VANDALS have caused hundreds of pounds damage to a Southampton community.

Police say three boys attacked four homes in Baxter Road and Hinton Crescent, smashing windows and damaging garden furniture.

Witness described the boys as being between the ages of seven and ten.

Later a car windscreen was damaged in Baxter Road and attempts were made to start another on fire.

Police are not ruling out this may be linked to the earlier incidents.

The first vandalism spate happened between 4.30pm and 5pm on Tuesday while the attack on the cars happened later on the evening and into the early hours of Wednesday.