Some registered sex offenders receiving less management irrespective of risk level, auditor general finds

Some Victorian sex offenders get less supervision than others even if they present a higher risk of reoffending, a new report has found.

The state's auditor-general has made the assessment after reviewing whether convicted sex offenders are being safely integrated back into the community.

The finding comes as a minor political party pushes for a Victorian inquiry into making details about sex offenders public.

There were 8286 registered sex offenders in Victoria in May 2019, 54 per cent of whom were required to regularly report to police.

Offenders are required to keep police informed of their whereabouts and other personal details, and are barred from working with children in their reporting period.

The auditor-general found Victoria Police has "comprehensive" practices for managing sex offenders based on their risk level.

But the operational model of the force - which is designed to be flexible to cope with competing needs - means the amount of time staff allocate to managing offenders, including checking they are meeting their obligations, varies.

"Some registered sex offenders receive less management irrespective of risk level," the report found.

Victoria Police is also unsure exactly how many people across the organisation are involved in managing such offenders.

The auditor-general wants Victoria Police to determine the money and staffing resources it needs to manage sex offenders, review its training course, and set up a process to monitor the quality of offender management plans.

Victoria Police has accepted all nine recommendations.

Stuart Grimley of Derryn Hinch's Justice Party is also pushing for state parliament to examine making details about registered sex offenders public, in a motion put to the state's upper house today.

The party hopes its Victorian inquiry can pave the way for a database featuring the postcode of offenders, along with other details such as their name, crime and photograph.

Mr Hinch said he would really like to share offenders' addresses, but understands that is too ambitious for now.

"I learnt in Canberra there's a thing called compromise - you get what you can get and work from there," he told reporters in Melbourne.

Victorian Labor supports the motion in principle, but believes the review should wait until a national working group contemplating creating a database completes its work.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been trying to rally support for the database among the states and territories.