Officers investigating an incident where two women sustained injuries in Bournemouth are issuing images of two men they would like to identify. It was reported that an altercation involving a number of people took place at around 5.30pm on Saturday 18 Oct...
Release date: 10/12/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to get in touch following a road traffic collision in Weymouth. Dorset Police received a report at 11.17am on Wednesday 10 December 2025 of a collision in Dorchester Road in the ...
Release date: 10/12/2025
Officers investigating a suspected dog theft in West Dorset are pleased to update that missing dog Gerry has been located. It is reported that between 11.30am and 12.30pm on Monday 8 December 2025, a red Cocker Spaniel named Gerry disappeared from a kenne...
Release date: 10/12/2025
A man has been jailed for rape following a detailed and extensive investigation by detectives. Martin Hancill, 40 and of Corfe Mullen, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 9 December 2025 to ten years in prison for charges of rape and sexua...
Release date: 10/12/2025
Officers investigating a reported affray in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The incident occurred at around 10.25pm on Monday 8 December 2025 in St Thomas Street involving a group of men. A man aged in his 40s was taken to hospital f...
Release date: 09/12/2025
Our teams tackling rape and serious sexual assaults want victims to help shape the way they deliver services in the future. Following on from the Force’s efforts to mark 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, it is launching a victims’ survey ...
Release date: 09/12/2025
Officers carrying out enquiries to locate a wanted man are appealing for information from the public to find him.Brandon McCarthy, aged 27 and from Christchurch, is wanted on suspicion of breaching a non-molestation order.He is described as approximately ...
Release date: 08/12/2025
Officers investigating a burglary at a supermarket in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At approximately 2.15am on Tuesday 2 December 2025 entry was gained to Lidl in Blandford Road. Officers attended and carrie...
Release date: 08/12/2025
A man seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Christchurch has very sadly died. Dorset Police received a report at 8.43am on Wednesday 3 December 2025 of a collision involving a bus and a pedestrian in Somerford Road. The pedestrian – a man aged ...
Release date: 08/12/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a fail-to-stop road traffic collision in Bournemouth. It was reported that at around 8.40pm on Friday 5 December 2025 a car – believed to be a black Vol...
Release date: 08/12/2025
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