The NSW Office of Local Government has recently released the statistics for the number of dog attack incidents reported by NSW councils from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2020, showing that the Northern Beaches area has the second highest number of dog attacks, with 58 official reported incidents. Although, the numbers recorded by the Office of Local Government NSW actually put the Northern Beaches Council Local Government Area in first place, with 70 attacks:
- Number of people involved in serious attacks: 9
- No of people involved in less serious attacks: 23
- Total number of people attacked: 32
- Total animals attacked: 38
There was an investigation launched on 6 May 2020 into an alleged dog attack just north of the Barrenjoey Boat Hire Shop at Station Beach, where a man was bitten on the forearm and had to attend hospital.