The Vines frontman Craig Nicholls was arrested for allegedly assaulting his parents and injuring a police officer after a reported violent rampage.

Nicholls is accused of punching his mother two times in the head and police were forced to use capsicum spray on him after he resisted arrest, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Hurstville police Inspector Robert Duncan told the paper that Nicholls "tried to evade police and [a] violent struggle ensued" and that "A police officer suffered grazes, cuts and bruises to both elbows and knees and was treated at St George Hospital".

Nicholls was charged with two counts of domestic assault, stalking or intimidation, resisting arrest and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.