US Dept. of Justice NSOPW App 2.2.0

This is the official U.S. Department of Justice national sex offender search app. It is funded through a grant from the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (“SMART”), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. SMART is responsible for The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), a public safety resource that provides the public with free access to sex offender data nationwide. The application is designed to provide additional access to NSOPW.

This app offers users information about registered sex offenders residing, working, or attending school in close proximity to their mobile device. Users can conduct nationwide searches using a ¼ mile, ½ mile, or 1 mile radius or search by offender name. The initial search is based on the device's location, but users can also run searches from other locations by tapping on the desired area on the map. In case the registering jurisdiction (state, territory, Indian tribe, or District of Columbia) does not allow geographic coordinate searching for registered sex offenders, a zip code search can be used to find matching offenders. Results can be viewed by tapping the status message at the top of the app. NSOPW is actively collaborating with all jurisdictions to enable geographic coordinate searching and will update the app's capabilities as improvements become available.

Please note that tapping the "More Information" button when viewing details of a matching record will redirect users to the specific registered sex offender's page on the registering jurisdiction’s public sex offender website. These websites are not under NSOPW’s control and may not be optimized for mobile devices.

The purpose of this app is solely to enable users to search for registered sex offenders by location and name. For sexual abuse education and prevention information or general inquiries about sex offender registration, please visit NSOPW at nsopw.gov.