Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
1. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many reports were received of an owner or person in charge allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England and Wales, injuring any person or assistance dog?
2. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many of the above reports received were identified to be an American XL Bully?
3. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many dogs have been detained under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
4. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many dogs have been destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
5. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many reports were received of an owner or person in charge allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England and Wales, injuring any person or assistance dog?
6. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many of the above reports received were identified to be an American XL Bully?
7. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many dogs have been detained under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
8. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many dogs have been destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
In Response:
1. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many reports were received of an owner or person in charge allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England and Wales, injuring any person or assistance dog?
522.
2. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many of the above reports received were identified to be an American XL Bully?
10.
3. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many dogs have been detained under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
143 seized.
4. For the period from 1 July 2021 to 1 July 2022, how many dogs have been destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
64 put to sleep.
5. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many reports were received of an owner or person in charge allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England and Wales, injuring any person or assistance dog?
607.
6. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many of the above reports received were identified to be an American XL Bully?
47
7. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many dogs have been detained under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
207 seized
8. For the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023, how many dogs have been destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act?
77 put to sleep.
When requested clarification, you advised:
Yes, just Northumbria Police please.
The below should be noted when viewing the figures above:
• For Qs. 1 and 5, the data has been taken from Systems where the offence was 'Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England or Wales (whether or not a public place) injuring any person or assistance dog'.
• The above data is for Northumbria Police area only.
• Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
• The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
