Dangerous dogs seized and destroyed from December 2017 - November 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027751

I note you seek access to the following information:

I am writing to request the numbers of dangerous dogs your force has seized, the number of reports of dangerous dog attacks you received, and the number of dangerous dogs you destroyed between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022.

Please also provide the same data for 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021, 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020, 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019, and 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

These searches successfully located the information relevant to your request. I have attached an excel spreadsheet which provides a count of Dog Attack Offences. Please note there are three separate tabs within the spreadsheet, titled cover sheet, notes and offences. The notes page should be read in conjunction with the data to ensure the report is interpreted correctly.

I will also disclose the answers to the ‘numbers of dangerous dogs your force has seized’ and ‘the number of dangerous dogs you destroyed.’

Year	Number of dogs seized	Number of dogs destroyed
01/12/2021-30/11/2022	1118	103
01/12/2020-30/11/2021	888	88
01/12/2019-30/11/2020	840	97
01/12/2018-30/11/2019	825	139
01/12/2017-30/11/2018	879	178