UPDATE:
A woman has been charged in relation to an alleged serious assault in Weymouth.
Dorset Police was called at 6.58pm on Sunday 28 October 2018 to reports of an assault on Ranelagh Road.
It is alleged that a woman was assaulted by another woman causing a cut to her face.
Detectives are...
Between the 8 and 14 October Dorset Police and partner agencies began a period of intensive law enforcement activity focusing on reducing county lines networks operating within Dorset.Â
County lines is the name given to urban drug dealers expanding their activities into smaller towns and rural areas, primarily to supply...
Dorset has seen an 8 per cent increase in reported crime, according to the statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the 12 month period until June 2018.
The rise in reported crime in the county compares to a national rise of 10 per cent across...
Detectives have launched an investigation into a knifepoint robbery at a store in Shaftesbury and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
At around 6.10am today, Thursday 18 October 2018, Dorset Police received a report of a robbery at the Co-Op store in Beaufoy Close in Shaftesbury.
A masked man entered...
A man has been given a life sentence for an armed robbery at a store near Sherborne.
Dion Kevin Levy, aged 40 and of no fixed abode, appeared at Taunton Crown Court on Monday 8 October 2018 after admitting a charge of robbery and possessing a bladed article in a...
A joint project between Dorset Police and Devon and Cornwall Police to equip officers with a body worn video (BWV) launched on the 8 October 2018. BWV is a small camera attached to officers allowing them to record incidents and encounters when necessary.
The motivation for the introduction of BWV...
405 knives and other bladed items were handed in to police during the knife amnesty held in Dorset over four days from 18 - 21 September. Dorset Police supported the amnesty as part of the ongoing Home Office national knife crime reduction initiative, Operation Sceptre.
Superintendent Jared Parkin, Dorset Police...
Detectives are now in a position to name a man who died at a farm near Blandford.
At 8.25pm on Friday 28 September 2018 Dorset Police received a report that a 25-year-old local man had sustained serious injuries following an incident at Hanford Farm. Sadly he was later pronounced dead...
Two local teenagers, aged 16 and 17, have been sentenced at Weymouth Youth Court after admitting three knifepoint robberies in Sherborne.
The incidents occurred in Powys Lane between 6.40pm and 9.15pm on Saturday 28 April 2018.
The victims, who were aged between 15 and 17, were approached by two male offenders...
Detectives investigating the death of a man at a farm near Blandford have released one arrested man on police bail and a second man has been released under investigation.
At 8.25pm on Friday 28 September 2018 Dorset Police received a report that a 25-year-old local man had sustained serious injuries...
