Sex Offenders in Ames, IA
We index about 84 registered sex offenders with an Ames address.
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Registered sex offenders in Ames by the numbers. About 1 in 791 residents is on the registry.
- About 84 registrants we index list an Ames address — about 1 in 791 residents.
- That is 12.6 per 10,000 residents, about 44% below the Iowa average of 22.5.
- Ames accounts for about 1% of the registrants we index in Iowa.
- It ranks 10th of the 11 Iowa cities we publish pages for by number of registrants we index, and 9th of 11 by rate per resident.
- Ames is in Story County.
- The closest cities we publish pages for are Ankeny (about 21 miles away), Des Moines (about 32 miles) and West Des Moines (about 34 miles).
Counts are registrants we index with an Ames address as of October 2026, rounded and approximate — not an official figure. The figure moves continuously — search for the current picture on any specific person. Rates use 2020 Census population. Iowa sex offender statistics.
Ames sex offender rate: how Ames compares. Ames against Iowa and the US.
Registrants we index per 10,000 residents as of October 2026, against the Iowa and national averages. All three rows come from the same continuously updated dataset, so the comparison divides like by like.
| Area | Registrants we index | Per 10,000 residents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ames, IA | 84 | 12.6 | |
| Iowa average | 7,170 | 22.5 | |
| United States average | 1,563,010 | 47.2 |
Sex offenders near your Ames address: a city-wide figure is not your street. How many live near your Ames address?
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Sex offenders near me in Ames — and everywhere else at once. Checking a date, a neighbor or a new sitter? Type their name.
People move. A check limited to Ames misses a registration anywhere else, so a search here covers every US registry — the 50 states, DC and the territories — and lets you narrow to Ames by city or ZIP when that is the question. Every result is scored, carries its photographs, and links to the official registry record.
Checking around a specific address? Search sex offenders near me by address or ZIP. Searching the whole state? See the Iowa sex offender registry.
Iowa sex offender registry: how Iowa’s registry works for a Ames search. Three things that make a Ames search accurate.
Ames sex offender search by address: search near an address in Ames. Start from the street you care about.
The question most people bring to a Ames page is about one street — a home you are renting, a school, a park, a babysitter’s house. Enter that address or its ZIP code and pick a radius: a few blocks for a single home, a mile or more for a neighborhood. Results are the full registry records nearest that point, with photographs, offenses and the link to the official record.
Radius search sees registrants whose published address we have placed on a map coordinate, so when you are checking a particular person, search their name as well. To keep watching an area rather than checking once, set up a location alert and you will be emailed when someone registered nearby is added or moves in.
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Iowa sex offender record: what a Iowa registry record shows — and what it doesn’t. Read the record, not just the name.
A registry record typically carries the registrant’s name and any aliases, a photograph, the address they last reported, the offense or offenses that required registration, and their registration status. Most also give a physical description, and many give a risk level or tier.
What it is not: a full criminal history. A registry lists the offenses that carry a registration duty, not every arrest or conviction, and an address is where someone last reported living, not proof of where they are today. Offenses that never required registration will not appear here at all — that is what a criminal records search is for.
Search sex offenders in Ames two ways. Two ways to use it: look up a person, or check around an address.
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Ames offender search FAQ. Quick answers before you search.
Are there sex offenders near me in Ames?
Yes — we index about 84 registrants with an Ames address, about 12.6 per 10,000 residents. Whether any live near you depends on the street, not the city average, so search from your own address or ZIP and widen the radius until it covers the area you care about.
How many sex offenders are in Ames, IA?
We index approximately 84 registrants with an Ames address — about 1 in 791 residents. Treat the figure as scale rather than a fixed number: the registered population moves continuously as people are added, move, or are released from the requirement. When you need an answer about a specific person, run a search.
How do I find sex offenders in Ames by address?
Enter a Ames street address or ZIP code and create a free account to see how many registered sex offenders live near it. To see who they are — names, photographs, offenses and exact addresses — it is $5 once, or $5 a month with an email when someone moves in or out. Checking one person? Search by name; your first 25 searches are free.
How do I check a specific person in Ames?
Type their last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, or narrow to Ames by city or ZIP. You get scored matches with photographs and official record links. Your first 25 searches are free, no card required.
Does a Ames search include people registered in other states?
Yes — that is the point of searching here rather than one state's site. A search runs across every US registry at once, so someone now in Ames who was registered elsewhere still surfaces. Narrowing to Ames filters where people live; it never shrinks where we look.
Which cities near Ames have their own sex offender page?
Nearby, we publish pages for Ankeny (about 21 miles away), Des Moines (about 32 miles) and West Des Moines (about 34 miles), each with its own count. Distances are straight lines between the cities. To cover the area around one address instead, search outward from it and widen the radius past the city line.
Can I get an alert when a registered sex offender moves to Ames?
Yes. A location monitor watches an address and radius in Ames and emails you when someone registered nearby is added or moves in, so you are not re-running the same search every few weeks.
Is this the official registry list?
No single official "list of sex offenders in Ames" exists — registries are maintained per jurisdiction, not per city. What you search here is our continuously updated national dataset, each record carrying a link to its official registry entry so you can verify any result at the source that published it.
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