THEFTS and criminal damage have been reported in the Newtown area of Poole this week.

An offender smashed the passenger side window of a vehicle in Rossmore Road at some point between 6pm on Wednesday and 6am the following day.

On Thursday evening, a thief attempted to force open the doors of a van in Ashley Road before smashing a window and stealing a number of tools, including a combi-drill, disc-cutter, several angle grinders, and batteries. That same evening, an offender smashed a window of a vehicle in Hermitage Road in an attempt to break into the vehicle. And in Trinidad Crescent a bicycle was stolen from a garden shed on Thursday afternoon.