It turns out that areas with a high Korean population, such as Flushing and Bayside, in Queens, remain blind spots for sex crimes.
An analysis of New York State sex offender registry data by this newspaper revealed that as of the 27th, there were 47 registered sex offenders in downtown Flushing, Murray Hill, and South Flushing (ZIP codes 11354, 11355, and 11358). Additionally, it was revealed that there are 20 sex offenders in College Point (11356), 13 in Whitestone & Malva (11357), 9 in Bayside (11360, 11361), 8 in Oakland Gardens (11364), and 3 in Douglaston & Little Neck (11362, 11363), and 30 sex offenders living in Fresh Meadow (11365, 11366).
In Bayside (11360), a Korean man, Mr. Kim (40 years old), was listed with a photo as a Level 2 sex offender. Experts diagnose that Koreatown has also been exposed to the risk of sex crimes for a long time, as there are at least 130 sex offenders living in the northeastern Queens area alone, where a large Korean population resides.
New York State makes the personal information, address, crime, and punishment of convicted sex offenders publicly available to all residents. They are classified into Level 1 (low), Level 2 (medium), and Level 3 (high) depending on the risk of recidivism. Information on Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders is required to be disclosed online.
According to this sex offender registry data, as of today, there are approximately 6,000 registered sex offenders across the five boroughs of New York City. According to New York State sex offender registry data, there are 5,750 Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders residing in the five boroughs.
The Bronx had the most with 1,733, followed by Brooklyn with 1,479, Queens with 1,218, Manhattan with 1,069, and Staten Island with 251.The five areas with the highest concentration of Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders were ZIP code 10035, which includes Manhattan’s Harlem and Ward’s Island, with a whopping 459.
Next were ZIP code 10466 in the Bronx with 136, ZIP code 11207 in East New York, Brooklyn with 135, ZIP code 10457, which includes parts of Belmont, Mount Hope, and Tremont in the Bronx with 129, and ZIP code 11208, which includes parts of East New York and Cypress Hills in Brooklyn with 128.
Level 1 sex offenders, considered the lowest risk for recidivism, are not registered in state registry data, but according to the latest data from the state Department of Criminal Justice Services, there were 2,849 of them living across the five boroughs as of October 1.