Police have concluded their investigation into the deaths of three residents at a care home in Swanage following detailed enquiries and expert forensic analysis. The investigation has concluded that two of the residents died of natural causes. The third d...
Release date: 12/05/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a report of an assault in Poole. It was reported that between 10.45pm and 11pm on Friday 9 May 2025 a woman was assaulted by a man who was known to her in the area o...
Release date: 12/05/2025
Detectives investigating a reported assault and road traffic collision in Dorchester have made a number of arrests. It was reported that at around 7.30pm on Friday 2 May 2025, two men were travelling in a white Citroen Berlingo van at the Top O’Town Round...
Release date: 12/05/2025
A heavy goods vehicle was used by road policing officers to target unsafe activity by motorists with over 140 offences detected and two arrests made. In 2024, 267 people were killed or seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Dorset. The Force is ...
Release date: 12/05/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following reports that two people were assaulted in Poole. It was reported that at around 8.30pm on Wednesday 7 May 2025 an altercation occurred at the Turlin Moor Recreation ...
Release date: 09/05/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant footage to come forward following a serious injury collision in Blandford. Dorset Police received a report at 4.34pm on Thursday 8 May 2025 relating to a collision on a field by Blandford Leisur...
Release date: 09/05/2025
A man has been charged and is due to appear at court following a detailed investigation by detectives into a series of vehicle fires in Wimborne and the surrounding area. In the early hours of Monday 15 May 2023, between approximately 1am and 3am, multipl...
Release date: 08/05/2025
Two new Dorset Police vessels have taken to the water to provide the Force with significantly improved capabilities to keep people safe along the coastline. The Force has welcomed two new vessels, which have been funded by the Home Office, that will focus...
Release date: 07/05/2025
A man has been arrested in connection with a reported commercial burglary near Dorchester. Dorset Police received a report that between 1am and 1.10am on Tuesday 29 April 2025 access was gained to Dorchester Commercial in Winterbourne Abbas and two black ...
Release date: 07/05/2025
UPDATED 3 July 2025 An off-duty Dorset Police officer, who restrained a dangerous holding an activated electric saw, has been nominated for a National Police Bravery Award. On the morning of Wednesday 9 August 2023, Police Constable Demar Rowe, while off ...
Release date: 07/05/2025
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