FOI Dog Attacks (0579-2022/23)
Request
Please disclose the number of recorded reports of dogs causing injury to people* for each of the previous five financial years (22/21, 21/20, 20/19, 19/18, 18/17).
- If retrievable, for each report, please record the outcome.
For definitional purposes
* To define ‘reports of dogs causing injury to people’ please only include the following two offences.
- Owner of a dog allowing it to be dangerously out of control in public place and cause injury (Home Office Code - 008/21)
- Dog causing injury in a private place (Home Office Code – 008/22)
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. Please note, there were only crimes for HOC 08/21 recorded by North Yorkshire Police in the relevant period.
Please see the below tables which contain the data you have requested.
Table 1. North Yorkshire Police HO Code 08/21. Totals By Year.
|
Financial Year |
No of Crimes Recorded |
|
2017/2018 |
242 |
|
2018/2019 |
310 |
|
2019/2020 |
313 |
|
2020/2021 |
296 |
|
2021/2022 |
355 |
Table 2. North Yorkshire Police HO Code 08/21. Recorded Outcomes By Year.
|
Recorded Outcome |
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
21/22 |
|
Outcome not Recorded |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
26 |
|
Charged/Summonsed |
17 |
11 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
|
Caution – youths |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Caution – adults |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Community Resolution |
36 |
65 |
43 |
32 |
32 |
|
Not in public interest (CPS) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not in public interest (Police) |
28 |
18 |
52 |
38 |
28 |
|
Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
26 |
33 |
51 |
28 |
46 |
|
Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action |
14 |
13 |
8 |
12 |
17 |
|
Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action |
71 |
108 |
100 |
105 |
119 |
|
Prosecution time limit expired |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Investigation complete - no suspect identified |
39 |
50 |
47 |
47 |
58 |
|
Action by other agency |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
No Investigation - Not in public interest (Police) |
5 |
7 |
4 |
17 |
18 |
|
Diversionary or referral pathway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
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.