Officers are appealing for information in relation to criminal damage to a car in Poole, which they are treating as a possible hate crime.
The victim’s vehicle was parked on Junction Road in Hamworthy on the night of Saturday 18 April 2020 when it was damaged with gouge marks all...
Four teenage boys have been charged and are due to appear in court in connection with a reported assault in Poole.
Sometime between 7.30pm and 8pm on Saturday 28 December 2019 an alleged altercation occurred near Subway outside the Dolphin Centre. A man was reportedly assaulted by a group of...
Dorset Police has issued 255 fixed penalty notices to people who have allegedly breached the COVID-19 (coronavirus) restrictions.
The fines were issued in the county between Friday 27 March and Thursday 29 April 2020.
Officers in Dorset are continuing to work with the public to ensure they understand and adhere to...
The incident occurred at around 10.15pm on Wednesday 25 September 2019 in the area of Wyke Gardens off Portland Road. It was alleged that two local men were robbed of cash, a mobile phone and a bag. One of the victims suffered life-changing injuries to his hands during the incident.
Following...
Officers are warning businesses and members of the public to be vigilant following a number of reports of attempts to use counterfeit notes in the Weymouth and Shaftesbury areas – and are releasing CCTV images of four people they would like to speak to.
Dorset Police received ten reports of...
Officers are continuing their patrols on Dorset’s roads, key locations and beauty spots to ensure the public adhere to the Government’s stay home rules to tackle the coronavirus.
Between Sunday 29 March and Thursday 23 April 2020 Dorset Police issued 118 fixed penalty notices to people who have been found...
Recorded crime in the Dorset Police area has remained stable while crime has increased in many parts of the country, new figures reveal.
Latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics, covering a 12 month period to December 2019, show a 0.3 per cent increase in crime for Dorset,...
Officers investigating a reported altercation in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report at around 1.15pm on Thursday 16 April 2020 of a disturbance on Abbotsbury Road, near to the junction with Chickerell Road, involving two women and a man.
Officers...
Emergency services and other partner agencies across Dorset are working together to highlight the #Unacceptable trend in the number of verbal abuse, assaults or attacks their staff face and the rising number involving threats of COVID-19 infection.During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, police, the ambulance service, the fire service, council,...
With household recycling centres (HRCs) currently closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dorset Council is asking people to help them in the fight against fly-tipping.
Trips to a household recycling centre are not listed under central government reasons for essential travel, so we have had to temporarily close them. Opening...
