POLICE in Poole are appealing for help after a number of vehicles were damaged across the area.

A vehicle had all four tyres slashed and the paintwork scratched sometime between 7pm on February 14 and 9am on February 16 in Upper Road, Newtown.

Meanwhile, two vehicles parked in Abbotsbury Way, Broadstone, were damaged between 6pm on February 15 and 8.30am on February 16.

Vandals cracked the windscreen of one vehicle and damaged the wing mirror of another.

A wing mirror was stolen from a vehicle parked in York Road in Creekmoor at around 9pm on February 14 and a wing mirror was also knocked off and broken in Aspen Gardens in Rossmore an hour later.

On February 16, a rear windscreen was smashed in Clarendon Road, Broadstone, at 12.45am, then later the same day a rear light was smashed in Lychett Drive sometime from 4.30pm onwards.

Police have also appealed for help after a van was broken into in Aspen Way in Rossmore.

A Makita drill was stolen sometime between 5pm on February 12 and 8am on February 16 after the thieves forced open the side doors.

Anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in relation to any of these crimes should contact Dorset Police on 101 or visit ask.ned.