FOI 0986-2023/24- Dangerous dogs

Request:

Q1. Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the number of 'out of control dog causing injury' (008/21) offences recorded for each year from 2018 till 2023. If you do not have data for all of 2023, please provide it up until the most recent date available and specify that date.

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 table below showing the total number of ‘owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place injuring any person or assistance dog’ crimes recorded between 01 January 2018 to 31 December 2023, broken down by calendar year.

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.