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  • Witness appeal following alleged robbery in Bournemouth

     05 December 2017
    Detectives investigating an alleged robbery in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward - with one man being arrested. At 2.35am on Saturday 2 December 2017 a 26-year-old Bournemouth man was using a cash machine...

  • Update – appeal in relation to reported suspicious incident in Bournemouth

     05 December 2017
    A man has come forward following an appeal in relation to a reported suspicious incident in Bournemouth. At around 12pm on Thursday 9 November 2017 Dorset Police received a report of a man believed to be acting suspiciously by Bournemouth railway station...

  • Dorset Police release figures of 2017 firearms surrender

     04 December 2017
    More than 300 firearms and ammunition were handed in to Dorset Police during a nationally held firearms surrender. The campaign, led by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, ran for two weeks and ended last Sunday (26/11). Items surrendered to D...

  • Appeal for witnesses following attempted robbery in Bournemouth

     01 December 2017
    Detectives investigating an attempted robbery in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. The incident happened sometime between 12pm and 1pm on Monday 27 November 2017 in Argyll Road in Boscombe. The victim - ...

  • Witness appeal following fatal road traffic collision near Dorchester

     01 December 2017
    Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision in Owermoigne near Dorchester. Dorset Police was informed of the incident outside Galton Garden Centre on the A352 Wareham Road at 3.56pm today, Friday 1 Decemb...

  • Dorset Police target drink and drug drivers #ThisChristmas

     01 December 2017
    With the festive season approaching, police expect more people than usual will be out enjoying a drink. Dorset Police is running the annual Christmas drink and drug driving campaign from today, Friday 1 December 2017 through to Monday 1 January 2018.   ...

  • Laptop belonging to late teenage cancer victim located - two people charged

     30 November 2017
    A laptop that was reportedly stolen during a burglary while the occupant was saying a final goodbye to her 15-year-old daughter who tragically died four days earlier has been located - with two people being charged. It was reported that sometime between...

  • Update – witness appeal following alleged robbery in Poole

     29 November 2017
    A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery in Poole. It was reported that at around 9.50pm on Saturday 11 November 2017 a Poole man aged in his 20s picked up two men from outside Sainsbury’s in Pitwines Close. The men then repor...

  • Brother of manslaughter victim supports police campaign to end ‘One Punch’ deaths

     29 November 2017
    Dorset Police is launching its ‘One Punch’ campaign with the release of an emotive video to highlight the consequences of confrontation and violence.    View the video on our #OnePunch campaign page > In 2016, the Force dealt with almost 10,000 crimes ...

  • Witness appeal following road traffic collision in Poole

     29 November 2017
    Officers are appealing for any witnesses to a road traffic collision in Poole to come forward. At around 7.10pm on Friday 24 November 2017 a group of motorcyclists was travelling westbound along the Dorset Way when two of them, a blue Suzuki and a blue Y...
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