FOI 462/25 Out of Control Dogs
Enquiry Reference: 462-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- The number of offences of out-of-control dogs causing injury to a person in the last three years (Between April 6th and April 5th 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25). Broken down by year, number of offences, breed of dog, severity of injury and police outcome.
- The number of dogs seized in the last three years - Broken down by year, by breed and by reason for seizure.
2a) The number of dogs destroyed in the last three years - broken down by year, by breed and reason for destruction.
Below table shows the number of crimes between 06/04/2022-06/04/2025 broken down by financial year, where and the crime class is ‘008/21 - Person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in public place injuring any person’. This is then broken down by crime status, and the injury severity as listed on the MO comments. Please note that dog breed is not consistently recorded.
|
Row Labels |
Not stated |
None |
Injury - emotional/distress |
Minor |
Serious |
Grand Total |
|
2022/23 |
151 |
2 |
1 |
67 |
9 |
230 |
|
1: Charged |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|||
|
3: Adult caution |
2 |
2 |
||||
|
8: Community resolution |
2 |
2 |
||||
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
||
|
12: Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
20 |
12 |
32 |
|||
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
21 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
30 |
|
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
47 |
23 |
2 |
72 |
||
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
45 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
2 |
71 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|||
|
2023/24 |
201 |
2 |
4 |
76 |
7 |
290 |
|
1: Charged |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|||
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
||
|
3: Adult caution |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
8: Community resolution |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|||
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
16 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
||
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
44 |
1 |
19 |
2 |
66 |
|
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
46 |
1 |
27 |
3 |
77 |
|
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
82 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
1 |
101 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
New |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
2024/25 |
223 |
4 |
5 |
172 |
11 |
415 |
|
1: Charged |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
2 |
7 |
1 |
10 |
||
|
8: Community resolution |
2 |
7 |
9 |
|||
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
20 |
15 |
1 |
36 |
||
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
34 |
3 |
26 |
2 |
65 |
|
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
62 |
1 |
1 |
52 |
1 |
117 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
91 |
3 |
1 |
54 |
3 |
152 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
||
|
New |
5 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
||
|
Unknown |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
2025/26 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Grand Total |
576 |
8 |
10 |
316 |
27 |
937 |
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Information Rights Decision Maker