How to search sex offenders in Virginia
By name, with the photo to confirm it, or by address. Every US registry is searched at once — Virginia and the 57 others — so a person registered in District of Columbia who lives in Virginia Beach still comes back. For your own street, see how many registered sex offenders live near your address — free.
Checking one person? A Background Check is $9.99 — name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records.Run a Background Check
Public registry information. It may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance decisions, or to harass or threaten anyone.
Trick-or-treating in Virginia this Halloween? Check sex offenders on your route.
Check the streets on your route for registered sex offenders before you go. Search any address and see who is registered nearby, with photos and official record links.
The sequence to search sex offenders in Virginia. Seven steps, with what you will see at each one.
A Virginia search is shaped by two decisions: what you scope it to, and which criterion you send — where you look, and what you type. Get those right and each match comes back with a photo, a plain label saying why it matched, and the official record behind it.
Choose Virginia, or Virginia and every other state
Leave the search on "Virginia + every US registry" and the same search runs across all 58 at once. Choose "Virginia only" to keep the answer to the Virginia roster. Those are the only two decisions about scope.
Type a last name, then add what you know
A last name is the only required field. A first name, date of birth, city or ZIP moves the right person to the top without hiding anyone whose record has less detail. Three letters of a surname are enough to start.
Add a date of birth if you have one
The Virginia registry publishes an age rather than a date, so type an age and allow a year or two either way. If you only know roughly how old someone is, type an age and allow a year or two either way.
Or search near a place instead of a name
Type a ZIP code, or a street address with its city, and create a free account to see how many registered sex offenders live near it. See everyone near it — names, photographs, offenses and exact addresses — for $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with email alerts.
Read why it matched before you act
Every result says why it matched: the full date of birth, the birth year, the age, or the name alone. So someone with the same name but a different birthday is never mistaken for the person you meant. Look at the photo, then confirm at the official Virginia record.
Look past the first page
A common surname fills more than one page. Check the count at the top, and add a first name or date of birth before you decide the person is not there.
Check again, or let us tell you
Someone not on the registry today can be added next month. The data is continuously updated, and every record shows when it was last checked. With Family Watch ($34.99 a year, up to 3 addresses) we email you when someone registers, moves in or moves out nearby.
A Virginia search, end to end: searching Virginia sex offenders by name and by address. Two common searches, step by step.
Searching for a person
The common case: you know a name and a birthday, and you want to know whether that person is on the Virginia registry.
- Type the name. Jordan in first name, Sample in last name.
- Add a date of birth. 1980-04-12, or an age if that is all you know.
- Pick the registry. Leave it on Virginia + every US registry.
- Read the result. One match, labelled “Possible · age matches”, with the photo and the official Virginia link.
Searching a place
No name, just a place: a home you are renting, a school, a park. You want to know who is registered nearby.
- Type the place. A Virginia Beach street address, or just the ZIP code.
- See the count, free. How many registered sex offenders live near it.
- See everyone near it. Names, photos and exact addresses on a map for $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year with alerts.
How to confirm a Virginia sex offender record at the official registry. Searching the state site vs here.
The Virginia Sex Offender Registry (VSP) is where you confirm a record once you have found it. It is not where you find a person who registered somewhere else, and it will not tell you why a name matched. The full Virginia reference is on the Virginia sex offender registry page.
| Virginia Sex Offender Registry (VSP) | Searching here |
|---|---|
| Scope: Virginia only. A person registered in District of Columbia and Kentucky who moved to Virginia Beach is not on it. | Virginia and the other 57 US registries in one search; one person comes back once, with each registry that holds them listed. |
| Namesakes: a list of names; you compare birthdays by hand. | Every match labelled by why it matched (full birth date, birth year, age or name only), with the photo. |
| Place search: address search within Virginia. | City, ZIP or a radius of up to 100 miles, with home, work and school addresses on a map. |
| Afterwards: check again yourself. | Family Watch for up to 3 addresses ($34.99 a year), every search you ran saved, and a link to the official Virginia entry. |
| Confirming a record: the place to do it. | Open the record, follow the link to the official Virginia entry, and act on what the state shows. |
Beyond one lookup: Virginia sex offender alerts. Keep watching your street.
