register.

JMAPPA chair Mike Cutland said that while "risk can never be eliminated", the focus was on "supervision, monitoring, treatment and victim safety planning".

The report said that JMAPPA is designed to "assess and manage sexual, violent and dangerous offenders" and that includes those required to register as sex offenders.

There were 26 new sex offenders in 2025 compared to 21 in 2024.

According to the report, the latest figures "continue a trend of successive annual increases".

Thirteen people were removed from the sex offenders register last year, compared to 10 the previous year.

While some individuals have to register for life, others can apply to be removed from the register "after completing a minimum period".

The report revealed there was a broad age range among those on the register, from 17 to 86 years old.

Eighty-three of them live in Jersey, 76 live off-island and 52 of them were serving sentences at HMP La Moye.

Cutland said the priority "continues to be to protect the public from violent and sexual offences through effective assessment and management of individuals who pose a risk of harm to our community".

The report added that while risks could never be "entirely eliminated", the "evidence indicates that the assessment and management of those risks is best achieved through the coordinated drawing together of information, expertise and action".

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