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,...
A man is due to appear in court in connection with a serious injury road traffic collision in Lytchett Matravers.
Dorset Police received a report at 4.08pm on Monday 21 March 2022 of a collision in Wareham Road involving a bus and a pedestrian.
Officers attended, along with the ambulance service,...
Detectives investigating an alleged assault in Bridport are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.
At approximately 8pm on Saturday 22 May 2021 the victim, a local man aged in his 20s, was walking along an alleyway at the rear of the bowling green near to Priory...
The decline in faith in the UK police has been both gradual and dramatic. It has been occurring for well over a decade, probably a lot closer to two, but since their numbers were slashed and politicians made out that less was best, the public have become wizened to...
Officers investigating the theft of an elderly man’s bicycle in Bridport are pleased to say it has been reunited with its owner. The bike, belonging to an 83-year-old local man, was left against railings in South Street near to Bridport Town Hall at 3pm on Wednesday 24 January...
Following the front page of The Times yesterday relating to a course Leicester Police are running ex local police fed rep Clive Chamberlain has come up with his own.
https://twitter.com/MrCliveC/status/1042749498152366080
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a seagull was shot with an object from a catapult in Dorchester.
At around 3.25pm on Sunday 30 January 2022 a group of male and female teenagers were shooting at a seagull using a catapult on Weymouth...
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward following a burglary in Dorchester.
Sometime between 11pm on Tuesday 12 February and 7am today, Wednesday 13 February 2019, entry was gained to a property in Dagmar Road through an insecure door. A white Vodafone mobile phone and a black...
A nurse, Toni Wallace, endured a harrowing experience after a life-altering collision with an uninsured driver. Her ordeal unfolded as statistics exposing the worst regions for motorists lacking insurance coverage came to light.
While en route to volunteer as a medic at a festival in Bristol, Toni's Subaru WRX was...
In recent months Dorset Police has seen a rise in reported stalking offences reflecting a national increase in domestic related incidents.
The increase in offences is likely partly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020 there have also been changes to the way these offences were...
