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Sex Offenders in Gastonia, NC

We index about 214 registered sex offenders with a Gastonia address.

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Registered sex offenders in Gastonia by the numbers. About 1 in 376 residents is on the registry.

214
registrants we index with a Gastonia address
26.6
per 10,000 residents · North Carolina 29.8
under 1%
of the registrants we index in North Carolina
12th of 19
North Carolina cities by number · 4th by rate
  • About 214 registrants we index list a Gastonia address — about 1 in 376 residents.
  • That is 26.6 per 10,000 residents, about 11% below the North Carolina average of 29.8.
  • Gastonia accounts for under 1% of the registrants we index in North Carolina.
  • It ranks 12th of the 19 North Carolina cities we publish pages for by number of registrants we index, and 4th of 19 by rate per resident.
  • Gastonia is in Gaston County, where we index about 660 registrants — Gastonia is about 32% of that.
  • Gastonia is the county seat of Gaston County.
  • The closest cities we publish pages for are Huntersville (about 19 miles away), Charlotte (about 20 miles), Rock Hill, SC (about 23 miles), Mooresville (about 31 miles) and Concord (about 33 miles).

Counts are registrants we index with a Gastonia 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. North Carolina sex offender statistics.

Gastonia sex offender rate: how Gastonia compares. Gastonia against North Carolina and the US.

Registrants we index per 10,000 residents as of October 2026, against the North Carolina and national averages. All three rows come from the same continuously updated dataset, so the comparison divides like by like.

AreaRegistrants we indexPer 10,000 residents
Gastonia, NC21426.6
North Carolina average31,09829.8
United States average1,563,01047.2

Sex offenders near your Gastonia address: a city-wide figure is not your street. How many live near your Gastonia address?

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Sex offenders near me in Gastonia — and everywhere else at once. Checking a date, a neighbor or a new sitter? Type their name.

People move. A check limited to Gastonia 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 Gastonia 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. Looking wider than Gastonia? See the Gaston County sex offender registry. Searching the whole state? See the North Carolina sex offender registry.

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Jordan A. SampleMatch · full birth date
Born1980-04-12 · age 46Addressresidence · 1200 block Main St, Gastonia, NCOffenseSexual offense against a childTierModerate risk · compliantRegistryNorth Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SBI)
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North Carolina sex offender registry: how North Carolina’s registry works for a Gastonia search. Three things that make a Gastonia search accurate.

01North Carolina's registry publishes a full date of birth, so if you know the person's birthday a match can be confirmed precisely. With a common name, a matching date of birth is the fastest way to tell two people apart.
02North Carolina’s own public search is North Carolina Sex Offender Registry (SBI). It answers for North Carolina only. People move across state lines, and a check limited to North Carolina misses a registration made anywhere else. A Gastonia search here reaches North Carolina, its neighbors (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) and every other US registry in the same pass — so a registration from a prior state still surfaces on someone who now lives in Gastonia.
03Read the record, not just the name. Names repeat, so confirm the photograph, the date of birth or age, and the offense detail, then follow the official record link to verify at the source.

Gastonia sex offender search by address: search near an address in Gastonia. Start from the street you care about.

The question most people bring to a Gastonia 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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Gastonia sex offender map. Each dot is a registered address; the rings are drawn around yours.

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North Carolina sex offender record: what a North Carolina 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.

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Search sex offenders in Gastonia two ways. Two ways to use it: look up a person, or check around an address.

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Gastonia offender search FAQ. Quick answers before you search.

Are there sex offenders near me in Gastonia?

Yes — we index about 214 registrants with a Gastonia address, about 26.6 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 Gastonia, NC?

We index approximately 214 registrants with a Gastonia address — about 1 in 376 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 Gastonia by address?

Enter a Gastonia 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.

Is there a Gaston County sex offender list?

Registries are kept by the state, not the county, so there is no separate official county list. The Gaston County page lists the registrants we index across the county (about 660), with a per-city breakdown, and a search can be narrowed to any Gaston County city or ZIP.

How do I check a specific person in Gastonia?

Type their last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, or narrow to Gastonia 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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia who was registered elsewhere still surfaces. Narrowing to Gastonia filters where people live; it never shrinks where we look.

Which cities near Gastonia have their own sex offender page?

Nearby, we publish pages for Huntersville (about 19 miles away), Charlotte (about 20 miles), Rock Hill, SC (about 23 miles), Mooresville (about 31 miles) and Concord (about 33 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 Gastonia?

Yes. A location monitor watches an address and radius in Gastonia 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 Gastonia" 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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Criminal records in Gaston County. Gastonia is in Gaston County: arrest records, the jail roster and court records.

Who is in the Gaston County Jail, which court hears a Gaston County case and where its files are kept, and a name search across the county jail roster and North Carolina records.

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