Published items

Information request on Police Dog Bites 2017-2020

Provided the monthly numbers of recorded dog attack incidents and the numbers of dogs euthanised between January 2022 and April 2023.

Provided the annual numbers of recorded dog attack incidents and dog attack incidents resulting in injury between January 2018 and April 2023. Also provided the numbers of recorded reports of dogs causing injury to people with outcome by financial year from 2017/18 up to November 2022.

Essex Police do not retain the total number of dogs in service in the requested period as the turnover in dogs is high due to having dogs on assessment or dogs failing to meet the grade.

Provided the number of recorded dangerous dog incidents by month and year between 20 January 2018 and 31 January 2023.

Provided numbers of recorded 'Dog in Car' and 'Dog in Hot / Warm Car' incidents for 2017 to 2022. Broken down by month and whether the incident was attended by Essex Police officers.

Provided the number and breeds of dogs employed as wellbeing dogs by Essex Police.

Data on dog theft crimes including breakdowns by numbers of dogs stolen, policing district, theft location, dog breeds and outcomes - 01 April 2015 to 31 December 2023.

Number of dogs seized, numbers of suspected XL Bully dogs seized, number of dogs destroyed and numbers of XL Bully dogs destroyed in 2024.

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.