Police are to mount extra patrols in Sandy after teenagers smashed car mirrors, egged windows and kicked down fences during a spate of vandalism over the weekend.

The yobs, thought to be in their early teens, have targeted homes and cars in streets including St Neots Road and Kingsley Court.

Residents have taken to social media to complain, with one writing on the ‘Sandy, Bedfordshire’ Facebook group: “It’s a nightmare though – why do they feel the need to destroy other people’s property?”

Another commented: “The more reports police receive the better – it will hopefully bring some police presence in the area.”

A police spokeswoman told the Comet yesterday: “Since Friday we have received four reports of a group of youths carrying out anti-social behaviour in Sandy, including fences being damaged, bins being kicked and eggs being thrown at houses.

“Officers are in contact with the victims and investigations are ongoing.”

She added: “We are aware of ongoing anti-social behaviour issues in Sandy and take all reports of this behaviour seriously.

“We are working hard to tackle the issues and continue to act on intelligence from the community and examine CCTV to target those responsible and bring them to justice. We will also be putting on extra patrols in the area and we are also liaising with Central Bedfordshire Council to disrupt these nuisance youths.”

You can report incidents to police on 101, or 999 if a crime’s in progress. Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or crimestoppers-uk.org.