Figures made publicly available by Police Scotland show the number of sex offenders living in each postcode area of Dumbarton and the Vale.

The data shows that there are currently 151 registered sex offenders living in the Argyll and West Dunbartonshire police division, which covers the local area.

G82, which covers a number of the Dumbarton neighbourhoods, including Vale of Leven and Renton, has 19.

It is then followed by G83, which covers the Vale of Leven, Balloch and the west shore of Loch Lomond, with a total of 17 registered sex offenders.

G84, which covers the Helenburgh area, only has one less with 16 registered sex offenders.

Meanwhile, the G81 postcode area, which covers the whole of Clydebank,  has the highest amount for the local authority with 43.

The lowest number of registered sex offenders is the G60 postcode, which covered the area of Bowling and Old Kilpatrick which has five.

Across Scotland, according to the figures, there are currently 4,445 registered sex offenders.

Detective Superintendent Paul Cherrie, head of Police Scotland's National Sex Offender Policing Unit, said: "Police Scotland, working with our MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements) partners, manages registered sex offenders (RSOs) across all of Scotland's communities.

"Every single offender is assessed and managed in line with the risk they present. Sexual re-offending rates of RSOs remain very low.

"While we can never completely eliminate risk, MAPPA partners use robust risk assessment processes, and a range of investigative tools including the latest technologies, to manage RSOs, mitigate risk and to protect the public."

The official registered sex offenders postcode list can be found here