A man has been charged in connection with a road traffic collision in East Dorset. The collision was reported at 11.23am on Friday 28 February 2025 and involved a grey Hyundai Bayon and a blue Audi A1 on the A31 at St Leonards. The driver of the Hyundai –...
Release date: 17/09/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following criminal damage to vehicles near Dorchester. During the evening of Monday 15 September 2025, there were four reports of damage caused to vehicles travel...
Release date: 17/09/2025
A woman has been charged and is due to appear in court in connection with reported burglary offences in Bournemouth.Dorset Police received reports of two burglaries, which took place at properties in Leybourne Avenue during the early hours of Monday 15 Se...
Release date: 16/09/2025
Chief Constable Amanda Pearson has issued a further letter to the county’s Black communities to update them about the work the Force has been carrying out since the launch of its Police Race Action Plan to improve Black people’s experience of policing. Yo...
Release date: 16/09/2025
A victim of a sexual assault in Christchurch bravely reported what happened, which led to the immediate arrest of the offender. Michael John Parcell, aged 63 and of Winchester, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault on a male at Bournemouth Crown...
Release date: 16/09/2025
Detectives investigating a reported hate crime incident in Bournemouth have made a further arrest. It was reported that at around 2.50pm on Saturday 23 August 2025, two people were walking in Manor Road when the driver of a car stopped and made offensive ...
Release date: 15/09/2025
Dorset Police is issuing an important message around the dangers and consequences of spiking as the county welcomes hundreds of new university students. Spiking is an abhorrent crime, which can have a significant impact on victims and severe consequences...
Release date: 15/09/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a fail-to-stop collision in Bournemouth. Dorset Police received a report at around 1pm on Saturday 13 September 2025 of a collision involving a vehicle and a ped...
Release date: 13/09/2025
The Roads Policing Team continued in their efforts to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Dorset’s roads using a heavy goods vehicle. Between Monday 1 September and Friday 5 September 2025, the dedicated team of officers used an unm...
Release date: 12/09/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary in Sturminster Marshall. It is reported that at around 11pm on Monday 8 September 2025 entry was gained to an outbuilding at an address in Church Street....
Release date: 11/09/2025
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