Sex Offenders in Wake Forest, NC
We index about 37 registered sex offenders with a Wake Forest address.
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Registered sex offenders in Wake Forest by the numbers. About 1 in 1,297 residents is on the registry.
- About 37 registrants we index list a Wake Forest address — about 1 in 1,297 residents.
- That is 7.7 per 10,000 residents, about 74% below the North Carolina average of 29.8.
- Wake Forest accounts for under 1% of the registrants we index in North Carolina.
- It ranks 18th of the 19 North Carolina cities we publish pages for by number of registrants we index, and 18th of 19 by rate per resident.
- Wake Forest is in Wake County, where we index about 2,988 registrants — Wake Forest is about 1% of that.
- The closest cities we publish pages for are Raleigh (about 11 miles away), Durham (about 22 miles) and Rocky Mount (about 39 miles).
Counts are registrants we index with a Wake Forest 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.
Wake Forest sex offender rate: how Wake Forest compares. Wake Forest 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.
| Area | Registrants we index | Per 10,000 residents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest, NC | 37 | 7.7 | |
| North Carolina average | 31,098 | 29.8 | |
| United States average | 1,563,010 | 47.2 |
Sex offenders near your Wake Forest address: a city-wide figure is not your street. How many live near your Wake Forest address?
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Sex offenders near me in Wake Forest — and everywhere else at once. Checking a date, a neighbor or a new sitter? Type their name.
People move. A check limited to Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest? See the Wake County sex offender registry. Searching the whole state? See the North Carolina sex offender registry.
Sex offenders in other cities in Wake County. Other cities in Wake County, side by side with Wake Forest.
Registrants we index in the other Wake County cities we publish pages for — useful when you live near a city line, or are checking a commute, a school or a relative’s neighborhood.
| City | Registrants we index | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest | 37 | 7.7 |
| Raleigh | 2,522 | 53.9 |
| Wake County (all) | 2,988 | 26.5 |
North Carolina sex offender registry: how North Carolina’s registry works for a Wake Forest search. Three things that make a Wake Forest search accurate.
Wake Forest sex offender search by address: search near an address in Wake Forest. Start from the street you care about.
The question most people bring to a Wake Forest 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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Wake Forest sex offender map. Each dot is a registered address; the rings are drawn around yours.
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.
Search sex offenders in Wake Forest two ways. Two ways to use it: look up a person, or check around an address.
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Is it free to check sex offenders in Wake Forest, NC? The count near your address is free, and so are 25 name look-ups.
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Wake Forest offender search FAQ. Quick answers before you search.
Are there sex offenders near me in Wake Forest?
Yes — we index about 37 registrants with a Wake Forest address, about 7.7 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 Wake Forest, NC?
We index approximately 37 registrants with a Wake Forest address — about 1 in 1,297 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 Wake Forest by address?
Enter a Wake Forest 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 Wake County sex offender list?
Registries are kept by the state, not the county, so there is no separate official county list. The Wake County page lists the registrants we index across the county (about 2,988), with a per-city breakdown, and a search can be narrowed to any Wake County city or ZIP.
How do I check a specific person in Wake Forest?
Type their last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, or narrow to Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest who was registered elsewhere still surfaces. Narrowing to Wake Forest filters where people live; it never shrinks where we look.
Which cities near Wake Forest have their own sex offender page?
Nearby, we publish pages for Raleigh (about 11 miles away), Durham (about 22 miles) and Rocky Mount (about 39 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 Wake Forest?
Yes. A location monitor watches an address and radius in Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest" 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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