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  • Update – boy due to appear in court in connection with reported suspicious fire near Dorchester

     31 October 2018
    A boy is due to appear in court in connection with a reported suspicious fire near Dorchester. At 9.42pm on Thursday 25 January 2018 Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire at the old RAF hangers at Crossways. The ser...

  • Appeal after explosion at house in Poole

     22 October 2018
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following an explosion at a property in Poole. Dorset Police was called at 1.47pm today, Monday 22 October 2018, to the address in Sterte Road. The explosion had caused the...

  • Witness appeal after suspicious fire in Weymouth

     03 October 2018
    Detectives have launched an investigation into a fire at a car garage in Weymouth and are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police was called at 5am on Sunday 30 September 2018 by the fire service reporting a ...

  • Witness appeal following suspected arson in Poole

     20 August 2018
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a suspected arson at a garage in Poole. At around 1.45am on Sunday 19 August 2018 Dorset Police officers on patrol came across firefighters tackling a blaze outsi...

  • Witness appeal after suspected arson on Portland

     13 August 2018
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a suspicious fire at a house on Portland. Dorset Police was called at around 6am on Sunday 12 August to an address in Hamcroft, Easton. The fire started in the porch and caused significant damage to the loung...

  • Update - witness appeal following reported suspicious fire in Shaftesbury

     16 July 2018
    A teenage boy arrested in connection with a reported suspicious fire in Shaftesbury has been released from the investigation without charge. At around 7.20pm on Thursday 12 July 2018 Dorset Police received a report of a large fire off Allen Road. The fi...

  • Witness appeal following reported suspicious fire in Shaftesbury

     13 July 2018
    Officers investigating a reported suspicious fire in Shaftesbury are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. At around 7.20pm yesterday, Thursday 12 July 2018, Dorset Police received a report of a large fire off Allen Road. The fire servi...

  • Witness appeal after suspicious fires in Weymouth

     03 July 2018
    Detectives are appealing for the public’s help after arsonists set two large fires in Weymouth. At around 2am today, Tuesday 3 July 2018, two areas of grassland were set alight near to Upwey railway station, by the footpath at the end of The Finche...

  • Appeal for information following suspected arson incidents in Lytchett Matravers

     21 June 2018
    Officers are appealing for information following a series of suspected arson incidents in Lytchett Matravers. At around 1.15am today, Thursday 21 June 2018, Dorset Police received a report from the fire service that it was attending a vehicle fire in Hig...

  • Witness appeal following arson at nature reserve in West Dorset

     19 April 2018
    Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an arson incident at a nature reserve in West Dorset which destroyed an important historical hut. At around 11am on Saturday 14 April 2018 it was reported that an old railway hut had been set...
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