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<p>The Home Office collects data from police forces in England and Wales on the number
of offences recorded by the police where an owner, or person in charge, allowed a
dog to be dangerously out of control, injuring any person or assistance dog. Data
for those forces in England able to supply data can be found below, for the most recent
five years where full data is held (2015-2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of offences*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>9729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>13675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>14478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Excludes
Humberside, Kent, Greater Manchester, and Wiltshire Police. The data has not been
subject to the same level of quality assurance checks as data published by the Home
Office.</p><p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of dogs which were
ordered to be humanely destroyed.</p>
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