Sexual assaults by Officers

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4513

Version Date: 17/04/2026

The Professional Standards Department has provided the following information:

We have used the maintained spreadsheet we keep within the department to answer this one, it takes data from force systems, including Niche, where an officer has been arrested, charged, suspected, voluntary attended or linked as a perpetrator to an occurrence.

Filtering on the offence type of ‘Sexual Assault’ and the years 2020 – 2025, results as follows: 

1. How many recorded offences of sexual assault has there been on a male by a Dorset police officer from January 1st 2020, to December 30th, 2025?

None

2. How many recorded offences of sexual assault has there been on a female by a Dorset police officer from January 1st, 2020, to December 30th, 2025?

Four

3. Please can you provide the outcome for each of these recorded offences, specifically making each outcome distinctly clear for male and female victims.

The following outcomes all relate to female victims