Washington Sex Offender Registry: How to Check

Before you offer on a home in Washington, run its address through the official registry: the Washington Sex Offender Public Registry (WASOR), run by Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). It is free, it takes two minutes, and it is the check listing sites never do for you.

Run the check

1. Open the official Washington registry. 2. Search by the home's street address (a radius or map search works best). 3. Note the counts within a quarter mile, a half mile, and a mile — distance bands tell you more than a single pin. 4. Repeat the search the week you close. Registries update as people move and register new addresses.

Can you get an exact count in Washington?

Partly — Washington's official search can produce a count, but only through the route below (a subset, a radius detour, a CAPTCHA or a display cap), so getting the number takes an extra step.

How it works: Entry is a county portal picker on OffenderWatch; within a county, ZIP/address search works, but WASPC publishes Level 2/3 and non-compliant Level 1/kidnap registrants only — ZIP counts are subset counts via a county detour.

Worth knowing: icrimewatch returns a bot-check page to automated fetch; NSOPW links this exact page as Washington's official entry.

Method checked against the NSOPW state directory on 2026-11-04.

How to read what comes back

Treat the addresses as reported addresses: the system depends on registrants reporting moves and on agencies processing them, so the map is a strong signal, not a guarantee. Judge the pattern around the address — how many, how close, typical for the area or an outlier — and remember the registry lists only people required to register; it is not a crime map.

How CurbFacts uses this data

A CurbFacts report summarizes the same public registry data as ZIP-level counts for the address — never offender names or photos. The full Washington records guide and the Washington disclosure guide cover the rest of the record file.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get an exact registrant count for a Washington address?

Partly. Entry is a county portal picker on OffenderWatch; within a county, ZIP/address search works, but WASPC publishes Level 2/3 and non-compliant Level 1/kidnap registrants only — ZIP counts are subset counts via a county detour.

Who runs the Washington registry?

The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) — the official search is the Washington Sex Offender Public Registry (WASOR). It is free; if a site asks you to pay for registry results, you are on a data broker.

Does a CurbFacts report show offender names or photos?

No. Reports show the count of registrants in the home's ZIP from state registry data, and link you to the official registry if you want the underlying public record.

Sources: fennemorelaw.com · waspc.org