Sex offenders near me
Search outward from an address or ZIP code across 58 US registries — the 50 states, DC and the territories. Every result is the full registry record, with a photograph and a link to the official state entry.
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Free to start, no card. Results are records, not map pins — see the FAQ below. Prefer to browse? Search by state.
How do I find sex offenders near me?
To find registered sex offenders near you, search outward from an address or ZIP code. Results come back as full registry records — photograph, offense history, and a link to the official state entry — across 58 US registries. Widen the radius from one mile to a hundred to cover a street or a whole town.
Get alerted when a sex offender moves in near you
A single search is a snapshot. Set an area monitor on your address and a radius, and we'll email you when a registered offender is added nearby or moves in — checked for you every morning against our continuously updated data.
Watch your area · $10/mo
Pick an address and how far to look. An alert names the change — a new registrant, a changed record, or one removed — and links to the official registry entry so you can verify it. Add recipients beyond yourself.
Watch a person · $3/mo
Concerned about one specific person? Watch them by name and date of birth and know if they are ever added to a registry. Set it up in the dashboard Notifications section, or over the API with POST /v1/monitors.
Monitoring is for personal awareness and safety. It is not a consumer report and must not be used for FCRA-governed hiring, tenancy, or credit decisions.
How to find registered sex offenders near you
Start with an address or ZIP
A ZIP code is enough. A street address is better, because it lets the search work outward from an exact point rather than a postal area.
Choose how far to look
The default is one mile, which is roughly a neighbourhood. You can widen it — up to 100 miles — when you are checking a whole town rather than a street.
Read the record, not just the pin
Every result is a full registry record: photograph, aliases, offense history, and a link to the official state record so you can verify it at the source.
The limit: a radius search sees registrants whose published address we have been able to place on a map coordinate. That is the large majority, not all — and a registrant listed as transient has no address for anyone to place.
How to read a sex offender registry record
- A registry lists people a state requires to register — it is not a list of everyone who has committed an offence, and registration rules differ by state
- Names repeat. Check the photograph, the date of birth or age, and the official record before concluding anything about a particular person
- An address is where a registrant last reported living, not where they are now, and registries update on their own schedules
- Using this information to harass, threaten or exclude someone is a crime in every US state
Sex offenders in my area — browse by city
Each city page carries the registrant count we index there and links into the state registry behind it.
Sex offenders near me — browse by state
Registration rules, tiers and residency restrictions are set per state. Open your state's guide for how its registry works, or search any address above to cover every US registry at once.
Sex offenders near me: common questions
How close is "near me"?
You decide. A search around a point defaults to one mile and can be widened to a hundred. One mile is about a neighbourhood; five is most of a small town. There is no single correct distance — a parent checking a walking route and a landlord checking a portfolio want very different radii.
Is this a map?
No, and we would rather say so than waste your click. Results come back as records — photograph, address, offense history, official record link — rather than as pins on a map. If a visual map is what you need, we are not that today.
Does it find everyone nearby?
It finds registrants whose published address we hold and have geocoded, which is the large majority but not all of them. Registries also publish addresses at different precisions, and some registrants are listed as transient or without a fixed address at all — those cannot be placed on a radius by anyone. Pair a radius search with a name or ZIP search when completeness matters.
Is the information current?
Registries are re-read continuously and our median record age is measured in hours rather than months across the large majority of jurisdictions. Every record links to the official state registry so you can confirm it at the source before acting on it.
What can I use this for?
Personal awareness. Offendersearch is not a consumer reporting agency and these results are not a consumer report — they must not be used for employment, tenancy, credit or other FCRA-covered decisions without appropriate process. Using registry information to harass or threaten anyone is a crime in every state.