26.8
percent of all recorded bites
verified
Share of NYC dog bite reports with an Unknown or blank breed field
as of 2026-09-20 · license: public-domain
- This is the largest single 'breed' category in the bite data -- larger than any named breed -- and is not attributable to any breed-specific rate.
Source
SwampLink (computed from NYC DOHMH open data) — NYC bite rate per 1,000 licensed dogs, by breed and year
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/
retrieved 2026-09-20
Method
Quoted verbatim from the source above.