This means that anyone looking up this type of criminal record check in their own area will know if such a person is living nearby. As your children grow and begin to spend time at friends’ houses and such, you have to know this information for the safety of your children.Not all of the information that comes up with a sexual predator criminal record check will be relevant. Sometimes the records have not been updated, and that person will not be there any longer. However, you do have to look to see what comes up. I recently did this for my own neighborhood. In the last two years, the numbers of predators in my small community have jumped from three to thirteen. Not only that, one is a block away from me.