New research reveals the number of complaints of dog fouling on the streets of Oxfordshire.

Research from dog supplements company Vitasure shows there have been more than 63,000 complaints of dog fouling reported nationwide in just a 12 month period - up from just over 56,000 the year before - showing that in some towns the issue of dog fouling on streets is out of control.

It crunched the numbers to find out where are the dog fouling hotspots across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Cherwell tops the list in Oxfordshire with the most reports of dog fouling with 252 complaints between March 2022 and March 2024.

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There was a slight drop in complaints from 128 in 2022/23 to 124 last year.

The data also shows that despite the reports the authority issued no fixed penalty notices to owners who didn't clear up after their dog.

In West Oxfordshire, which has 889 dog bins, there were 59 complaints of fouling on both public and private property between 2022 and 2024.

There were 20 in the past year, however, this was down from 39 complaints in 2022/23.

The authority issued no fixed penalty notices to dog owners who didn't pick up the mess.

Oxford City Council received 35 complaints of dog fouling between March 2022 and March 2024, according to Vitasure's data.

There were 24 complaints about dog poo on private property and 10 on public property in 2022/23.

But there no complaints of dog fouling on public property and just one complaint of fouling on private property last year.

According to the data, the city council served no fixed penalty notices and fined just one person for failing to pick up dog poo between March 2023 and March 2024.

Beth Nash, of Vitasure, said: “There are now almost double the number of dogs in the UK as there were in 2011, with more families welcoming our four-legged friends into our homes.

"However, that is no excuse for us seeing such huge - and growing - numbers of complaints for dog fouling on both private and public property.

"While we don’t condone leaving your dog’s waste on the curbside, a lack of bins could be an issue for owners.

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"While many towns and cities are expanding with new homes being built on previously unoccupied land, the number of bins isn’t increasing in-line with this growth.

"Fewer than half of the councils that responded had increased the number of bins, with 31 actually reducing the number of bins they provided.

She added: "The sheer volume of complaints is worrying for everyone.

"We know that dog waste can pose serious health risks - specifically to children - while also spoiling the environment.

"But with such low levels of prosecution, the worry is, these numbers could further increase year on year."