Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at an address near Bridport. Between 10am on Wednesday 6 August and 6pm on Saturday 9 August 2025, entry was gained to an address in Lansdowne Road in Bot...
Release date: 11/08/2025
Dorset Police is working with colleagues in Wiltshire to offer an improved service to victims of domestic abuse where the perpetrator is working within policing. A memorandum of understanding between the two forces means that in Dorset for cases involving...
Release date: 11/08/2025
Detectives are investigating the circumstances of a body that was discovered at a property in Bournemouth and appealing for information to assist enquiries.Dorset Police received a report at 12.57pm on Saturday 9 August 2025 by the ambulance service raisi...
Release date: 10/08/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision near Dorchester.Dorset Police received a report at 9.12am on Sunday 10 August 2025 of a road traffic collision on the A35 in Winte...
Release date: 10/08/2025
Warm weather will see increased visitors to Dorset this weekend and the Force is working hard to ensure everyone can have a good, safe summer – with protests set to taken place in the town. Officers from across the county are working additional shifts to...
Release date: 08/08/2025
Officers are issuing CCTV images of four men they wish to identify following an assault in Sherborne.At 10.25pm on Tuesday 5 August 2025 an altercation occurred in The White Hart pub in Cheap Street in which the victim – a local man aged in his 40s – was ...
Release date: 08/08/2025
Officers continuing to investigate a reported public order incident in Bournemouth are issuing images of two men they would like to identify. Dorset Police received a report at 6.02pm on Sunday 15 June 2025 of a fight involving four men known to each othe...
Release date: 07/08/2025
A man has been jailed following an investigation by detectives into a serious assault in Upton. Steven Wenzel, 37 and of Upton, was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 1 August 2025. Dorset Police received a report...
Release date: 07/08/2025
Officers searching for wanted North Dorset man Nicholas Castle can confirm he has been located and arrested.The 28-year-old was wanted in connection with an alleged burglary at a shop in Gillingham on Monday 21 July 2025 and reported driving offences foll...
Release date: 07/08/2025
Officers investigating theft from a vehicle and fraud in Poole are issuing CCTV images of a man they would like to identify.At 4.28am on Friday 1 August 2025 Dorset Police received a report of a man behaving suspiciously in Princess Road shortly before he...
Release date: 06/08/2025
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