Families living on a street where six cars were broken into – and a number tampered with – say they are too scared to sleep at for fear of criminals returning.
Thieves hit Supreme Street in Middleport in the early hours of this morning where residents were awoken by the sounds of cars being targeted.
And fed-up households say the incident isn't the first time the neighbourhood has witnessed crime with cars being broken into in the past and bikes being stolen. They claim this morning's incident is the third this year.
Now families admit they won't be sleeping well at night as they anticipate what the next issue will be.
Pam Dudley, of Supreme Street, discovered offenders had tried to get in her car. The 24-year-old said: "We can't sleep easy anymore because we don't know what is going to happen next.
"The police have been and my car has been tampered with so someone did try to get inside.
"It is really worrying that people have been trying to get in cars along the road so soon after it happened last time.
Neighbour Mena Perry, aged 56, said: "I was woken up this morning at around 2.15am when I heard voices outside.
"I looked out and I saw someone on the drive and then walk to the back of my neighbour's car. When I looked I saw that two men were inside the car.
"Luckily they woke up and scared them off but they came back down the road later.
"We can't sleep along here because we do not know when they will be back and when they are going to try and get into houses.
Police officers have been on the scene checking CCTV with forensic experts taking finger prints from the cars that were targeted.
A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "Officers responded to a 999 call at 3am this morning in the area of Supreme Street, Middleport.
Witnesses should call 101 and quote incident 65 of August 20.