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A snapshot of sexual offenders in Pennsylvania
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April 15, 2016
Under Pennsylvania’s Adam Walsh Act, 4,325 people were sentenced as sexual offenders between January 2013 – December 2015, and were charged with 16,987 offenses. Of those sexual offenders who were sentenced, 51% were between the ages of 19-35, and 44% were charged with sexual abuse of children.
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Editor’s Note: County level detail below for total number of criminal cases sentenced from 1/1/2013 – 12/31/2015 for a Walsh Act Offense.
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| County | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total | Percentage of Total |
| Adams | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 0.78% |
| Allegheny | 106 | 164 | 177 | 447 | 9.40% |
| Armstrong | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 0.40% |
| Beaver | 13 | 16 | 22 | 51 | 1.07% |
| Bedford | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 0.55% |
| Berks | 54 | 46 | 64 | 164 | 3.45% |
| Blair | 16 | 22 | 27 | 65 | 1.37% |
| Bradford | 8 | 22 | 18 | 48 | 1.01% |
| Bucks | 32 | 47 | 64 | 143 | 3.01% |
| Butler | 9 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 0.93% |
| Cambria | 11 | 24 | 12 | 47 | 0.99% |
| Cameron |
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| 2 | 2 | 0.04% |
| Carbon | 4 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 0.57% |
| Centre | 11 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 0.99% |
| Chester | 29 | 31 | 48 | 108 | 2.27% |
| Clarion | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0.32% |
| Clearfield | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 0.57% |
| Clinton | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 0.48% |
| Columbia | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0.32% |
| Crawford | 10 | 18 | 18 | 46 | 0.97% |
| Cumberland | 21 | 30 | 36 | 87 | 1.83% |
| Dauphin | 42 | 72 | 69 | 183 | 3.85% |
| Delaware | 38 | 79 | 98 | 215 | 4.52% |
| Elk | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0.23% |
| Erie | 17 | 50 | 35 | 102 | 2.14% |
| Fayette | 19 | 48 | 21 | 88 | 1.85% |
| Forest | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.11% |
| Franklin | 19 | 25 | 35 | 79 | 1.66% |
| Fulton | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0.25% |
| Greene |
| 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.23% |
| Huntingdon | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 0.53% |
| Indiana | 11 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 0.84% |
| Jefferson | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 0.55% |
| Juniata | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0.21% |
| Lackawanna | 9 | 21 | 35 | 65 | 1.37% |
| Lancaster | 76 | 71 | 110 | 257 | 5.40% |
| Lawrence | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 0.65% |
| Lebanon | 17 | 27 | 37 | 81 | 1.70% |
| Lehigh | 17 | 18 | 28 | 63 | 1.32% |
| Luzerne | 16 | 42 | 49 | 107 | 2.25% |
| Lycoming | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 0.82% |
| McKean | 7 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 0.59% |
| Mercer | 15 | 21 | 19 | 55 | 1.16% |
| Mifflin | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0.36% |
| Monroe | 21 | 33 | 31 | 85 | 1.79% |
| Montgomery | 33 | 60 | 82 | 175 | 3.68% |
| Montour | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 0.08% |
| Northampton | 15 | 24 | 25 | 64 | 1.35% |
| Northumberland | 8 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 0.93% |
| Perry | 5 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 0.44% |
| Philadelphia | 187 | 264 | 256 | 707 | 14.87% |
| Pike | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0.36% |
| Potter | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 0.40% |
| Schuylkill | 10 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 1.03% |
| Snyder | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0.21% |
| Somerset | 5 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 0.59% |
| Susquehanna | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 0.36% |
| Tioga | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0.32% |
| Union | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0.23% |
| Venango | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 0.53% |
| Warren | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 0.82% |
| Washington | 22 | 13 | 40 | 75 | 1.58% |
| Wayne | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 0.44% |
| Westmoreland | 22 | 39 | 47 | 108 | 2.27% |
| Wyoming | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0.19% |
| York | 36 | 67 | 72 | 175 | 3.68% |
| Grand Total | 1,124 | 1,703 | 1,929 | 4,756 | 100.00% |