Offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act from 2019 to 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.032578

I note you seek access to the following information:

How many reports of crime violating the Dangerous Dogs Act were reported in the past four calendar years (2019-2022)?

How many of these resulted in a charge?

How many resulted in successful prosecution?

Please break down by calendar year.

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

This answers your first and second question -

How many reports of crime violating the Dangerous Dogs Act were reported in the past four calendar years (2019-2022)?

How many of these resulted in a charge?

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

In regards to your third question-

How many resulted in successful prosecution?

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) do not hold complete prosecution data, this would be held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).