Dog attacks on the rise: councils

Dog attacks have surged to more than 1,300 over just three months, latest figures reveal.

Local councils have reported a 16 per cent increase in the number of attacks, with 1,306 attacks taking place between April and June.

"It's not just people who are being attacked by dogs," NSW Local Government Minister Barbara Perry said in a statement on Sunday.

"There were also 1,235 animal victims including other dogs, cats and livestock that suffered from a dog attack during the last three months

"Unfortunately these attacks on animals resulted in 522 deaths."

The staffordshire bull terrier was the dog breed most commonly involved with 167 attacks over the three-month period.