Neighbour is a convicted paedophile

Both, I imagine. He's been around for three years, living there for one year.

Well thinking logically I would rather live near a convicted peadophile than an unknown one. At least you know what this guy is and to keep your distance. If he had gone undetected you might be making neighbourly friends with him, especially due to the family connection and be none the wiser.

Whilst I appreciate that online looking is not a victimless crime by any means, there is a difference in risk according to whether someone indulges in a fantasy or takes steps to put it into practice. You are right to be concerned as paedophiles are notoriously hard to reform. I operate on the assumption that they are probably a fair few in every neighbourhood. However, as i'm careful with who has access to my children, it's not something that rules my life.

Most definitely not.
A paedophile is a paedophile.
I'm not minimising op situation unfortunately these fuckers do live amongst us.

We live in a popular area in the south of Birmingham. I'm sure there's men in my immediate neighbourhood who have looked at indecent images of children.

Am I worried about my children? No, because none of my neighbours babysits my children.

he has been living on our street with his partner for at least a year

I have seen his face regularly for over three years

which is it op?

Yes exactly. The opposite: he is a known threat surely.
Is be upset too OP and I would talk to the police.

All these people on here saying mind your own business, he's not a threat etc, are the same people that when these nonce freaks are caught wanking outside a school/grooming a local child/caught with 1000s of child sex abuse images on their device say oh why did no one do anything, someone must have known.
I'm sorry you are upset OP, I would be too, paedophiles ruin lives in so many ways, I agree with the people saying it is good you are aware of him because you can keep an eye on him.
Although if it was me I wouldn't keep quiet, everyone in street would know within an hour!

The ones you know about are also a concern. Or do you think they are suddenly not paedophiles once they are convicted?

One lives on the next street to me. Right next to a school. Kids walk past his house twice a day. Every day. He’s lost custody of his own children. In a relationship with a woman who has a young child. Police don’t do anything. You’ll just have to live your life knowing he’s there

He will be less risk than others to your family as you know who he is and what he has done. You can take what steps you feel you need to in order to keep your children safe.

He will most likely be on the sex offenders register and monitored by police. Pedophiles are vile and deserve a special place in hell but the opportunity in this is you will now be even more aware of risks to your children and can put in preventative measures.

I remember that the thickos defaced a brass sign it was the dr's name and her profession.. paediatrician.
Op you live your life at least you know what he is ,it's the ones you don't know about are the concern.

He may not be allowed to live near a school. And our neighbour isn't allowed to be in places where children might be, such as a restaurant or a pub, without notifying the police.

There will be plenty of people everywhere who have committed offences. I used to attend MAPPA meetings and truthfully, offenders were everywhere. It's quite possible that many of us live near people who have committed horrendous offences. The best thing you can do is give your children appropriate advice so they don't go to 'look at kittens' etc so they are safe.

I would be totally disgusted too. Yes it's true there's nothing you can do and it's also true that it's a better thing to know about him and to be cautious.

Such people are allowed to move into communities and
have a level of anonymity. Their wellbeing and opportunity to move on is put in front of safeguarding our children. Anyone living close to someone with such convictions should be informed.

No advice but solidarity as we have one living on our street, he was named/pictured when he reoffended more recently and his street address was stated in the newspaper. His house has been up for sale ever since however it isn’t budging unfortunately - probably because it’s not hard to find the news articles. Makes me feel sick every time I see him but at least I know who he is, there must be lots of people living next to criminals of any nature with no idea.

It’s really discombobulating. A friend’s husband has just been convicted looking a child abuse videos. I’ve had that man in my house, around my children.

I was horrified that I could have let some who could do that into our lives.

The good thing is you know he's. Paedophile and can keep your kids away. ,here will be loads more non convicted Paedophile, s you don't know about.

Of course there are no restrictions saying he can't live a certain distance from children. How would that ever work? Every street will have children on it.

Good idea, I’d report it to the police just in case.

Op I would feel uncomfortable too. But I guess other than the police thing above, you decide if you can live with it or not. I’d obvs never get friendly with them!

He's not a threat to your children and presumably won't have access to them

And you know that how? He's a paedophile.

I genuinely don't understand the strength of your reaction. He's not a threat to your children and presumably won't have access to them.

There are so many people who have criminal records and many more who are committing illegal acts but simply haven't been caught / you don't know about.

I'm more concerned with neighbours/teachers/family members/police/doctors etc. We tend to trust certain professionals without asking enough questions. I'd rather spend time considering how we raise kids to be aware and alert to danger without putting the fear of god into them and labelling every stranger as dodgy!

Same here. But a London Labour councillor (Hackney). Also a suspended sentence, for downloading the worst stuff. That's how they caught him, the idiot freak was uploading images to his Google drive.

There's probably loads of paedophiles in your road and the surrounding area.

The difference is they're not convicted, so no-one knows 🤷‍♂️