FOI 0217-2023/24 - Police Attendance for Dog Attacks

Request:

Q1. Please can you tell me how many instances were the police called as a result of a dog attack from 1st January 2022 to 1st May 2023 (inclusive)

Q2. Please also tell me in how many of those cases the dog in question was destroyed, either on-scene or after the fact.

Please split the data up by month and year.

Response:

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

Q1. Please see the below table which shows the number of dog attack offences reported to North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2022 to 1 May 2023, broken down by month and year.

Month	2022	2023
Jan	27	24
Feb	25	14
Mar	40	40
Apr	27	39
May	56	45
Jun	37	-
Jul	42	-
Aug	41	-
Sep	39	-
Oct	38	-
Nov	34	-
Dec	27	-
Total	433	162

Q2. Only 1 dog was destroyed after the fact.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.