POLICE are probing a spate of bicycle thefts across Poole this week.

Sometime between 10.30pm on Tuesday and 6.30am on Wednesday, burglars broke into a shed in Wroxham Road, Branksome to steal a bright red Vitus Sommet VRS mountain bike.

The offenders broke a lock to get into the outbuilding.

A bike was stolen from outside a property in Rowan Drive, Creekmoor after 10.30am on Wednesday.

The thief also stole the securing lock and chain.

An electric bike was stolen from a home in Highmoor Road, Penn Hill between 11pm on Monday and 1am on Tuesday.

Thieves took a bike from a communal garage in Belle Vue Road, Penn Hill within the space of just two minutes last week.

Police say the bicycle was taken between 11.59pm on Friday, June 7 and 12.01am on Saturday, June 8.