Dallas Dog Bite Incident Reports with Victim Details

Dallas Animal Services Officers record daily updates on dog bite incidents across the city. The dataset includes details on victim age, bite location, severity, and circumstances. It is maintained by the City of Dallas and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict Bite Severity based on Victim Age, Bite Location, and Bite Circumstance using classification models.
• Analyze temporal trends in incident frequency by extracting year and month from the Incident Date field.
• Identify high-risk geographic areas for bites by geocoding the Incident Location addresses.
• Model Treatment Cost as a function of Bite Severity and Victim Relationship to the animal.
• Cluster similar incident narratives using the Bite Circumstance and Bite Type text fields.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing current records.
• Contains 12 distinct columns covering victim, incident, and outcome details.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic scope is limited to the City of Dallas, limiting generalizability.
• Sample data is unavailable to inspect data quality and completeness.

Provenance

Source

City of Dallas via Dallas Animal Services.

Collection Method

Collected by Animal Services Officers responding to field calls.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated April 2026.

Geography

City of Dallas, Texas, USA.