diff --git a/app/dao/services_dao.py b/app/dao/services_dao.py
index c362e19d9..51cd68a9a 100644
--- a/app/dao/services_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/services_dao.py
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ def delete_service_and_all_associated_db_objects(service):
 
 @statsd(namespace="dao")
 def dao_fetch_stats_for_service(service_id):
-    return _stats_for_service_query(service_id).all()
+    return _stats_for_service_query(service_id).filter(
+        func.date(Notification.created_at) >= date.today() - timedelta(days=7)
+    ).all()
 
 
 @statsd(namespace="dao")
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_services_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_services_dao.py
index c1c2264df..ab2e5602b 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_services_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_services_dao.py
@@ -625,6 +625,29 @@ def test_fetch_stats_for_today_only_includes_today(notify_db, notify_db_session,
     assert stats['created'] == 1
 
 
+def test_fetch_stats_should_not_gather_notifications_older_than_7_days(notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_template):
+
+    # 8 days ago
+    create_notification(notify_db, None, to_field='1', status='delivered', created_at='2001-01-01T12:00:00')
+
+    # 7 days ago, 2hours ago
+    create_notification(notify_db, None, to_field='2', status='failed', created_at='2001-01-02T10:00:00')
+
+    # 7 days ago
+    create_notification(notify_db, None, to_field='2', status='failed', created_at='2001-01-02T12:00:00')
+
+    # right_now
+    create_notification(notify_db, None, to_field='3', status='created', created_at='2001-01-09T12:00:00')
+
+    with freeze_time('2001-01-09T12:00:00'):
+        stats = dao_fetch_stats_for_service(sample_template.service_id)
+
+    stats = {row.status: row.count for row in stats}
+    assert 'delivered' not in stats
+    assert stats['failed'] == 2
+    assert stats['created'] == 1
+
+
 def test_fetch_monthly_historical_stats_separates_months(notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_template):
     notification_history = functools.partial(
         create_notification_history,