The CrimeoMeter Sex Offenders API — 2 published operations (record search and radius search) over US state sex offender registry data, transcribed from CrimeoMeter's public Postman collection.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: CrimeoMeter Sex Offenders API
description: 'The Sex Offenders API by CrimeoMeter (CityCop Corporation dba CrimeoMeter) returns
registered sex offender records across the United States, searchable by zip code,
name, alias, birthdate, last-updated window, or by latitude/longitude radius.'
version: v5
contact:
name: CrimeoMeter
url: https://www.crimeometer.com/#contactus
termsOfService: https://www.crimeometer.com/tos
servers:
- url: https://api.crimeometer.com/v5
description: Production v5 — the version published in CrimeoMeter's public Postman collection (2024-07-26)
- url: https://api.crimeometer.com/v3
description: v3 — the version still documented on the Sex Offenders API product page (www.crimeometer.com/sex-offenders-api)
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Sex Offenders
description: Registered sex offender records across the United States.
paths:
/sex-offenders/records:
get:
tags:
- Sex Offenders
summary: Search registered sex offender records
description: 'Returns registered sex offender records filtered by zip code, name, alias,
birthdate, or a last-updated window. Parameter set transcribed from the
published Postman collection requests.'
operationId: getSexOffenderRecords
parameters:
- in: query
name: zipcode
schema:
type: string
description: Zip code to search (fuzzy/prefix match as published).
example: '11212'
- in: query
name: exact_zipcode
schema:
type: string
description: Zip code to match exactly.
example: '11212'
- in: query
name: first_name
schema:
type: string
description: Offender first name.
example: CHRISTOPHER
- in: query
name: last_name
schema:
type: string
description: Offender last name.
example: ANDREWS
- in: query
name: birthdate
schema:
type: string
format: date
description: Offender birthdate, YYYY-MM-DD.
example: '1975-02-11'
- in: query
name: alias
schema:
type: string
description: Known alias to search (fuzzy match as published).
example: HARPER, MICHAEL
- in: query
name: exact_alias
schema:
type: string
description: Known alias to match exactly.
example: HARPER, MICHAEL
- in: query
name: last_updated_after
schema:
type: string
description: Lower bound on sex_offender_last_updated, published in the form "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS".
example: '2026-01-01 00:00:00'
- in: query
name: last_updated_before
schema:
type: string
description: Upper bound on sex_offender_last_updated, published in the form "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS".
example: '2027-01-01 00:00:00'
responses:
'200':
description: Matching sex offender records.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SexOffenderRecords'
'403':
description: 'Returned by the AWS API Gateway edge when the x-api-key header is missing, invalid, or the key is not entitled to the resource. Observed live on 2026-08-28 (x-amzn-errortype: ForbiddenException).'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
message: Forbidden
/sex-offenders/location:
get:
tags:
- Sex Offenders
summary: Search registered sex offenders around a location
description: 'Returns registered sex offender records within a radius of a latitude/longitude
point, optionally constrained to a last-updated window. Parameter set transcribed
from the published Postman collection requests.'
operationId: getSexOffendersByLocation
parameters:
- in: query
name: lat
required: true
schema:
type: number
format: double
description: Latitude of the search centre.
example: 41.9777476245164
- in: query
name: lon
required: true
schema:
type: number
format: double
description: Longitude of the search centre.
example: -87.6472903440513
- in: query
name: distance
schema:
type: string
description: Search radius, published in the form "<number>mi" (e.g. 5mi, 10mi).
example: 10mi
- in: query
name: last_updated_after
schema:
type: string
description: Lower bound on sex_offender_last_updated, published in the form "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS".
example: '2024-01-01 00:00:00'
- in: query
name: last_updated_before
schema:
type: string
description: Upper bound on sex_offender_last_updated, published in the form "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS".
example: '2025-01-01 00:00:00'
responses:
'200':
description: Matching sex offender records near the supplied point.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SexOffenderRecords'
'403':
description: Returned by the AWS API Gateway edge when the x-api-key header is missing or invalid. Observed live on 2026-08-28.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
message: Forbidden
components:
schemas:
SexOffender:
type: object
description: Field set transcribed from the single published response example. Types are inferred from the example values; no field was added that the example does not show.
properties:
sex_offender_state:
type: string
description: Two-letter US state code.
sex_offender_location:
type: string
description: City or locality.
sex_offender_zipcode:
type: string
sex_offender_lat:
type: number
format: double
sex_offender_lon:
type: number
format: double
sex_offender_name:
type: string
description: Full name as registered.
sex_offender_first_name:
type: string
sex_offender_middle_name:
type: string
sex_offender_last_name:
type: string
sex_offender_birthdate:
type: string
format: date
sex_offender_age:
type: integer
sex_offender_address_line1:
type: string
sex_offender_address_line2:
type: string
sex_offender_sex:
type: string
sex_offender_race:
type: string
sex_offender_height:
type: string
description: Published as free text, e.g. "6ft 00in".
sex_offender_weight:
type: string
description: Published as a string in the example.
sex_offender_hair:
type: string
sex_offender_eyes:
type: string
sex_offender_marks:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited scars/marks/tattoos.
sex_offender_aliases:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited known aliases.
sex_offender_charges:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited registered charges.
sex_offender_changes:
type: string
description: Most recent registered change record.
sex_offender_is_predator:
type: string
description: Published as the string "true"/"false" in the example.
sex_offender_is_absconder:
type: string
description: Published as the string "true"/"false" in the example.
sex_offender_image_url:
type: string
format: uri
sex_offender_last_updated:
type: string
format: date-time
sex_offender_created:
type: string
format: date-time
sex_offender_last_synced:
type: string
format: date-time
sex_offender_is_synced:
type: boolean
SexOffenderRecords:
type: object
description: Envelope derived from the response example CrimeoMeter publishes on https://www.crimeometer.com/sex-offenders-api.
properties:
sex_offenders_count:
type: integer
description: Total number of matching records.
pages_count:
type: integer
description: Number of result pages available for the query.
sex_offenders:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SexOffender'
Error:
type: object
description: Error envelope observed on live unauthenticated calls (AWS API Gateway shape).
properties:
message:
type: string
examples:
- Forbidden
- Missing Authentication Token
securitySchemes:
apiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-api-key
description: Private API key issued by CrimeoMeter. Requested through the "Contact Us" form on www.crimeometer.com; there is no self-service key issuance endpoint.