One Virginia search answers a question about today. People register, move in and move out all year, so the simplest way to stay current is to check again — or let us watch your address and email you when something changes.
| What you get | What it shows | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Your count | How many live near your address | Free |
| See everyone near it | Names, photos and addresses on a map, plus a PDF | $9.99 once |
| Family Watch | Up to 3 addresses; an email when someone moves in or out | $34.99 a year |
| Background Check | One person: name plus where they live or work; photo, offense and official record | $9.99 once |
Try it against Virginia: a sample Virginia sex offender search. No account needed.
Run a sample VA search at the top of this page and see what a result looks like before you create an account. Real results take a free account; a Background Check is $9.99, paid once.
How many registered sex offenders live near your Virginia address?
Enter your address and you will see how many live near it.
Checking one person? A Background Check is $9.99 — name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records.Run a Background Check
Free: the count near your address. Optional: see everyone near it — $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with email alerts.
Public registry information. It may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance decisions, or to harass or threaten anyone.
How to search sex offenders in Virginia for free. The count near your address costs nothing; a Background Check is $9.99.
Your count
How many registered sex offenders live near your address. No card.
See everyone near you
Names, photographs, offenses and distance for everyone within 30 miles of one address, on a map and as a PDF. Pay once, open for 30 days.
Family Watch
Up to 3 addresses — home, school, grandparents — each unlocked, plus an email when someone registers, moves in or moves out nearby. Or $6.99 a month. Cancel any time.
Virginia search FAQ: searching sex offenders in Virginia. Quick answers.
How do I search for sex offenders in Virginia?
Run a Background Check: type the name and Virginia as where they live or work, and it searches the Virginia registry, every other US registry and criminal records. Each match shows the photo, says why it matched, and links to the official Virginia record. $9.99, paid once.
How many registered sex offenders are in Virginia?
Approximately 25,800 people are on the Virginia register — a population that moves every week as people are added, reclassified and released from the requirement. Treat it as scale, and run a search when the question is about a specific person.
Will a Virginia search find someone registered in another state?
Yes, if you let it. Registration follows the person, so someone living in Virginia may be registered in District of Columbia, Kentucky and Maryland. Leave the search on every US registry and one search covers all 58; choose Virginia only when you deliberately want the Virginia roster alone. Every result says which registries answered, so a narrow search is never mistaken for a clean one.
What identifier should I search Virginia with?
A last name is enough to start. Add a first name, then a date of birth or an age if you know one: the Virginia registry publishes an age rather than a date, so type an age and allow a year or two either way.
Can I search Virginia by address or ZIP code?
Yes. Enter a ZIP code or a street address and create a free account to see how many registered sex offenders live near it. Seeing everyone near it — names, photographs, offenses and exact addresses — is $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with an email when someone registers, moves in or moves out.
Can a Virginia search be used to make a hiring or housing decision?
Not this one. Standard registry results are not a consumer report; FCRA-regulated screening runs through FCRA Partner Access. Using registry information to harass or threaten anyone is against the law.
Neighboring jurisdictions: how to search sex offenders in the states next to Virginia. Same steps, next door.
A registration in a state someone used to live in will not appear in a search limited to Virginia. Each guide below walks through the same steps for a neighboring state.
| Jurisdiction | Date-of-birth match | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | Age precision | this page |
| District of Columbia | Full date | How to search sex offenders in District of Columbia |
| Kentucky | Full date | How to search sex offenders in Kentucky |
| Maryland | Age precision | How to search sex offenders in Maryland |
| North Carolina | Full date | How to search sex offenders in North Carolina |
| Tennessee | Full date | How to search sex offenders in Tennessee |
| West Virginia | Full date | How to search sex offenders in West Virginia |
Virginia counties
Virginia cities
Every Virginia county and city page, on the Virginia sex offender registry page.
Related Virginia sex offender searches. More ways to search Virginia.
Virginia sex offender search API. Building a Virginia search into a product? Scope it with jurisdictions: ["VA"].
Search Virginia sex offenders now. Free to start.
The count near your address is free. Checking one person? A Background Check is $9.99 — name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records.