Households owed a homelessness duty by council, England

In order

Ranked by the hub Q1 2026

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

No figure published for Basildon (no return), Bristol, City of (no return), Castle Point (no return), Lichfield (no return), North East Lincolnshire (no return), Ribble Valley (no return), Slough (no return), Tewkesbury (no return).

Counts follow the size of the place, so the largest places tend to come first.

Data table

306 rows

Area	Q1 2026
Leeds E08000035	1,475
Croydon E09000008	1,180
Birmingham E08000025	1,141
Liverpool E08000012	1,125
County Durham E06000047	993
Manchester E08000003	986
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	914
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	903
Sheffield E08000039	890
Brent E09000005	836
Hillingdon E09000017	809
Newham E09000025	809
Leicester E06000016	794
North Yorkshire E06000065	763
Salford E08000006	755
Barnet E09000003	753
Nottingham E06000018	729
Lambeth E09000022	693
Bradford E08000032	679
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	671
Bolton E08000001	668
Islington E09000019	661
Coventry E08000026	656
Medway E06000035	619
Buckinghamshire E06000060	619
Ealing E09000009	616
Redbridge E09000026	609
Tower Hamlets E09000030	608
Cornwall E06000052	604
Wigan E08000010	603
Somerset E06000066	602
Westminster E09000033	600
Portsmouth E06000044	594
Southampton E06000045	592
Hounslow E09000018	587
Southwark E09000028	586
Greenwich E09000011	584
Hackney E09000012	581
Wandsworth E09000032	576
Lewisham E09000023	573
Enfield E09000010	570
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	566
Doncaster E08000017	563
Wolverhampton E08000031	562
Ipswich E07000202	555
Wiltshire E06000054	549
Rochdale E08000005	537
Tameside E08000008	536
Derby E06000015	533
Middlesbrough E06000002	501
Waltham Forest E09000031	501
Havering E09000016	487
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	482
Blackpool E06000009	479
Brighton and Hove E06000043	477
Milton Keynes E06000042	474
Luton E06000032	473
Sunderland E08000024	463
Haringey E09000014	459
Dorset E06000059	454
Dudley E08000027	454
Shropshire E06000051	441
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	433
Kirklees E08000034	424
Cheshire East E06000049	417
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	414
Camden E09000007	404
South Tyneside E08000023	402
Warrington E06000007	395
Wakefield E08000036	392
Peterborough E06000031	390
Wirral E08000015	390
Cumberland E06000063	388
Stockport E08000007	383
Bedford E06000055	382
Sandwell E08000028	382
Swindon E06000030	381
Norwich E07000148	380
Rotherham E08000018	380
West Northamptonshire E06000062	377
Northumberland E06000057	375
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	374
Trafford E08000009	362
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	357
North Northamptonshire E06000061	355
Halton E06000006	351
Plymouth E06000026	341
Calderdale E08000033	338
East Suffolk E07000244	334
Gateshead E08000037	327
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	327
Reading E06000038	325
Darlington E06000005	321
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	321
Solihull E08000029	319
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	310
Gloucester E07000081	305
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	304
Bury E08000002	304
Oldham E08000004	303
South Gloucestershire E06000025	302
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	301
Sefton E08000014	293
Knowsley E08000011	288
Oxford E07000178	287
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	282
Torbay E06000027	278
Barnsley E08000038	276
Colchester E07000071	272
Harrow E09000015	269
Thurrock E06000034	264
Arun E07000224	263
Bexley E09000004	263
Hastings E07000062	259
North Somerset E06000024	258
Lincoln E07000138	257
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	257
North Devon E07000043	250
Preston E07000123	247
North Tyneside E08000022	244
York E06000014	243
Exeter E07000041	238
Tendring E07000076	237
St. Helens E08000013	237
Chelmsford E07000070	236
Isle of Wight E06000046	232
Great Yarmouth E07000145	226
Maidstone E07000110	222
North Lincolnshire E06000013	219
Huntingdonshire E07000011	215
Warwick E07000222	215
Worthing E07000229	215
Havant E07000090	214
Swale E07000113	213
Dacorum E07000096	207
Wyre E07000128	202
East Lindsey E07000137	202
Sutton E09000029	202
Rother E07000064	201
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	200
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	200
East Devon E07000040	198
Canterbury E07000106	198
Teignbridge E07000045	197
East Hertfordshire E07000242	196
South Ribble E07000126	195
Eastbourne E07000061	191
West Lindsey E07000142	190
Chichester E07000225	190
Bromley E09000006	190
New Forest E07000091	188
Merton E09000024	187
Crawley E07000226	186
Walsall E08000030	186
West Suffolk E07000245	184
Thanet E07000114	181
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	180
Stevenage E07000243	179
Cambridge E07000008	178
Charnwood E07000130	178
Worcester E07000237	175
Dartford E07000107	173
Mansfield E07000174	171
Cheltenham E07000078	165
South Kesteven E07000141	165
Epping Forest E07000072	164
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	164
West Berkshire E06000037	160
Breckland E07000143	158
Rugby E07000220	158
Test Valley E07000093	156
Mid Sussex E07000228	155
Burnley E07000117	154
Broadland E07000144	154
Gosport E07000088	151
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	148
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	148
Chorley E07000118	147
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	146
Harlow E07000073	145
