Dorset Police

Dorset Police are the police force responsible for our area.

You can see all the ways to contact them here .

Below is some information from their introduction pack

We police

• Force area of just over 1,000 sq miles.
• 88 miles of coastline.
• 3,300 miles of road.
• 65.7 crimes per 1,000 population per year (2023/24).
• 224 incidents per 1,000 population per year (2023/24).
• The crime rate per 1,000 population varies in each Upper Tier Local Authority across the Force area: (Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole (BCP), 80.1; Dorset County, 40.2.
• 5 of our 12 policing sections are classified as rural (Bridport, Dorchester, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck).

Our communities

• 779,770 resident population.
• Over 20 million day visits to Dorset per year.
• 22.7% (168,952 of 744,041) of residents living in rural areas.
• 3.3% (15 of 452) of areas fall in the top 10% most deprived areas in England.
• 46% of the Dorset population live in rural areas.
• 25.5% (198,700 of 779,700) of residents are 65+ years old (compared to national average of 18.6%).