Sex Offender Information


If you need to register as a sex offender pursuant to M.G.L. c.6, 178C, please contact the Sex Offender Registry Administrator, Detective Darlene Prinz, by email or by phone at (978) 921-6046 x20 to make an appointment.

What is sex offender?

A sex offender is any person who resides, works or attends an institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth and has been convicted of a sex offense, or who has been adjudicated as a youthful offender or as a delinquent juvenile by reason of a sex offense, or a person released from incarceration or parole or probation supervision or custody with the Department of Youth Services for such a conviction or adjudication, or a person who has been adjudicated a sexually dangerous person or a person released from civil commitment on or after August 1, 1981.

For a listing of crimes that require registration as a sex offender please visit the Mass.gov Who Has to Register page.

Sex offenders are classified by the Sex Offender Registry Board according to the degree of dangerousness they pose to the public and their likelihood for re-offense. The classifications are:

  • Level 1: Low Risk Offender
  • Level 2: Moderate Risk Offender
  • Level 3: High Risk Offender

Sex Offenders in Beverly

The most up to date information can be obtained from the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board website:

To search for level 3 Sex Offenders in Beverly, click the link below:

Penalties for Improper Use of Sex Offender Registry Information

Information contained in the Sex Offender Registry shall not be used to commit a crime against an offender or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender. Any person who improperly uses Sex Offender Registry information shall be punished by not more than two and one half years in the house of correction or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by such and imprisonment.