South Carolina Sex Offender Registry Search
Registered sex offenders near any South Carolina address, counted for you — free.
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Public registry information. It may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance decisions, or to harass or threaten anyone.
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Trick-or-treating in South Carolina 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.
Search the South Carolina registry by name. Checking a new babysitter, date or neighbor? Type their name.
Search South Carolina's registry — and every other US registry at the same time. Continuously updated records with photographs, addresses, offenses and a link to the official registry entry for every match. Type a name; no code needed.
A Background Check is $9.99, paid once: the name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records. Building this into a product? For developers: the API.
Photographs and official records
Matches come back as people, not rows — the registry photograph, date of birth, addresses and offense, with a link to the official South Carolina record so you can verify at the source.
The whole country in one search
People move. One search here covers South Carolina and every other US registry at once, so a registration in Georgia and North Carolina shows up on someone now living in Charleston.
Every search, kept
Each check is stored with the results you saw — an audit trail you can reopen, share with teammates, and stand behind later. Upload a CSV to screen a whole list in one pass.
What the South Carolina sex offender registry shows you, and what it leaves out. Knowing both keeps a search useful and fair.
What a South Carolina registry search shows
- The person's registry photograph, name and any other names they use
- Their age, and their date of birth as South Carolina publishes it
- Home, work and school addresses, each labelled
- The offense they were convicted of, and when
- Their risk level and whether they are keeping up with registration
- A link to the official South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED) entry so you can confirm it
What it cannot tell you
- Whether someone is safe. The registry lists a conviction, not a prediction
- Anyone who was never convicted, or whose requirement has ended
- Other criminal history. For that, see South Carolina criminal records
- A reason to harass anyone. Using registry information to threaten someone is a crime
What registered sex offenders in South Carolina are registered for. About half are registered for sexual offense against a child.
The most common offense among registrants in South Carolina on our index is sexual offense against a child (46%), followed by rape or sexual assault (25%). Based on 17,983 registrants whose registry entry names the offense.
Age today
Under 30: 3% · 30–39: 12% · 40–49: 24% · 50–59: 26% · 60–69: 23% · 70 and over: 12%
Who is listed
98% men, 2% women. 95% of entries include a registry photo.
- Sexual offense against a child46%
- Rape or sexual assault25%
- Failure to register19%
- Child sexual abuse material11%
- Non-sexual offense7%
- Soliciting or enticing a minor5%
- Kidnapping or unlawful restraint4%
- Indecent exposure3%
Categories are our grouping of the offense each registry publishes for a registrant; a person can appear in more than one category, so shares can add up to more than 100%. Figures as of 2026-10-08. What each category means.
Searching the South Carolina state site vs searching here for South Carolina sex offenders. Both are free to start; here is what is different.
South Carolina's own public search is South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED) — free, official, and the right place for a one-off look at a single state. Here is what changes when you run the same search here instead.
| On the South Carolina state site | Searching here | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage per search | South Carolina only. A registration in any other state never appears. | Every US registry at once — the 50 states, DC and the territories. 58 registries in one search. |
| Your search history | Nothing is saved. Checking the same person next month means starting over, with no record you ever looked. | Every search is stored with the results you saw — a real audit trail you can reopen. |
| Narrowing a common name | Whatever the search form offers, one attempt at a time. | Date of birth, age give-or-take, city, ZIP, street address — and misspellings caught when you want them. |
| Checking a whole list | One name at a time, by hand. | Upload a CSV and screen everyone in one pass. |
| Working as a team | No accounts, so no way to share what has been checked. | Add teammates to one workspace with a shared history. |
| Building it into your product | No API. | A full REST API on the same data, when you are ready for it. |
| Near your address | A map you search area by area. | A free count of the registered sex offenders near your address, then everyone near it with photos on a map for $9.99 once. |
| Alerts | No alerts. You check again yourself. | Family Watch: up to 3 addresses, an email when someone registers, moves in or moves out near any of them. $34.99 a year, cancel any time. |
| Confirming a match | You are already on the official record. | Every match links straight to its official South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED) entry. |
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How many registered sex offenders live near your South Carolina 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.
South Carolina sex offender search coverage: the South Carolina dataset, specifically. What a search here covers.
| Scope | South Carolina is in every search by default, and one setting narrows to it alone — in the dashboard a dropdown, in the API jurisdictions: ["SC"]. |
|---|---|
| Date-of-birth matching | A date-of-birth criterion in South Carolina resolves at full-date precision and returns dob_match. Match strength is a label on every record — dob_match — rather than a yes or no, so you set your own threshold. 39 of the 56 jurisdictions we cover resolve it the way South Carolina does. |
| Best criteria to send | Send dob whenever you hold one — it is accepted in South Carolina exactly as it is everywhere else, and it narrows rather than filters, so a record with thinner birth evidence still comes back on the name. In South Carolina it is the strongest single narrowing criterion available, returning dob_match. |
| Location search | Narrow to a South Carolina city or ZIP, or search a radius of up to 100 miles around a point. Addresses come back as typed entries — residence, secondary, employment, school — so a work address in Charleston is distinguishable from a home address. |
| Freshness | Continuously updated, so a Regular result is close to live, and every record returns the date it was last checked. |
| Verification | Every South Carolina match links to the person's official entry on South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED), so any record can be confirmed at the official registry before you act on it. |
Registry data is not a consumer report, and decisions made on it are regulated in that use.
