This list of dog attacks in the UK as an attempt to try and establish which breeds have been responsible for the majority of attacks on people in cases reported in the media. The majority of the attacks were on children followed by the elderly.
This list will doubtless make difficult reading for owners of Staffordshire Bull Terriers, which top the list of dog attacked in the UK in terms of being names as the offending dog.
This list has only be compiled using reported information researched on the internet. In each case the breed, type of attack and the types of injuries or incidence has been recorded. A link to each news article is also provided.
If you have any additional recorded information to add to this List of dog attacks in the UK, please let them in the comments section below – along with a link to the relevant article – and it will be added.
Date | Breed | Description | Link to article |
Oct-16 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Colchester, Essex: baby killed, toddler received ‘life changing injuries – mother injured. Dog owned by a local police officer | Link |
Aug-16 | Pit bull | Man dies after attack by dog which had been previously seized | Link |
Aug-16 | American Bulldog | 3 year old boy killed by a dog in Halstead, Essex | Link |
Feb-15 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Two victims were left with parts of their ears missing and needing hospital treatment | Link |
Mar-13 | 2 Mastiffs and 2 Bull Terriers | 14 year old mauled to death by a pack of 4 dogs in Greater Manchester | Link |
Jan-12 | Bull Terrier | Girl left with life changing injuries after ear severed | Link |
Aug-11 | Rottweiler | 7 year old attached on Southend beach by dog | Link |
Dec-10 | Jack Russell | 10 year old needed stitches after dog bite in park | Link |
Sep-10 | Collie | Family dog bites 2 year old boy on the face | Link |
Apr-10 | Mastiff | 18 month old girl killed by uncle’s dog | Link |
Mar-10 | Staffordshire bull terrier-bull mastiff cross and a Staffordshire terrier | Man killed after offenders use dogs as weapons | Link |
Nov-09 | Bull Mastiff | 4 year old killed by dog and grandmother injured trying to safe him | Link |
May-09 | Unknown | Woman attacked by dog whilst out walking | Link |
Sep-08 | Undisclosed ‘two large white dogs’ | 60 year old woman suffers severe ankle bites | Link |
Aug-08 | Greyhound | Attacked owner and bit of a chunk of a face in the middle of the night | Link |
Jun-08 | Unknown | 13 year old boy badly injured in Wolverhampton dog attack | Link |
Mar-08 | American Bulldog | Girl suffered serious injuries to her legs and arms when dog attacked her | Link |
Dec-07 | Rottweiler | Woman loses arm after she is attacked by stray dog in kennels | Link |
Oct-07 | Terrier (undescribed) | Girl spent three days in hospital after being attacked by a dog in North Lanarkshire | Link |
May-07 | Bullmastiff | 4 year old mauled by bullmastiff on the way to the shops with his father | Link |
Jan-07 | Boxer | Man suffers minor injuries after being attacked by boxer | Link |
Jan-07 | Rottweiler | 12 year old boy attacked by dog in “savage” attack | Link |
Oct-06 | American Bull Dog | 6 year old bitten on back and thigh | Link |
Aug-06 | German Shepard | 14 year old attacked on street | Link |
Jun-06 | Unknown (believed crossbreed) | Kayleigh Thornton, 20, from Plymouth suffered severe arm and leg injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital for surgery. A second woman was also hurt | Link |
Oct-04 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Girl attacked in school playground | Link |
Dec-03 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Police in Cumbria are hunting the owner of a dog which attacked a man in Barrow | Link |
Jun-03 | Akita | Dog grabbed a girl’s head in its jaws, leaving her scarred for life | Link |
Jun-03 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Labrador cross | Man has been charged with failing to keep his dog under control after it attacked a 13-year-old girl in West Bromwich | Link |
Mar-03 | Undisclosed | 5 dogs leave young boy with life changing injuries | Link |
Dec-02 | English Bull Terrier | Man dies after dog attack | Link |
Nov-02 | Bull Terrier | Man dies from heart attack after dog attack | Link |
Aug-02 | American Pitbull | Teenager needed 60 stitches after being attacked by a dog | Link |
Jun-02 | Doberman | Millionaire’s dog bite of part of child’s arm | Link |
Jun-00 | Bull Terrier | Children attacked in school playground | Link |
May-00 | Bull Mastiff | 7 year old received face and hand injuries after family pet attacked her in garden | Link |
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