Sex Offenders in Owensboro, KY
We index about 50 registered sex offenders with an Owensboro address.
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Registered sex offenders in Owensboro by the numbers. About 1 in 1,205 residents is on the registry.
- About 50 registrants we index list an Owensboro address — about 1 in 1,205 residents.
- That is 8.3 per 10,000 residents, about 66% below the Kentucky average of 24.5.
- Owensboro accounts for under 1% of the registrants we index in Kentucky.
- It ranks 3rd of the 4 Kentucky cities we publish pages for by number of registrants we index, and 3rd of 4 by rate per resident.
- Owensboro is in Daviess County, where we index about 488 registrants — Owensboro is about 10% of that.
- Owensboro is the county seat of Daviess County.
- The closest other city we publish a page for is Evansville, IN (about 28 miles away).
Counts are registrants we index with an Owensboro 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. Kentucky sex offender statistics.
Owensboro sex offender rate: how Owensboro compares. Owensboro against Kentucky and the US.
Registrants we index per 10,000 residents as of October 2026, against the Kentucky 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owensboro, KY | 50 | 8.3 | |
| Kentucky average | 11,036 | 24.5 | |
| United States average | 1,563,010 | 47.2 |
Sex offenders near your Owensboro address: a city-wide figure is not your street. How many live near your Owensboro address?
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Sex offenders near me in Owensboro — and everywhere else at once. Checking a date, a neighbor or a new sitter? Type their name.
People move. A check limited to Owensboro 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 Owensboro 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 Owensboro? See the Daviess County sex offender registry. Searching the whole state? See the Kentucky sex offender registry.
Sex offenders by ZIP code in Owensboro. Each Owensboro ZIP code with its own count.
Registrants we index with each Owensboro ZIP code, for the ZIP codes we publish a page for. A ZIP code is a mail-delivery area, so one can cross the city line; the city figure above follows the city boundary.
Kentucky sex offender registry: how Kentucky’s registry works for a Owensboro search. Three things that make a Owensboro search accurate.
Owensboro sex offender search by address: search near an address in Owensboro. Start from the street you care about.
The question most people bring to a Owensboro 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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Owensboro sex offender map. Each dot is a registered address; the rings are drawn around yours.
Kentucky sex offender record: what a Kentucky 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 Owensboro two ways. Two ways to use it: look up a person, or check around an address.
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Owensboro offender search FAQ. Quick answers before you search.
Are there sex offenders near me in Owensboro?
Yes — we index about 50 registrants with an Owensboro address, about 8.3 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 Owensboro, KY?
We index approximately 50 registrants with an Owensboro address — about 1 in 1,205 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 Owensboro by address?
Enter a Owensboro street address or ZIP code and create a free account to see how many registered sex offenders live near it. To see everyone near it — names, photographs, offenses and exact addresses — it is $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with an email when someone moves in or out. Checking one person? A Background Check is $9.99; your first 25 name searches are free.
Is there a Daviess County sex offender list?
Registries are kept by the state, not the county, so there is no separate official county list. The Daviess County page lists the registrants we index across the county (about 488), with a per-city breakdown, and a search can be narrowed to any Daviess County city or ZIP.
How do I check a specific person in Owensboro?
Type their last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, or narrow to Owensboro 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 Owensboro 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 Owensboro who was registered elsewhere still surfaces. Narrowing to Owensboro filters where people live; it never shrinks where we look.
Which cities near Owensboro have their own sex offender page?
Nearby, we publish pages for Evansville, IN (about 28 miles away), 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 Owensboro?
Yes. Family Watch watches up to 3 addresses in Owensboro or anywhere else — home, school, a grandparent's — and emails you when someone registered nearby is added, moves in or moves out, so you are not re-running the same search every few weeks. $34.99 a year, or $6.99 a month; cancel any time.
Is this the official registry list?
No single official "list of sex offenders in Owensboro" 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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