Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a commercial burglary near Dorchester. Between 1am and 1.10am on Tuesday 29 April 2025 access was gained to Dorchester Collection in Winterbourne Abbas and two black...
Release date: 30/04/2025
A student police officer who deliberately lied to colleagues when questioned about whether he had an MOT for his car has been dismissed. Following a public misconduct hearing at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith, which concluded on Tuesday 29 April 2...
Release date: 30/04/2025
A tireless pursuit of a man involved in a conspiracy to supply illegal drugs has seen him sentenced at court more than 13 years later. Richard Ronald Hawksworth, aged 41 and of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wedne...
Release date: 29/04/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with footage to get in touch following a serious injury collision in Bournemouth. At around 7.45pm on Sunday 20 April 2025, it is reported that a collision occurred involving a black Suzuki motorbike and a wh...
Release date: 29/04/2025
Officers searching for a wanted woman are appealing for information from the public. Kathleen Cash, aged 33, is wanted for failing to appear at court and also in connection with nine theft offences. She is described as five feet seven inches tall and of s...
Release date: 28/04/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a road traffic collision in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 7.48pm on Sunday 27 April 2025 of a single vehicle collision involving a white Hon...
Release date: 28/04/2025
Officers of the Bournemouth North and Poole Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT) are trialling a new device to help identify anti-social cyclists and motorcyclists.The new device, which is being trialled following funding from the Force’s Innovation Hub, wi...
Release date: 25/04/2025
Officers are issuing an image of a man they would like to identify as they investigate the theft of a mobile phone in Bournemouth. The victim had been in contact with another individual in relation to the sale of his Apple iPhone 16Max on Facebook Marketp...
Release date: 25/04/2025
The latest crime statistics show that Dorset remains one of the safest areas in the country after experiencing a sustained decrease in crime. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data on Thursday 24 April 2025, confirming that Dorse...
Release date: 24/04/2025
Officers investigating an attempted burglary in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.At around 6am on Thursday 17 April 2025, Dorset Police received a report from the victim – a man aged in his 50s – that a man had ...
Release date: 24/04/2025
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