The Most Dangerous Places To Trick-or-Treat In Northern Illinois

Before you take your little ghouls and ghosts trick-or-treating you might want to check out this scary list of towns to avoid in the area.

City-Data.com keeps an up-to-date list of registered sex offenders and has used the data to share the ratio of residents in nearby cities/town to the number of sex offenders. It's eye-opening. For example, in Roscoe, for every 1,759 residents, there is one registered sex offender - making it the safest town for trick-or-treating in northern Illinois.

The Ratio of Sex Offenders In Specified Population

• Caledonia: 1 registered sex offender for every 231 residents. (Note: there are only about 230+ residents IN Caledonia.)
• Rockford:  1 registered sex offender for every 274 residents.
• Belvidere: 1 registered sex offender for every 467 residents.
• Davis Junction: 1 registered sex offender for every 607 residents.
• Machesney Park: 1 registered sex offender for every 669 residents.
• Loves Park: 1 registered sex offender for every 836 residents.
• Winnebago: 1 registered sex offender for every 1,488 residents.
• Cherry Valley: 1 registered sex offender for every 1,548.

You can view specific locations and neighborhoods on this map.

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