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	143
Ashford E07000105	142
Stroud E07000082	141
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	141
South Norfolk E07000149	140
Wokingham E06000041	139
Rossendale E07000125	139
Lancaster E07000121	138
Spelthorne E07000213	137
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	133
Mid Suffolk E07000203	133
Fareham E07000087	132
Chesterfield E07000034	131
Rushmoor E07000092	131
Hertsmere E07000098	130
Watford E07000103	130
South Oxfordshire E07000179	130
Cherwell E07000177	128
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	128
Babergh E07000200	126
Erewash E07000036	125
Gravesham E07000109	125
Wychavon E07000238	125
Cannock Chase E07000192	123
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	123
East Hampshire E07000085	121
Ashfield E07000170	120
Vale of White Horse E07000180	119
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	118
Bracknell Forest E06000036	117
Braintree E07000067	117
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	117
Amber Valley E07000032	116
Wyre Forest E07000239	116
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	115
St Albans E07000240	114
Hartlepool E06000001	112
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	112
Winchester E07000094	111
Hyndburn E07000120	110
North Kesteven E07000139	110
Stafford E07000197	109
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	108
Fenland E07000010	108
Dover E07000108	107
Elmbridge E07000207	107
North Norfolk E07000147	106
East Staffordshire E07000193	106
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	105
Horsham E07000227	105
South Holland E07000140	103
Forest of Dean E07000080	102
North Hertfordshire E07000099	101
Mid Devon E07000042	100
Broxbourne E07000095	100
Bolsover E07000033	98
Torridge E07000046	98
Uttlesford E07000077	97
Guildford E07000209	97
Harborough E07000131	95
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	95
West Oxfordshire E07000181	95
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	93
West Lancashire E07000127	92
Sevenoaks E07000111	89
Waverley E07000216	89
Adur E07000223	89
Woking E07000217	87
Three Rivers E07000102	86
Wealden E07000065	84
Blaby E07000129	83
Redditch E07000236	83
North West Leicestershire E07000134	82
Boston E07000136	81
Tandridge E07000215	81
Fylde E07000119	80
Rushcliffe E07000176	78
Pendle E07000122	77
Gedling E07000173	76
Lewes E07000063	75
North East Derbyshire E07000038	74
North Warwickshire E07000218	73
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	72
Bromsgrove E07000234	72
Melton E07000133	71
South Derbyshire E07000039	70
South Hams E07000044	70
Bassetlaw E07000171	70
Broxtowe E07000172	70
Cotswold E07000079	66
Mole Valley E07000210	65
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	64
Eastleigh E07000086	63
South Staffordshire E07000196	58
Tamworth E07000199	56
West Devon E07000047	55
Hart E07000089	53
Runnymede E07000212	53
Malvern Hills E07000235	53
High Peak E07000037	51
Rochford E07000075	47
Maldon E07000074	43
Brentwood E07000068	40
Surrey Heath E07000214	37
Rutland E06000017	32
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	29
City of London E09000001	14
Isles of Scilly E06000053	1
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	no return
Bristol, City of E06000023	no return
Slough E06000039	no return
Basildon E07000066	no return
Castle Point E07000069	no return
Tewkesbury E07000083	no return
Ribble Valley E07000124	no return
Lichfield E07000194	no return
North East	5,000
North West	12,470
Yorkshire and The Humber	8,240
East Midlands	6,090
West Midlands	7,390
East of England	8,560
London	16,510
South East	11,960
South West	7,650
England	83,850

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Q1 2026 · 296 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

1 to 105
105 to 154
154 to 258
258 to 463
463 to 1,475

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source and licence

Publisher

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Check it yourself

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

Licence

Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Retrieved

29 October 2026, 11:47 UTC

Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:51 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 11:51 UTC; 306 of 306 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:47:56Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	306 of 306 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	306 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	306 of 306 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	GOV.UK table is current	latest period 2026 Q1 ended 212 days before retrieval (limit 250), from Detailed local authority level tables: January to March 2026
Pass	The councils add up to their region where all reported	in 3 of 3 cases the councils of the 3 regions where every council reported sum to the whole within 5 (0 exactly)
Pass	The hub's homelessness-duties-owed agrees	1 of 1 figures match homelessness-duties-owed's record (England's row, the same figure)
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness – HTTP 200

Notes

Households whose initial assessment in the quarter found them threatened with homelessness within 56 days (a prevention duty) or already homeless (a relief duty). The latest quarter is provisional.
A council that sent no return for the quarter has no figure. MHCLG's region and England totals include its own estimates for those councils, so a region with a missing council is more than its councils' sum, and is not checked against them. Councils' figures are not rounded; regions and England are rounded to the nearest 10.