Estimated deaths of people experiencing homelessness, England and Wales

Official statistics in development

The ONS's estimates of the deaths of people experiencing homelessness registered each year since 2013, with their 95% confidence intervals, in England and Wales, the two nations and England's regions.

England and Wales

974

2025

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 12:00 UTC

Estimated deaths of people experiencing homelessness, England and Wales

2025: estimated deaths
2024: estimated deaths

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

12 rows

Area	2025: estimated deaths	2025: lower 95% limit	2025: upper 95% limit	2024: estimated deaths	2024: lower 95% limit	2024: upper 95% limit	2023: estimated deaths	2023: lower 95% limit	2023: upper 95% limit	2022: estimated deaths	2022: lower 95% limit	2022: upper 95% limit	2021: estimated deaths	2021: lower 95% limit	2021: upper 95% limit	2020: estimated deaths	2020: lower 95% limit	2020: upper 95% limit	2019: estimated deaths	2019: lower 95% limit	2019: upper 95% limit	2018: estimated deaths	2018: lower 95% limit	2018: upper 95% limit	2017: estimated deaths	2017: lower 95% limit	2017: upper 95% limit	2016: estimated deaths	2016: lower 95% limit	2016: upper 95% limit	2015: estimated deaths	2015: lower 95% limit	2015: upper 95% limit	2014: estimated deaths	2014: lower 95% limit	2014: upper 95% limit	2013: estimated deaths	2013: lower 95% limit	2013: upper 95% limit
London	151	140	161	201	186	217	147	137	158	139	127	150	182	170	194	148	140	156	118	111	126	121	114	128	126	119	133	132	125	140	148	136	160	112	103	121	147	131	163
North West	146	136	156	135	125	145	129	120	139	118	108	128	80	75	86	97	92	102	103	96	110	77	72	81	114	107	120	85	80	90	70	64	75	68	63	74	60	53	66
South East	144	134	153	107	99	116	98	91	105	72	66	78	66	61	70	55	52	58	69	64	73	64	60	68	78	73	82	89	84	94	65	60	70	73	67	79	83	74	93
South West	110	102	117	98	90	105	109	101	117	60	55	66	59	55	63	59	56	62	95	89	101	73	69	78	60	56	63	58	54	61	53	49	57	52	47	56	57	51	63
Yorkshire and The Humber	101	95	109	103	95	110	76	71	82	71	64	76	54	50	58	54	52	58	60	56	64	60	57	64	49	47	52	42	39	44	45	41	48	28	25	30	36	32	40
East Midlands	78	73	84	64	59	69	57	53	61	43	39	46	31	29	33	34	32	36	37	34	39	35	33	37	36	34	38	34	32	36	49	45	53	23	21	25	32	28	35
West Midlands	77	72	82	98	90	105	66	62	71	40	37	44	50	47	54	39	37	41	53	50	57	52	49	55	48	46	51	41	38	43	51	47	54	61	56	66	50	45	56
East of England	64	60	69	67	62	72	40	37	43	50	46	55	31	29	33	43	41	46	47	44	50	43	40	46	33	31	34	34	32	36	30	28	32	44	41	48	32	28	35
North East	40	37	42	53	49	57	46	43	49	34	31	37	12	11	13	26	25	28	21	20	23	29	27	31	30	29	32	22	21	24	14	13	16	30	28	33	20	18	22
Wales	63	59	67	51	47	54	48	45	52	35	32	38	31	29	33	22	20	23	26	24	28	28	26	30	13	13	14	27	26	29	24	22	26	10	9	10	24	21	26
England	911	849	973	926	856	995	768	712	824	627	573	680	565	527	604	555	525	585	603	565	642	554	521	587	574	542	605	537	507	568	525	483	566	491	451	532	517	461	573
England and Wales	974	908	1,041	978	904	1,051	816	757	876	663	607	720	597	557	638	588	557	620	711	665	757	680	640	721	588	556	621	565	533	597	549	506	592	505	463	546	550	490	610

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Verification

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 12:00 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 12:00 UTC; 468 of 468 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:50:44Z; 3 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	3 of 3 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	468 of 468 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	468 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	468 of 468 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	ONS edition is current	the current edition counts at 2025-12-31, 302 days before retrieval (limit 560)
Pass	Each estimate sits within its interval	156 of 156 estimates lie within their 95% confidence intervals
Pass	The regions add up to England	in 13 of 13 cases the regions' estimated deaths sum to the whole within 0 (13 exactly)
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales – HTTP 200

Notes

Official statistics in development. A death is identified as that of a person experiencing homelessness from the death registration record, where it shows the person was sleeping rough or living in a homeless shelter or hostel at the time; deaths are by the year they were registered, and only those of people aged 15 to 74 are counted. Identified deaths are a lower bound.
The ONS estimates the deaths it cannot identify by capture–recapture, matching death registrations against a second source, and allocates them to regions in proportion to those identified; the estimates are lower bounds, given with their 95% confidence intervals.