An ACC spokeswoman said most dog-related injuries were minor, requiring a visit to the GP.
The three most common injuries were laceration, soft tissue injury and dental injury, she said.
Council animal services team leader Brent Lincoln said the ACC figures were significantly higher than its own.
Mr Lincoln said this was probably because the number of reported attacks to ACC involved family members being hurt by family dogs. These cases were unlikely to be reported to the council, he said.
The dog population in Tauranga was growing by 5 per cent each year while the human population was increasing by about 1 per cent a year, he said.
"It would be expected that the number of reported attacks would be increasing," he said. "Every attack is one too many."
In July, Welcome Bay toddler Charlie Pokai, 4, was rushed to hospital with wounds to his head after a dog attacked him.
His father Henry Pokai said the matter was still being dealt with through the courts but said he felt the increase in reported attacks was down to dog owners not knowing how to handle their animals.
"It comes down to the owners. There are too many immature owners," he said.
Mr Pokai said owners of dangerous or menacing dogs should have to apply for a licence to prove they had the knowledge and resources to handle the animals and treat them with respect. Dogs could be deadly, he said.
"They are a loaded gun. You don't know what they are going to do."
Tauranga dog trainer Susie Jones said she was finding more people wanted to train their dogs.
"They want to get them socialised because of all of these dog attacks, they are realising that dogs need to be socialised."
Ms Jones said people often adopted dogs but failed to let them play and interact with other dogs.
"I've had a number of people with dogs 16 months to 2 years old, who have admitted their dog doesn't know they are dog. They have never interacted with other dogs."
Ms Jones said a combination of ignorance and lack of awareness was responsible for many dog attacks, with dogs not being socialised.
"It's a reflection of the owners, not the dogs. Although any dog can attack. It's not just the mean looking pitbulls. It can be the tiniest, cutest looking thing and it might have a toothache and, when patted, it turns around and bites."