Widespread damage after night of destruction in Stroud
Eleven incidents were reported overnight on Monday
Extra police patrols are being carried out after a series of reports of criminal damage and anti-social behaviour in Stroud.
Officers received eleven reports in total, after a group of ten young people apparently used crockery taken from outside a charity shop to smash windows and damage cars and property.
At 2.35am police received a report of people throwing glass and mugs in Clarendon Court.
At 3.30am bricks were thrown at a parked car in Mill Farm Drive smashing the windscreen.
At 4am police received a report that a brick had been thrown through someone's living room window in Paganhill.
In Slad Road, a resident woke up to find their rear car window smashed.
In Gloucester street other residents woke to find a shop window had been smashed and broken china along the road.
A driver reported to police that plates had been smashed against his car causing damage in London Road overnight.
A business in London Road also reported to police an amount of broken crockery all around their premises and other businesses reported finding broken windows the following morning
In Mathews Way offenders climbed on to a bench and smashed a living room window with a brick during the night.
Nobody was injured in the incidents.
PSCO Jo Upton of the Stroud Neighbourhood policing team said: "We are appealing for any information, witnesses, CCTV or electronic doorbell footage of any of these incidents. This destructive behaviour will impact businesses and residents.
"Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any information no matter how small."