Ten youths have been taken into custody in just one night after a Christchurch crime spree of burgled shops and a dangerous driving incident. 

The youths were carrying out their crimes in groups, police said. 

The first group, made up of four youths, were taken into custody after a shop was burgled on Wakefield Rd in Sumner. 

Police said the incident was reported around 2am. 

A second group of four youths were also arrested after breaking into a fast food store on The Runway in Wigram, which was reported at 4.15am. 

Separately, two youths were taken into custody after officers spotted a stolen car being driven dangerously on Hargood St in Woolston. 

The car was later found abandoned on McGregors Rd in Bromley at 2.50am, two young people were found by officers a short time later. 

Police have confirmed they are also following positive lines of inquiry in relation to two other burglaries in the city overnight. 

One was at a vape store on Main North Rd in Redwood, which occurred shortly before 3am. 

Another was a liquor store on Colombo St in Sydenham which was broken into at around the same time.