POLICE want your help to track down one of York's most prolific graffiti taggers.

Officers are trying to trace the yob who has sprayed "Z4", usually in orange paint, at a number of locations in Clifton.

Inspector Richard Crinnion, who is in charge of the area's neighbourhood policing team, said: "This is one of the worst taggers in Clifton. We want to hear from anyone who may have any information about who this person is."

He said police were putting up posters at nearby Canon Lee School, asking students if they recognised the tag.

He said: "We are asking students to come forward and talk to their teachers in confidence, to see if they can help us find the tagger's identity."

Insp Crinnion said graffiti had been named as one of the problems Clifton residents most wanted to see tackled at a joint action group meeting at St Luke's Church hall earlier this month.

He said: "It just goes to show the things the public care about the most, and which affect their quality of life, are things they can see and things they can hear."

More than 30 residents attended the meeting to have their say on the problems they think community bobbies should be tackling in the area.

Residents decided alcohol and drug use among youths, speeding, and low level criminal damage - including vandalism and graffiti - should be police priorities.

The meeting was part of a new consultation exercise - dubbed "Cop Idol" - to decide where police resources should be focused.

The Press told last month how police were attempting to crack down on graffiti.

Police in south York were trying to catch three prolific taggers.

One tagger uses the word "crisis" which has recently been sprayed in red on a garage door in The Old Orchard, Fulford.

"Take" also appears in white on another garage door in the same area.

Police are also eager to catch the person who has sprayed "asbo" in a number of locations, including on a phone connection box in Heslington Road.

Insp Crinnion said: "We want to know who they are.

"Anyone with information should phone Crimestoppers and they may get a reward.

"Crimestoppers will inform us and we will act if intelligence is good enough.

"Ultimately, we are looking to try and get people cleaning up their own graffiti, but that is up to the courts.

"Sometimes, the small tags are more of a problem. They appear all over the city on benches and lampposts and that kind of thing."

Anyone with information about any graffiti should phone Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.