After talking to our children all year about being safe and not talking to strangers, there's one day each year we send them out onto the streets and tell them to knock on strangers' doors.

Halloween is upon us, and Pikesville Patch wants to help everyone stay safe.

So we've created this map of Pikesville's 13 registered sex offenders in 21208, so you can choose whose door to knock on and whose not to—especially if your family is trick-or-treating in a different neighborhood, with friends or at Grandma's.

To check out your neighborhood, zoom in or out of the map above.

To find out more information about the people listed here, and to see photos, visit The Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services website, and enter ZIP code 21208.

Also at that site, you can search for offenders in other ZIP codes, depending on where you live or where you will be trick-or-treating, including in Pikesville's other ZIP codes: 21215 on the west side, and 21209 in the central area above the city.

There are 195 offenders listed as residing in 21215.

Here are maps to help you find ZIP codes:

• Baltimore City
• Pikesville
• Randallstown
• Garrison
• Woodlawn
• Lochearn
• Milford Mill

Are you surprised to know there's an offender in a particular neighborhood? Do you have other, insider safety tips for parents and adults who are taking kids out trick-or-treating? Share them in the comments section below this article.