A person is on the run after crashing a stolen police car in Perth on Tuesday night.

Officers had left the car on Williamson Avenue in Cloverdale at 8.15pm to chase a man suspected of a reported burglary.

The man was arrested in the backyard of a house on Hardey Road but when the officers returned to Williamson Avenue the police car was gone.

The stolen car was located 15 minutes later after it crashed into the back of a black Toyota Camry on Wright Street.

The person driving the car fled the scene and is yet to be found by police.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or the stealing of the police car can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to make a report online at crimestopperswa.com.au.

The 29-year-old Ascot man arrested on Hardey Road has been charged with burglary and stealing and will appear in the Perth Magistrate’s Court today.