Before you offer on a home in Alabama, run its address through the official registry: the Alabama Sex Offender Registry, run by Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). It is free, it takes two minutes, and it is the check listing sites never do for you.
Run the check
Check the records behind the address before you offer.
Check any address — free preview1. Open the official Alabama registry. 2. Search by the home's street address (a radius or map search works best). 3. Note the counts within a quarter mile, a half mile, and a mile — distance bands tell you more than a single pin. 4. Repeat the search the week you close. Registries update as people move and register new addresses.
Can you get an exact count in Alabama?
Partly — Alabama's official search can produce a count, but only through the route below (a subset, a radius detour, a CAPTCHA or a display cap), so getting the number takes an extra step.
How it works: OffenderWatch portal: name, city and address-radius search; no direct ZIP-count field, so a ZIP count must be approximated from a city list or radius result list (countable by hand).
Worth knowing: NSOPW links this exact OffenderWatch office page; Cloudflare bot wall (403 'Attention Required') blocks automated fetch, human browser access is the intended path.
Method checked against the NSOPW state directory on 2026-11-04.
How to read what comes back
Treat the addresses as reported addresses: the system depends on registrants reporting moves and on agencies processing them, so the map is a strong signal, not a guarantee. Judge the pattern around the address — how many, how close, typical for the area or an outlier — and remember the registry lists only people required to register; it is not a crime map.
Check the records behind the address before you offer.
Check any address — free previewHow CurbFacts uses this data
A CurbFacts report summarizes the same public registry data as ZIP-level counts for the address — never offender names or photos. The full Alabama records guide and the Alabama disclosure guide cover the rest of the record file.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get an exact registrant count for a Alabama address?
Partly. OffenderWatch portal: name, city and address-radius search; no direct ZIP-count field, so a ZIP count must be approximated from a city list or radius result list (countable by hand).
Who runs the Alabama registry?
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) — the official search is the Alabama Sex Offender Registry. It is free; if a site asks you to pay for registry results, you are on a data broker.
Does a CurbFacts report show offender names or photos?
No. Reports show the count of registrants in the home's ZIP from state registry data, and link you to the official registry if you want the underlying public record.
Sources: alea.gov · revenue.alabama.gov · ibuyer.com · legalclarity.org · listwithclever.com
See what the listing doesn't say.
Every CurbFacts report pulls the public records behind an address — flood determination, registry, tax reset, price history, permits, and what's planned nearby — and shows its sources.
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