Free New York Background Checks and Criminal Records

There simply is no place like New York, both for law abiding citizens and for criminals. During the 2006 calendar year alone, there were 376,000 individual crimes reported statewide. You shouldn't underestimate the criminal element here, which is why more and more people are turning to Free Background Checks USA.

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.

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New York Fast Facts
  • Population: 13,745,329
  • Largest City: New York
  • State Capital: Albany
Free New York Background Checks

Run a free background check and obtain New York criminal records in three easy steps: First, run a Free People Search to obtain a missing address. Second, use the address to check the National Sex Offender Registry to verify if the individual has a recorded criminal history in New York.

Third, obtain criminal records from the 382 major New York cities and metropolitan areas (especially the large cities like New York) by contacting the following New York public records agencies:

Sex Offender Registry

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

Criminal Records

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

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

Incarceration Records

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
Website

Court Records

NY State Office of Court Administration
Office History Record Search
25 Beaver St, Rm 840 New York, NY, 10004

p (212) 428-2100
f (212) 428-2190
Website

How does New York and Ocean Beach Village (the state's most dangerous city) compare to other states?

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 Records Statistics

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

New York Criminal Activity Breakdown