Two women have been arrested following a CCTV appeal in relation to a reported assault in Poole. It was reported that at around 12.05am on Saturday 2 May 2026 a woman was assaulted by two women who were not known to her outside Munchies in Old Orchard Roa...
Release date: 15/05/2026
Officers investigating a reported public order incident in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 4.30pm on Monday 11 May 2026 Dorset Police received a third-party report of a man in possession of a k...
Release date: 14/05/2026
The Force is encouraging Dorset residents to take measures to keep their homes secure from burglars ahead of a Good Safe Summer. Burglaries over the summer months are often as a result of opportunity. Criminals target unoccupied homes as people jet off on...
Release date: 11/05/2026
Officers investigating a road related incident that left a man seriously injured in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm on Monday 4 May 2026 in Rodwell Road near to t...
Release date: 11/05/2026
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant footage to come forward as they investigate a theft from a cash machine in Verwood. Dorset Police received a report at 11.23pm on Friday 8 May 2026 of an alarm sounding at the Tesco store in R...
Release date: 10/05/2026
Detectives have renewed their commitment to tackling knife crime and bringing offenders to justice after a man was jailed for a fatal stabbing in Bournemouth. Thomas Betteridge, aged 20 and of Bournemouth, was found guilty of manslaughter and possessing a...
Release date: 08/05/2026
Information received from the public helped detectives bring forward a case against two men involved in a serious assault in Weymouth.At around 2.50am on Saturday 14 June 2025, two men aged in their 20s were assaulted outside King of Hearts in St Alban St...
Release date: 08/05/2026
Detectives have praised members of the public who came to the assistance of an elderly woman in a wheelchair after she was subjected to an unprovoked assault in Poole. At around 8.45pm on Friday 19 September 2025 the victim, who was 89 at the time, was le...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Roads policing officers took part in a joint initiative with National Highways to use an unmarked heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to identify anyone committing a road traffic offence. Between Monday 27 April and Friday 1 May 2026, officers were carrying out tar...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Officers investigating a theft at a funfair in Weymouth are issuing CCTV images of two men they would like to identify. It was reported that between 12.45pm and 2.30pm on Monday 6 April 2026 £1,140 was stolen from two fruit machines at the Southside Funfa...
Release date: 07/05/2026
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