US Dept. of Justice NSOPW App
Free AppAbout US Dept. of Justice NSOPW App
This is the official U.S. Department of Justice national sex offender search app. This app 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. This application is designed to provide additional access to NSOPW.
This app provides users with information about registered sex offenders that have residential, employment, or school addresses that are within a close proximity of the mobile device running the app. Searches can be conducted nationally using a ¼ mile, ½ mile, or 1 mile radius or by offender name. The initial search will be performed based upon the location of the mobile device, but searches can be run from other locations by tapping those locations on the map. In the event that the registering jurisdiction (state, territory, Indian tribe, or District of Columbia) for the user’s area does not allow searching by geographic coordinates for registered sex offender addresses, a zip code search will be used to find matching offenders and the results can be viewed by tapping the status message at the top of the app. NSOPW is actively working with all jurisdictions to allow searching by geographic coordinates and will modify the app searching capabilities as improvements become available.
Please be aware that when you tap the “More Information” button when viewing the details of a matching record you will be directed to the details about the particular registered sex offender on the registering jurisdiction’s public sex offender website. These websites are outside of NSOPW’s control and may not be mobile device friendly.
The purpose of this app is solely to provide users with the ability to search for registered sex offender by location and name. If you would like sexual abuse education and prevention information or have questions about sex offender registration in general please visit NSOPW at nsopw.gov.
This app provides users with information about registered sex offenders that have residential, employment, or school addresses that are within a close proximity of the mobile device running the app. Searches can be conducted nationally using a ¼ mile, ½ mile, or 1 mile radius or by offender name. The initial search will be performed based upon the location of the mobile device, but searches can be run from other locations by tapping those locations on the map. In the event that the registering jurisdiction (state, territory, Indian tribe, or District of Columbia) for the user’s area does not allow searching by geographic coordinates for registered sex offender addresses, a zip code search will be used to find matching offenders and the results can be viewed by tapping the status message at the top of the app. NSOPW is actively working with all jurisdictions to allow searching by geographic coordinates and will modify the app searching capabilities as improvements become available.
Please be aware that when you tap the “More Information” button when viewing the details of a matching record you will be directed to the details about the particular registered sex offender on the registering jurisdiction’s public sex offender website. These websites are outside of NSOPW’s control and may not be mobile device friendly.
The purpose of this app is solely to provide users with the ability to search for registered sex offender by location and name. If you would like sexual abuse education and prevention information or have questions about sex offender registration in general please visit NSOPW at nsopw.gov.
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What's Changed
This update adds a brief tutorial which displays when the app is launched for the first time. In addition, the app now indicates when a jurisdiction is conducting a zip code search and cannot provide mappable results.
This update adds a brief tutorial which displays when the app is launched for the first time. In addition, the app now indicates when a jurisdiction is conducting a zip code search and cannot provide mappable results.
More downloads US Dept. of Justice NSOPW App reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about US Dept. of Justice NSOPW App
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Other apps are a rip off. This one is a little tricky to use though. You have to tap on the map to get results. In fact I had to tap all around my house and found a few results within a quarter mile of me. However it took several taps and the results were different for different searches within a few blocks. Best to just tap on each block separately to find anything.
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Another failed application. No search engine for specific locations. Can't scroll over other cities. No red or green icons. Can't type in an address. My sister recommended I research sex offenders before purchasing a home. Unfortunately this application doesn't work, but it was a great idea.
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Would like to see it on a map, not a list of names x miles from the center of a zip code. Basically useless.
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I don't think this app is doing what the description says. It won't pull up the little houses for my area. It says this is not in range or something like that. Then it gives me everybody within my whole zip code. I want to know who's around me.
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It says mappable address blah blah blah. Then nothing. I will keep trying and hope it finally works
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Works in huge cities. Only shows list view in Delaware. North DE where I'm viewing is heavily populated.
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Keeps saying mappable address isn't available, then won't show the list either.
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I love this app I'm down state and my grandma told me there was a sex affender one lives across the street
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Find the trash. To bad when these dogs go to the pound they don't get euthanasia
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I used other apps and it said there was at least 5 in my town. I use this app and it said theres 1. Really?? 1?? Come on now.
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Doesn't work in my area. Shows zero results. I wish that were the case but its not.
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I know from searching my local sex predator list that there are sex predators not listed with this app in my general area within the 1/4 mile limit.
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Only search result I ever got was an error message.
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Worthless if i cant see anything on the map, get it together its 2017
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Not mappable. Worthless if I cant see where they are..
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24 sex offenders within 1.5 miles. Not registered one. Phony app!!!!
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The worst app ever. No location boo nothing....c'mon man!!!
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It's crap it shows nothing on a map!
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Does not complete a search "no mappable info"
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So poor no info
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It doesn't work.
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So far this works great. I like that there is a map. I like that it links to webpages with more info. Very helpful.
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Says mappable area isn't available.
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Can't find any on the map.
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Doesn't work
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Doesn't work
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This is the only app that I trust & I know it's reliable!!
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This app sucks
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Attention
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It's definitely not updated
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Useless
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Being in a well populated city I figured I wouldn't have any issues. Apparently my address is not mappable. As a parent I believe this a wonderful idea just to have the knowledge and take extra precautions to protect my child. Too bad it's a complete dud.
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Wished I'd had this before my boyfriend and I moved now I lived next door to a horrible pediphile, and his wife. Check before you move
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There are 13 sex offenders in my town and this don't list them
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I work for the sheriff's department and assigned to 10 sex offenders and none are on the list or map. Don't trust it. Delete
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It keeps saying there is a error and wony load the maps.. i just went online and searched and found the map
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At first it didn't seem to work but if you change the distance it works fine also able to look up by name
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Clean interface, informative results. Doesn't require access to everything on your device like some of the other apps.
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Very useful, simple, and informative app!
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This would be great if it was updated. It only found 1 sex offender in my neighborhood which I know is erroneous. I did a search by name for a violent pedophile that was released from state hospital and lives a few blocks from me as of Jan 25th (this was HUGE local news) and it said there were no results. Totally wrong.