Published items

Provided the number of dogs seized, the number of dogs seized that were destroyed and the number of dogs seized that are considered a suspected banned breed in 2022.

Provided the annual numbers of dogs seized and the numbers of dogs seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act that were destroyed between October 2018 and September 2022.

Confirmed it is not possible to establish the average response time or percentage of dog bite incidents that are dealt with by a Community Resolution Order (CRO).

Dogs seized by Essex Police between June 2019 to May 2020 plus costs of kennelling and veterinary treatment and the number that died.

Details of Police dogs biting members of the public and Police Officers and resulting action from 2015 to 2021. One Police dog has been destroyed during this period.

Provides the following statistics relating to dangerous dog incidents, allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control offences, dogs seized and dogs destroyed: - Annual numbers of dangerous dog incidents - January 2020 to September 2025 - Annual numbers of offences recorded under the Home Office code '008/21 - Owner of a dog allowing it to be dangerously out of control in public place and cause injury' - January 2020 to September 2025 - Annual numbers of dogs seized - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs seized by recorded breed - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs destroyed - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs destroyed by recorded breed - January 2023 to June 2024

Provides the number of 'allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control' offences that involved an XL Bully type dog, the numbers of XL Bully type dogs seized by Essex Police and the numbers of arrests that reference an XL Bully type dog between February and November 2024.

Provided the numbers of dogs destroyed by year, breed and reason for destruction between 01 September 2020 and 01 September 2023.

Confirmed that Essex Police use the Interim Exemption Scheme for dogs assessed by a Dog Legislation Officer as a banned breed.

Provided the total number of dogs seized by Essex Police for being considered dangerously out of control between 1st of January 2019 and 31st of December 2021 and the number of these that were found to be a prohibited breed.