Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following incidents of theft and assault in Dorchester.At around 12.05am on Saturday 19 July 2025, Dorset Police received a report of the theft of a bag containing a wallet an...
Release date: 24/07/2025
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) crime data shows that Dorset remains within the top 10 safest counties after a decrease in overall crime in the last 12 months. On Thursday 24 July 2025 data was released to show that overall crime fell in D...
Release date: 24/07/2025
Officers searching for a missing Bournemouth man are very sad to update that a body has been found. John, aged 63, was reported missing having last been seen in Browning Avenue at around 8.30pm on Monday 21 July 2025. During the evening of Wednesday 23 Ju...
Release date: 23/07/2025
A heavy goods vehicle driver has been banned from driving for three years officers stopped him for using his mobile phone at the wheel and discovered he was also drug driving and not wearing a seatbelt. At around 12.45pm on Saturday 29 March 2025, officer...
Release date: 23/07/2025
Officers investigating an alleged burglary at an address in Dorchester have made an arrest. Between 7.30pm and 8.45pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025, it is reported that entry was gained to an address in Great Western Road. A 50-inch television was reportedly s...
Release date: 23/07/2025
Officers searching for a missing teenager last seen in Bournemouth are pleased to confirm he has been found. Artjoms, aged 17, was reported missing having last been seen in the area of St Stephen’s Road at around 5pm on Saturday 12 July 2025. Following se...
Release date: 22/07/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision in North Dorset. Dorset Police received a report at 9.27am on Tuesday 22 July 2025 of a single-vehicle collision involving a grey ...
Release date: 22/07/2025
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a reported assault in Bournemouth. At 10.19pm on Wednesday 16 July 2025, Dorset Police received a report that a teenage boy had been assaulted with a wine ...
Release date: 21/07/2025
The brave actions of a staff member during a robbery at a jewellery shop in Christchurch were commended by a judge. Matthew Benjamin Wood, aged 42 and of West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to robbery at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wednesday 16 July 2025. At ar...
Release date: 21/07/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward as they investigate a serious injury collision in Wareham. Dorset Police received a report at 11.04pm on Friday 18 July 2025 of a collision involving an e-bike and an e-sc...
Release date: 19/07/2025
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