Dog Population Density

The lovely people at Waggel pet insurance have sent us some very interesting work they have done looking at dog population density – or should that be population? They have looked at the latest figures for the number of people and the number of dogs living in UK cities and towns with a human population of over 100,000 people. Then they’ve worked out how many dogs there are per thousand people. Some of the results are quite surprising.

Swindon

Swindon is known for many things, but I’d never heard its dogs being one of them. However, Swindon came out on top by quite a long way. There are 316.48 dogs for every 1,000 people. I’m a bit worried about the 0.48 dog, but maybe it’s just a small one that can’t justify being a whole number. That means that almost one in three people in Swindon have a dog. Go Swindon. You sound like my kind of place. (As a dog, I’m clearly less worried about things like roundabouts, which Mum says is the main thing it’s known for.)

No other town or city comes close to the numbers in Swindon. The next one is Chester which has 274.47 dogs to every thousand people. That’s 42 whole dogs less per thousand, which seems quite surprising.

One extreme to the other

In total they ranked 91 different places and shockingly the bottom twenty places have less than 100 dogs per thousand people. That really isn’t enough. People, you’re missing out here.

City	Estimated Dog Population	Human Population	Dogs per 1k humans	Rank
Swindon	68,922.56	217,777	316.48	1
Chester	35,550.14	129,524	274.47	2
Hereford	27,472.59	101,303	271.19	3
Cambridge	39,676.74	154,350	257.06	4
Solihull	29,079.06	115,051	252.75	5
Kettering	27,097.05	107,384	252.34	6
Gloucester	40,859.05	164,051	249.06	7
Wrexham	33,313.41	134,881	246.98	8
Preston	70,817.89	287,219	246.56	9
Bath	28,050.4	114,539	244.9	10
York	42,653.47	175,566	242.95	11
Scunthorpe	23,900.36	105,573	226.39	12
Swansea	50,385.02	226,867	222.09	13
Maidstone	23,298.67	109,463	212.85	14
Colchester	41,947.37	200,751	208.95	15
Newport	34,314.44	169,942	201.92	16
Chelmsford	33,269.72	174,710	190.43	17
Gateshead	19,873.81	106,945	185.83	18
Hull	47,154.65	256,852	183.59	19
Lincoln	35,917.25	196,074	183.18	20
Dundee	28,184.72	154,602	182.31	21
Norwich	26,505.48	146,131	181.38	22
Wakefield	29,132.46	160,647	181.34	23
Aberdeen	22,975.21	126,748	181.27	24
Peterborough	40,802.24	229,273	177.96	25
Brighton	30,966.66	177,307	174.65	26
Bristol	104,394.16	605,911	172.29	27
Chesterfield	23,949.38	140,244	170.77	28
Oxford	29,044.58	170,837	170.01	29
St. Helens	21,350.04	127,934	166.88	30
Ipswich	23,371.39	141,228	165.49	31
Leeds	92,792.73	562,571	164.94	32
Warrington	31,755.28	193,777	163.88	33
Northampton	46,197.35	282,022	163.81	34
Bedford	30,218.31	194,004	155.76	35
Stoke-on-Trent	51,162.62	332,018	154.1	37
Nottingham	11,6604.84	762,043	153.02	38
Blackburn	19,175.79	126,647	151.41	39
Edinburgh	45,171.08	307,623	146.84	40
Reading	41,722.26	285,607	146.08	41
London (Wimbledon)	15,127.86	105,876	142.88	42
Wirral	15,947.58	113,396	140.64	43
Derby	30,313.57	217,403	139.43	44
Southampton	53,021.58	382,433	138.64	45
Plymouth	33,583.54	242,373	138.56	46
Loughborough	16,655.39	122,227	136.27	47
Huddersfield	20,653.19	153,952	134.15	48
Durham	21,713.16	162,911	133.28	49
Cardiff	43,118.64	324,213	132.99	50
Walsall	18,729.08	142,439	131.49	51
Romford	13,260.49	101,193	131.04	52
Newcastle upon Tyne	40,927.43	313,644	130.49	53
Coventry	49,619.56	382,318	129.79	54
Wolverhampton	25,722.77	199,840	128.72	55
Crawley	15,254.98	120,695	126.39	56
Dudley	12,668.01	100,406	126.17	57
Stockport	26,411.64	212,801	124.11	58
Sheffield	62,461.61	511,694	122.07	59
Wigan	29,109.95	241,591	120.49	60
Gillingham	11,717.41	100,564	116.52	61
Portsmouth	12,854.42	111,425	115.36	62
Glasgow	78,423.47	688,342	113.93	63
Slough	18,983	168,774	112.48	64
Bolton	28,955.5	263,318	109.96	65
Basingstoke	10,923.4	100,298	108.91	66
Mansfield	12,844.89	120,191	106.87	67
Bradford	28,825.81	277,407	103.91	68
Enfield	13,587.14	132,236	102.75	69
Doncaster	18,652.83	183,879	101.44	70
Barnsley	17,947.74	179,633	99.91	71
Luton	20,036.52	212,927	94.1	72
Rochdale	11,745.35	129,065	91	73
Liverpool	38,763.73	467,369	82.94	74
Leicester	43,492.88	537,513	80.92	75
Manchester	59,204.44	733,355	80.73	76
Oldham	13,359.64	167,029	79.98	77
Sunderland	14,168.97	178,879	79.21	78
Rotherham	14,058.91	192,860	72.9	79
Bromley	7,062.76	100,920	69.98	80
Birmingham	55,756.44	809,032	68.92	81
Blackpool	7,357.51	109,650	67.1	82
Southall	7,951.13	121,185	65.61	83
London (Cricklewood)	8,280.89	131,973	62.75	84
Croydon	9,023.52	153,812	58.67	85
Dagenham	5,256.15	113,408	46.35	86
Harrow	7,443.82	164,819	45.16	87
Ilford	6,135.76	155,206	39.53	88
London (Walthamstow)	3,207.75	103,402	31.02	89
London (Hackney)	3,414.35	124,058	27.52	90
London (City of)	3,222.06	136,491	23.61	91

We found it all very interesting, so thank you Waggel. Now we just need someone to explain to us why some places are so very different. Mum says she can understand for the very big cities, but there are other places that just don’t make sense to us at all. What do you think?

I’m off to ask Mum if we can visit Swindon.

Love

Wilma

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March 8, 2024 at 4:14 pm

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