There are some things where you're better off not knowing.

This isn't one of them.

I decided to see how many registered sex offenders are in my town.

Here are the statistics:

There are close to 200 sex offenders in my small town, 124 are within a 6 mile radius of my address.

There are 4 closer than 1 mile to me.

The closest is 0.15 miles. (!!!)

The second is 0.17 miles.

The third is 0.23 miles.

The fourth is 0.55 miles.

Now here's the deal U.S. wide:

California (where I reside) has the highest registered offender count, coming in at 61,372 people.

Minnesota has the lowest count, with only 141 people.

If this isn't enough to make you see things in a different perspective, then I don't know what will.

Check the site out for yourself: http://www.familywatchdog.us/