A teenage girl is due to appear in court having been charged with more than 20 offences including assaulting shop workers and stealing from stores across the city centre.

The girl, aged 14, faces 22 charges including criminal damage, shoplifting, assault and failing to comply with a dispersal order.

In one alleged incident, she is said to have assaulted a worker at Marlands shopping centre, before making racist comments to a police officer while being arrested.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: “These charges form part of our ongoing work tackling anti-social behaviour, theft and other associated criminal behaviour in the city centre. 

“As well as pursuing outcomes via the criminal justice route, police also work with partnership agencies including health and council services in cases of children under the age of 18 who repeatedly come to our attention.”

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In total, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of criminal damage, five counts of theft, and five counts of assault.

She’s also been charged with six counts of assaulting an emergency worker, one count of racially/religiously aggravated common assault, two counts of failing to comply with a Section 35 direction excluding a person from an area and one count of possession of a Class B drug.

She will face the charges, which relate to incidents between February and March, at a hearing at Southampton Magistrates Court on Monday.

On February 6, she is accused of causing damage worth £700 to a glass door at Asiamart on the High Street, while failing to comply with an order under Section 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 that excluded her from being in the city centre.

Cannabis was also reportedly located in her possession.

On two occasions across February 21 and 22, alcohol worth more than £50 is said to have been taken from John Lewis at Westquay shopping centre.

On February 22, she reportedly assaulted a staff member at Burger King, causing minor injuries, and more than £200 worth of damage was caused to a door inside the restaurant. A staff member was allegedly assaulted again at Burger King on March 16.

The next day on February 23, a member of staff at the Tesco Express store on the High Street and a police officer were both allegedly assaulted, sustaining minor injuries.

Five days later on February 28, it's alleged a 15-year-old girl was assaulted in Southampton city centre, causing injuries to her face and knee. The 14-year-old girl was arrested and on her attendance at the police station, four officers were said to have been assaulted, sustaining minor injuries.

She is said to have stolen wine and chocolate at the London Road Tesco Express store on the same day.

On March 1, various alcohol products were reportedly taken from Tesco Express on the High Street.

The following day a member of staff at the Marlands Shopping Centre was reportedly assaulted. On arrest, the 14-year-old girl is said to have assaulted a police officer and made racist comments towards him.

On March 4 a phone was allegedly stolen from a Blue Star bus.

On March 16, the girl is said to have failed to comply with an order under Section 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 that excluded her from being in the city centre.

The girl is next due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on March 24.

Speaking to the Echo, Cllr Christie Lambert, cabinet member for communities and safer city, said: "Southampton City Council works closely with the police, GO! Southampton and other stakeholders as part of the Safe City Partnership.

"We have a zero-tolerance approach to assaults on shop workers, no one should feel unsafe in their workplace."