Roads policing officers have been working with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) as part of a campaign focusing on commercial vehicle safety. Officers have been proactively engaging with commercial vehicle drivers to ensure that their vehicle...
Release date: 03/02/2025
Dorset Police is supporting a national firearms amnesty for Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firers (TVBFs). The amnesty will take place between Monday 3 February and Friday 28 February 2025, after which time anyone in possession of such a firearm c...
Release date: 03/02/2025
The latest crime statistics show that Dorset remains one of the safest areas in the country after experiencing a decrease in crime. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data on Thursday 30 January 2025, confirming that Dorset...
Release date: 30/01/2025
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a burglary at an address near Dorchester. At around 6.30pm on Tuesday 21 January 2025, a man forced entry to an address in West Knighton while the female victim was in...
Release date: 30/01/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward as they investigate a reported assault in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 2am on Sunday 26 January 2025 that a man had sustained lacerations to his face following an...
Release date: 28/01/2025
Officers searching for wanted man Jordan McClay can confirm he has been located and arrested. The 34-year-old from Christchurch was wanted in connection with an alleged assault in Bournemouth on Thursday 23 January 2025, as well as other alleged offences....
Release date: 28/01/2025
Officers are investigating criminal damage to a car in Bournemouth and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. At around 2am on Saturday 25 January 2025 it was reported that the window of a Volkswagen Beetle parked in St Swithun’s Road ...
Release date: 27/01/2025
A man has been arrested as officers continue to investigate a reported fail-to-stop collision near Upton. Dorset Police received a report at 4.47pm on Sunday 15 December 2024 of a collision on the A350 Blandford North Road at Lytchett Heath between the Up...
Release date: 27/01/2025
Officers investigating an assault in Bournemouth town centre are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at around 4.30am on Sunday 26 January 2025 that a man had been found with head and facial ...
Release date: 27/01/2025
Officers investigating a suspicious vehicle fire in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 10.10pm on Saturday 18 January 2025 the windows of a vehicle in Skinner Street were smashed and it was reported tha...
Release date: 21/01/2025
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