New York Sex Offender Registry: How to Check

Before you offer on a home in New York, run its address through the official registry: the New York State Sex Offender Registry, run by New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). It is free, it takes two minutes, and it is the check listing sites never do for you.

Run the check

1. Open the official New York 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 New York?

Partly — New York'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: Subdirectory search by last name, county or ZIP code returns countable lists, but online publication covers Level 2 and Level 3 only — Level 1 is phone/in-person only — so ZIP counts are subset counts. No city or radius search.

Worth knowing: Live fetch hit Cloudflare 'Just a moment'; DCJS's own annual-report text confirms ZIP/county search and Level 2/3-only online publication.

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.

How 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 New York records guide and the New York disclosure guide cover the rest of the record file.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get an exact registrant count for a New York address?

Partly. Subdirectory search by last name, county or ZIP code returns countable lists, but online publication covers Level 2 and Level 3 only — Level 1 is phone/in-person only — so ZIP counts are subset counts. No city or radius search.

Who runs the New York registry?

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) — the official search is the New York State 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: criminaljustice.ny.gov · tax.ny.gov · aronovlawny.com · rbcashoffer.com