To think our neighbour is weird and to be wary of him?

[MumblingRagDoll]

We live in a quiet cul de sac and we are on nodding or chatting terms with nearly all the neighbours.....but the man who lives at the bottom...4 doors from us, is reserved and never says hello unless you REALLY look him in the eye and he cant avoid it....fair enough....but......my DC are 7 and 3 and the 7 year old goes out the front which is all open plan and rides her bike a lot....I usually keep an eye on her from the kitchen window

Whenever she does, he appears at the front of his property and messes about with something....he loiters iyswim.

Hes never actually DOING anything, just now he was sort of pushing his bin around...repeatedly re-positioning it.

My 3 year old wanted to go out so DH went with her and thats when he saw the neighbour kind of peering at our older DD from the cover of his garage...he was JUST inside and half hidden.

I cant see his house from my window as it's on my side....

AIBU to ask the police for one of those disclusure things?

This man lives alone and is about 55. He seems "normal" if shy/anti social.
WWYD?

OP, I don't think you are being unreasonable to be worried. I would definitely be.
But you can't stop him from looking at children and the best thing you can do is teach your dd to be safe.
I once had a neighbour who no-one ever saw. He was sometimes out in his garden and I would try to say hello and was usually ignored by him. I thought nothing of it until one day I noticed him trying to talk to my then 4 year old, and scarpering when he saw me go out into the garden. This happened twice more, after that I went out with my children whenever they were in the garden and taught them how be safe.
I think the moment he tries to approach your children without you knowing about it, is when I would become suspicious.

i love how you call him weird for spying out his windows when you are doing too lol

This is so sad. This is exactly the kind of attitude that makes my widower father (58 yo) worry about going for a walk in his local park alone. He says people look at his funny because he hasn't got a dog, so he's stopped going.