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Check Sex Offender Registry by Contacting:

Division of Criminal Justice Srvs
Sexual Offender Registry
4 Tower Place, Rm 604
Albany, NY   12203

p (518) 457-3167     f (518) 485-5805
Website

Check Criminal Records by Contacting:

Division of Criminal Justice Services
Record Review Unit
4 Tower Place
Albany, NY   12203

p (518) 457-6043     f (518) 457-6550
Website

Check Incarceration Records by Contacting:

New York Department of Correctional Services
Building 2 - Central Files
1220 Washington Ave
Albany, NY   12226-2050

p (518) 457-5000     f (518) 457-4966
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New York Crime Stats

New York Criminal Records Statistics

New York Criminal Records Statistics

Recorded crime total for 2006: 376,829

Number of crimes per capita: 2741.51

Most "dangerous" New York city: Ocean Beach Village

Crime Threat Level: 2


Other states with a crime threat level of 2:
Idaho - Minnesota - North Dakota - South Dakota - Wisconsin

New York Criminal Activity Breakdown

New York Criminal Activity Breakdown

Murders: 825
Rapes: 2,195
Robberies: 31,928
Assaults: 39,087
Property Crime: 224,887


New York exceeds the national average in:
Robbery


Free New York Background Checks and Criminal Records

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Free Background Checks USA can help you get the information you need fast and with no hassles. To get the same information yourself, you would have to contact the Division of Criminal Justice Srvs Sexual Offender Registry, the Division of Criminal Justice Services Record Review Unit as well as the New York Department of Correctional Services, and even then, you still would have work to do. No one can get you the information you need faster and with less work than Free Background Checks USA.

Tips on newyork Background Searches

People who are interested in locating New York criminal records can find this information through different sites on the internet. Sometimes it can be confusing on where to search but it does not have to be this way. The state has a public site that will allow you to search through these records.

Your New York criminal records search can start out at the New York Division of Criminal Just Services site. Here you can search for records on missing children, sex offenders, criminal history and even most wanted criminals. This sounds great but at times the site can be slow and have bugs that will not allow you to get the results that you want.

If you find that you cannot get the results that you want out of the site you can go to a search site that is dedicated to helping you find these records. All you have to do is enter the information about the person whose record you want to find. You can get results in under 1 minute instead of having to spend hours searching through other websites or going to the courthouse.

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