South Carolina sex offender registry and its neighbors: how South Carolina behaves next to the jurisdictions around it. People move, so one search covers the neighbors too.
Registration follows the person, not the state line, so screening that covers South Carolina almost always has to read Georgia and North Carolina in the same breath. One search here covers every row at once.
The step-by-step guide: how to search sex offenders in South Carolina.
| Jurisdiction | Date-of-birth match | matchState | Registered population |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | Full date | dob_match | — |
| Georgia sex offender registry | Year precision | year_match | — |
| North Carolina sex offender registry | Full date | dob_match | ≈ 29,800 |
What a South Carolina sex offender record shows: what comes back for SC. Every match is a person you can recognise, with the official record one click away.
The same layout for South Carolina and every other US registry, so a match from Georgia reads exactly like one from Charleston.
| Photograph | The registry photograph, newest first. |
|---|---|
| Name | Legal name and every other name on file. |
| Age and birth date | As South Carolina publishes them, with how closely they matched what you typed. |
| Description | Height, weight, eye and hair colour, scars, marks and tattoos. |
| Addresses | Home, work and school addresses, each labelled, with city, county and ZIP. |
| Offense | What the person was convicted of, where and when. |
| Registration | Risk level, registration dates, and whether they are compliant. |
| Official record | A link to the person's entry on the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED). |
Is the South Carolina sex offender registry search free? The count near your address is free; a Background Check is $9.99.
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How many registered sex offenders live near your address. No card.
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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.
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South Carolina offender search FAQ. Short answers before you search.
How many registered sex offenders are there in South Carolina?
South Carolina is a jurisdiction where the size of the register moves week to week, and a single headline number would be out of date the day it was published. A search answers the question that actually matters — whether a named person appears — with a scored, labelled result rather than a count.
Should I search South Carolina's official registry site or here?
South Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SLED) is free and covers South Carolina. Searching here covers South Carolina and every other US registry in the same search, keeps a stored history of every check you run with the results you saw, narrows by date of birth, age, city, ZIP or street address, takes a whole CSV list at once, supports teammates on one workspace, and has a full API behind it. If you check people more than once, or people who may have lived anywhere else, that is the difference that matters.
How do I search South Carolina sex offender records by name and date of birth?
Type a last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, city or ZIP. In the dashboard that is a form; through the API it is one request with jurisdictions: ["SC"] to scope the answer to South Carolina. Send dob whenever you hold one — it is accepted in South Carolina exactly as it is everywhere else, and it narrows rather than filters, so a record with thinner birth evidence still comes back on the name. In South Carolina it is the strongest single narrowing criterion available, returning dob_match.
Does a South Carolina search include people registered in other states?
It does when you let it. A search with no state scope runs across every US registry in one pass, which is how a prior registration in Georgia and North Carolina surfaces on someone now living in South Carolina. Scoping to South Carolina narrows deliberately to the SC roster — the two are one setting apart, and every response reports which registries answered.
What does a South Carolina record contain?
Every SC record returns under the same normalized shape as the other 57 jurisdictions: identity and aliases, birth evidence with its precision stated, physical description, typed addresses, offense and conviction detail, tier or risk level, registration and compliance status, photographs newest-first, and match scoring on every record. One integration — or one dashboard — reads all of them.
Can I search South Carolina by city or ZIP code?
Yes. Narrow to any South Carolina city or ZIP, or sweep a radius of up to 100 miles around a point. Addresses come back as typed entries — residence, secondary, employment, school — so a work address in Charleston reads differently from a home address, and each entry carries its own city, county, ZIP and coordinates where geocoded.
How current is a South Carolina result?
The dataset is continuously updated, so a Regular result is close to live — and when a decision needs a current, moment-of-decision check, a live block re-verifies the named jurisdictions at the source in the same request. Every record returns its own lastCheckedAt, so currency is a value you read off the response rather than a claim you take on trust.
Check your own South Carolina address for registered sex offenders
The count of registered sex offenders 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.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.
South Carolina county sex offender registries. South Carolina county pages for every county we cover.
- Aiken County sex offender registry
- Anderson County sex offender registry
- Beaufort County sex offender registry
- Berkeley County sex offender registry
- Charleston County sex offender registry
- Dorchester County sex offender registry
- Florence County sex offender registry
- Greenville County sex offender registry
- Horry County sex offender registry
- Lancaster County sex offender registry
- Lexington County sex offender registry
- Pickens County sex offender registry
- Richland County sex offender registry
- Spartanburg County sex offender registry
- Sumter County sex offender registry
- York County sex offender registry
Sex offenders in South Carolina cities. South Carolina city pages, each with its own count and map.
South Carolina county arrest records: criminal records by county. Each county’s jail roster, courts and inmate search; the state’s own page is South Carolina criminal records.
Background checks in South Carolina. Plain guides to what a check shows.
South Carolina sex offender alerts. Get alerts for South Carolina.
We'll email you when a registered offender is added or moves near your South Carolina address — a recurring watch on our continuously updated data.
The count near your address is free. Family Watch — up to 3 addresses with email alerts — is $34.99 a year, or $6.99 a month, optional, and you can cancel any time.
This is not a consumer report and must not be used for FCRA-governed hiring, tenancy, or credit decisions — those run through FCRA Partner Access.
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