Knowing who’s living next door to you is essential not only for personal peace of mind but also for fostering a positive living environment. We all want to live in a pleasant and friendly neighborhood, especially for a long-term residence, and avoid neighbors engaged in illicit activities, e.g. a drug dealer or sex offender who may disrupt the peace of the community.

In this post, we’ll introduce simple methods for you to discover who lives next door to you, without the need to knock on each door individually. 

Method 1 – Discover possible neighbors with an online people search

Many people find themselves unfamiliar with the neighbors they have lived alongside for years. However, there are occasions when we wish to learn more about a friendly and respectful neighbor or desire to connect with someone nearby who shares similar interests.

People search tools like BeenVerified will help. Simply input your name and it will pull a list of people living in your surrounding area. Or you can search by a neighbor’s name to explore their background and access relevant public records.

1) Go to the BeenVerified search page.

2) Enter your name and click SEARCH. Or enter someone’s name to conduct an in-depth background search.

3) It may take a couple of minutes to complete the search process. From the full report, you can see a list of possible neighbors in the Neighbors tab. Click View person report if you’re curious about more details.

The report contains their name, email address, phone number, and social media profiles. You can try getting in touch with your neighbors with this information. Also, it may reveal the person’s education, job, criminal or traffic records, and assets status.

A name search is straightforward. Alternatively, you can search by a specific address to identify who’s living there.

The reporting focuses on property-related information. To find your neighbor’s names, check out Possible Residents. You can identify the people currently living at the address by taking a look at the date of the data. Click View person report to access more details on an individual.

Method 2 – Look for relevant posts or profiles on social media

A people search tool is efficient and time-saving for finding the people you’re dealing with in everyday life. However, these services are not free. If you have the patience to search manually, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn are helpful resources for your detective job. 

Search for your neighborhood or a nearby address on the platform, and see if there are accounts, posts, or anything associated with the address tag. Consider joining the Facebook group of your community and neighborhood if you hope to connect with more neighbors in your area.

Method 3 – Track neighborhood safety with an app

If your intent is to assess the overall safety of a neighborhood rather than finding a particular neighbor, there are various helpful websites and apps. Offering crime rates, sex offender data, and neighborhood livability scores, they can assist you in researching an area’s safety.

• AreaVibes
  It calculates the Livability Score of cities, neighborhoods, or addresses in the United States and Canada to help you find the best place to live. Multiple factors are taken into account: amenities, cost of living, crime rates, education, employment, housing, user rating, etc.
• Family Watchdog
  By entering an address, you’ll see a map that pinpoints the addresses of nearby registered sex offenders. It also offers brief offender details including name & aliases, picture, home address, and conviction. After signing up, you’ll get the latest updates whenever an offender moves in/out of your neighborhood.
• SpotCrime
  Similar to Family Watchdog, SpotCrime maps crimes (arrests, arsons, assaults, robberies, shootings, or thefts) and delivers email alerts about what activity takes place in your area. It scours data not only from police departments but verified news reports.
• NextDoor
  Moving into a new neighborhood? Join NextDoor! It’s an interactive community that keeps you connected to the people or businesses happening near your home. You can use it to borrow tools, sell items, find a lost dog, or warn others about any suspicious activity.

So the best way to learn about the people living next door would be performing a people search with your name or reverse lookup addresses in your area. It not only lets you know the neighbor’s name but also obtains a detailed background report. You can also try a crime monitoring tool to see if you’re living next to a convicted criminal.

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