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1. How can I find out if a sex offender lives in my neighborhood?

1. You can click this link to view Known Sex Offenders in Newark. 

2. You can look at the Delaware Sex Offender Central Registry website and search by last name, development, city, or zip code. 

3. You can come to the Newark Police Department and look through a binder containing information on known Tier II & Tier III sex offenders in the City of Newark.

2. I would like to receive a letter when a sex offender moves into Newark. Can I be put on a list to be notified?

State law provides that notification be sent to “members of the public who are likely to encounter a sex offender” and includes “schools, licensed day care facilities, public libraries, and other accessible public facilities with in the community.” Letters are only sent to these organizations. However, in cases of a Tier III offender, door-to-door notification is made in the area of the offender’s residence and/or information is provided via telephone using the InformMe automated telephone notification system. If you are in charge of a community organization with a facility accessible to the public or a licensed day care center and do not currently receive sex offender notifications, please contact Det. William Anderson to see if your organization meets the qualifications to receive notifications.

3. Are juvenile offenders required to register?

A juvenile who has, at any time, been adjudicated delinquent of a sex crime is required to register.

4. Are there any restrictions on where a sex offender may live?

A sex offender may not loiter or reside within 500 feet of the property of any school. For purposes of this law, a school is defined as any preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, secondary school, vocational technical school, or any other institution which has as its primary purpose the education or instruction of children under 16 years of age.