LINTHWAITE: Dec 28. Burglars smashed a small section of a double glazed ground floor bedroom window and reached through to open the window from inside. They made off with electrical goods, jewellery and cash.

MARSDEN: Dec 28/29. Vandals damaged paintwork on several cars parked in Woods Terrace.

CROSLAND MOOR: Dec 26. Man was arrested after he smashed a house window with a long pole.

LOCKWOOD: Dec 26. Man smashed window pane at a house in Devonshire Street.

December 27: Thieves stole gas meter from the front wall of a terrace house at 6pm.

LONGWOOD: Dec 28. Intruders snapped a Europrofile lock on a upvc front door to force their way into a house at 6pm. Alarm activated and they fled.

GOLCAR: Dec 31: Yobs hurled a garden ornament through the back window of a car.

MILNSBRIDGE: Dec 30: Intruders damaged the door of a warehouse at Yorkshire Fur Fabrics in George Street at about 7pm.