FOI Dog Attacks (0187.2022-23)
Request
- The number of 999 and 111 calls regarding dog attacks made to your police force broken down by (calendar) year for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
- Can you tell me the criminal outcomes relating to a dog attack broken down by those same years?
- If there's time, can you tell me the age of the victims of these attacks, also broken down by these same years.
Response
To locate the relevant data, I have searched for and recorded all crimes recorded of - “owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place injuring any person or assistance dog”, for the period 01st January 2017 – 31st December 2021.
Q1. The number of 999 and 111 calls regarding dog attacks made to your police force broken down by (calendar) year for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
Table 1. North Yorkshire Police Incidents Recorded by Year
|
Year of Occurrence |
Total Recorded |
|
2017 |
239 |
|
2018 |
301 |
|
2019 |
302 |
|
2020 |
300 |
|
2021 |
327 |
- Can you tell me the criminal outcomes relating to a dog attack broken down by those same years?
Table 2. North Yorkshire Police Incidents – Outcomes of Incidents by Year
|
Outcome of Incident |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Charged/Summonsed |
18 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
|
Caution – youths |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Community Resolution |
41 |
64 |
37 |
34 |
33 |
|
Not in public interest (Police) |
26 |
15 |
45 |
47 |
25 |
|
Evidential difficulties prevent further action |
107 |
146 |
156 |
144 |
159 |
|
Prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
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|
Investigation complete - no suspect |
40 |
50 |
43 |
46 |
54 |
|
Action by other agency |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
No Investigation - Not in public interest |
3 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
18 |
|
Diversionary or referral pathway |
1 |
3 |
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|
Outcome not yet recorded |
1 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
Q3. If there's time, can you tell me the age of the victims of these attacks, also broken down by these same years?
(Please note, for ease of presentation I have grouped by age for this part of the disclosure.)
Table 3. North Yorkshire Police Incidents – Breakdown of Victim Age Groups by Occurrence Year.
|
Age Group Yrs (where recorded) |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
10 and Under |
35 |
30 |
32 |
30 |
35 |
|
11 - 16 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
16 |
17 |
|
17 - 22 |
13 |
15 |
8 |
18 |
14 |
|
23 - 28 |
13 |
24 |
29 |
21 |
23 |
|
29 - 34 |
16 |
9 |
21 |
21 |
31 |
|
35 - 40 |
14 |
19 |
16 |
22 |
29 |
|
41 - 46 |
28 |
33 |
16 |
23 |
30 |
|
47 - 52 |
22 |
34 |
36 |
36 |
32 |
|
53 - 58 |
26 |
29 |
40 |
25 |
29 |
|
59 - 64 |
17 |
27 |
22 |
26 |
34 |
|
65 - 70 |
16 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
14 |
|
71 - 76 |
7 |
15 |
14 |
18 |
13 |
|
77 - 82 |
12 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
|
83 - 95 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |