National criminal booking records (with mugshots where available) and sex offender registry data sourced exclusively from public records. Positioned for B2B use cases such as investigative research, journalistic work, compliance screening of business entities, and community-safety research. GSDSI is not a Consumer Reporting Agency and this dataset is not a consumer report; it is not intended for, and must not be used for, FCRA-regulated purposes such as decisions regarding consumer credit, insurance, employment, housing, or the granting of government benefits.
Product Answer Summary
Product category: Land-Based Data & Specialized Files
What it contains: Criminal booking records, Sex offender registry, Mugshot images, Offense classification
Delivery formats: CSV, TXT, SQL
Who uses it: enterprise data buyers evaluating activation, measurement, analytics, enrichment, risk, or research workflows.
Key Features
National coverage
Public records sourced
Regular update cadence
Compliance-ready formats
Feed Specifications
Record scale: National public-records coverage
Coverage: United States
Refresh cadence: Regular update cadence
Delivery formats: CSV, TXT, SQL
How Criminal and Registry Data Is Compiled
GSDSI's National Criminal and Sex Offender Files are compiled exclusively from publicly available records sourced from county, state, and federal court systems, law enforcement booking databases, and state sex offender registries. Criminal booking records include the individual's name, booking date, arresting agency, charges filed, offense classification (felony/misdemeanor), and disposition where available. Sex offender registry records include registrant information as published by state registries in compliance with Megan's Law and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Mugshot images are included where jurisdictions make them publicly available. The dataset is updated on a regular cadence to reflect new bookings, case dispositions, and registry changes, so screening applications work with current information.
Common Applications for Public-Records Research
Consumer reporting agencies, PropTech platforms, and licensed background-check providers ingest GSDSI's criminal-records data as a raw input into their own FCRA-regulated workflows for rental-qualification and employer-suitability decisions, consistent with Fair Housing Act guidelines and applicable state and federal regulations — GSDSI itself is not a consumer reporting agency and does not furnish consumer reports. Ride-sharing and gig economy platforms incorporate ongoing criminal record monitoring to maintain safety standards for their user communities. Community safety applications and neighborhood awareness platforms use sex offender registry data to provide residents with location-based notifications about registered offenders in their area, all within the bounds of public records access laws.
How buyers diligence public-records offender files
Public-records files require strict permissible-use review around source recency, jurisdiction coverage, disposition handling, and non-FCRA restrictions.
Product-specific diligence checks
Review jurisdiction coverage, update cadence, source URLs, and dispositions.
Confirm public-records provenance and image handling.
Document non-FCRA restrictions in downstream workflows.
Validate dispute, deletion, correction, and suppression processes where applicable.