Bath Voice News: vandals target cars in Bloomfield Road as Police appeal for CCTV footage

The Police and the BBC have reported on criminal damage to cars parked on Bloomfield Road in South Bath. The road linking Bear Flat to Frome Road as is often used as a cut through for traffic entering the city. It also has a 20mph speed limit and speed bumps to slow traffic.

In a statement Avon and Somerset Police said: “An investigation is being carried out after tyres on a large number of vehicles were damaged in Bath. We understand the damage was caused to vehicles parked in Bloomfield Road at some point between 11.30pm on Friday 20 September and 7am the following morning. Police attended the area yesterday (Saturday 21 September) to carry out CCTV and house-to-house enquiries.

Witnesses, or anyone who was driving in the area and has dashcam footage, is asked to contact us online or on 101 quoting reference number 5224249302. If you can help, please call 101 and give the call handler the reference number 5224249302, or complete our online appeals form.”

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