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
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 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 Monday 30 June 2025. At aroun...
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
Officers investigating a serious injury collision in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 8.05pm on Friday 18 July 2025 of a two-vehicle collision involving a grey Hyunda...
Release date: 19/07/2025
Residents, business owners and visitors to Dorset’s most popular tourist destinations can expect continued high-visibility patrols during the summer holidays as part of the Force’s Good, Safe Summer campaign.Throughout July and August, the neighbourhood p...
Release date: 18/07/2025
Officers are issuing an update as they continue to investigate a series of reported burglaries in East Dorset.Between Tuesday 3 May and Monday 9 May 2025 at least four burglaries were reported in the area of Ashley Heath, St Leonards and Ferndown which ar...
Release date: 18/07/2025
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