Detectives are issuing a public warning and appealing for information as they investigate a series of courier fraud incidents across Dorset. Dorset Police is currently investigating eight reports of fraud or attempted fraud between Friday 7 November and 1...
Release date: 21/11/2025
A burglar who stole cash and sentimental jewellery from a home in Bournemouth has been jailed. Colin Shields, aged 55 and of Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court to two years and six months in prison. At around 11.30am on Thursday 2 Octob...
Release date: 21/11/2025
A man has been charged following a reported robbery in Bournemouth. It was reported that at around 6.45pm on Sunday 26 October 2025, a man aged in his late teens was approached by a man in Holdenhurst Road who made threats and asked him to drop his bag. T...
Release date: 21/11/2025
A burglar who targeted elderly victims has been jailed following an investigation by the Neighbourhood Crime Team. Aaron Carl Winzar, 36 and of Bournemouth, was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for two distraction burglaries in the count...
Release date: 21/11/2025
Detectives investigating a fatal house fire in Weymouth are issuing an update. Dorset Police received a report at 10.59am on Friday 4 October 2024 of a fire at an address in Southdown Road in Weymouth. Officers attended the scene, along with the fire and ...
Release date: 20/11/2025
Officers from the Dorset Police Roads Policing Team have stepped up their efforts to target uninsured drivers across the county with support from MIB (Motor Insurers’ Bureau). Driving without insurance is illegal – there is an increased likelihood of bein...
Release date: 20/11/2025
Dorset Police’s Major Crime Investigation Team (MCIT) have been awarded a national investigation award for their tireless pursuit to seek justice for the murder and attempted murder of two women on a beach in Bournemouth in May 2024. The Investigation of ...
Release date: 20/11/2025
A man has come forward following an image appeal in relation to a reported assault in Boscombe. It was reported that at around 6.30pm on Saturday 8 November 2025 a man aged in his 20s was assaulted by another man outside The Soho Inn in Christchurch Road....
Release date: 19/11/2025
Dorset Police officers supported a national week of action to help tackle business and retail crime across the county.The Safer Business Action Week, which was coordinated by the National Business Crime Centre (NBCC), ran from Monday 10 November to Sunday...
Release date: 19/11/2025
The Force is issuing a video to raise awareness and provide information on the role of a road traffic collision family liaison officer and how they can help in a time of crisis. One road traffic collision in Dorset is too many and last year in 2024, 17 p...
Release date: 19/11/2025
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