Claim: There are more than 850,000 registered sex offenders in the UK.
Fact-check: There are far fewer than 850,000 registered sex offenders in the UK - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. a freedom of information request, published in may 2021, showed there were 95,844 people on the sex offenders register in england and wales.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-09-06T00:00:00