People sleeping rough by council, England

Official statistics, not accredited

The number of people each of England's 296 councils counted or estimated to be sleeping rough on a single autumn night, with the regions and England, in the latest two years.

England

4,793

2025

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:28 UTC

People sleeping rough by council, England

2025
2024

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 2025

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 =.

1Westminster360
2Camden134
3Somerset103
4City of London83
5Bristol, City of70
6Birmingham68
=7Cornwall65
=7Leeds65
9Nottingham59
10Brighton and Hove57
=11Brent55
=11Manchester55
=13Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole53
=13West Northamptonshire53
=15Exeter51
=15Leicester51
=17Stockport48
=17Tower Hamlets48
=19Newcastle upon Tyne46
=19Waltham Forest46
21Hounslow44
=22Plymouth43
=22Reading43
24Ealing42
25Salford41
=26Hillingdon40
=26Southwark40
=28Lambeth38
=28Sheffield38
=30Hastings37
=30Thanet37
32Kingston upon Hull, City of36
=33Bradford35
=33Liverpool35
=35Crawley32
=35Doncaster32
=35Oxford32
38Worcester31
=39Peterborough30
=39Stoke-on-Trent30
=39Wiltshire30
=39Windsor and Maidenhead30
=43Canterbury29
=43Cheshire West and Chester29
=43Coventry29
=43Eastbourne29
=43Merton29
48Portsmouth28
=49Basildon27
=49Milton Keynes27
=49North Northamptonshire27
=49Redbridge27
=53Cambridge26
=53Haringey26
=53Islington26
=53Torbay26
=57East Suffolk25
=57Mansfield25
=57Newham25
=57York25
=61Croydon24
=61Gloucester24
=61Southampton24
=64Bedford23
=64Great Yarmouth23
=64Lewisham23
=64Middlesbrough23
=64North Yorkshire23
=69Buckinghamshire22
=69Kirklees22
=69Shropshire22
=72Breckland21
=72Derby21
=72Folkestone and Hythe21
=72Lincoln21
=76County Durham20
=76St. Helens20
78Solihull19
=79Greenwich18
=79Slough18
=81Barnet17
=81Kingston upon Thames17
=81Northumberland17
=81Wakefield17
=85Arun16
=85Harlow16
=85Herefordshire, County of16
=85Luton16
=85Stevenage16
=85Tameside16
=91Huntingdonshire15
=91Lewes15
=91Southend-on-Sea15
=91Swale15
=95Barking and Dagenham14
=95Dorset14
=95Hackney14
=95Knowsley14
=95Nuneaton and Bedworth14
=95Sefton14
=95South Tyneside14
=95Stratford-on-Avon14
=95Wandsworth14
=95Westmorland and Furness14
=105Ashfield13
=105Blackburn with Darwen13
=105Chelmsford13
=105Chesterfield13
=105Kensington and Chelsea13
=105Wolverhampton13
=111Ashford12
=111East Lindsey12
=111Elmbridge12
=111Newcastle-under-Lyme12
=111North East Lincolnshire12
=111Rother12
=111Sandwell12
=111Swindon12
=111Tendring12
=111Torridge12
=111Watford12
=122Blackpool11
=122Dartford11
=122Medway11
=122North Somerset11
=122Rugby11
=122South Cambridgeshire11
=122Warwick11
=122Wigan11
=130Bath and North East Somerset10
=130Boston10
=130Bromley10
=130Central Bedfordshire10
=130Charnwood10
=130Cherwell10
=130Cheshire East10
=130Isle of Wight10
=130Richmond upon Thames10
=130South Holland10
=130South Kesteven10
=130St Albans10
=130Sunderland10
=130Surrey Heath10
=130Telford and Wrekin10
=130Thurrock10
=130Walsall10
=130Wealden10
=130West Berkshire10
=149Chichester9
=149East Devon9
=149Guildford9
=149Hammersmith and Fulham9
=149Horsham9
=149Lancaster9
=149Maidstone9
=149Norwich9
=149Preston9
=149Redditch9
=149Stockton-on-Tees9
=149Warrington9
=149Welwyn Hatfield9
=149West Lancashire9
=149Wychavon9
=164Cheltenham8
=164Dacorum8
=164Dover8
=164Gravesham8
=164South Hams8
=164Trafford8
=164Wyre Forest8
=171Babergh7
=171Dudley7
=171East Riding of Yorkshire7
=171Fenland7
=171Fylde7
=171Havering7
=171Ipswich7
=171Runnymede7
=171Rushcliffe7
=171Sutton7
=171West Suffolk7
=171Wirral7
=171Wokingham7
=171Worthing7
=185Basingstoke and Deane6
=185Bassetlaw6
=185Burnley6
=185Colchester6
=185Enfield6
=185Forest of Dean6
=185Halton6
=185Harrow6
=185Hinckley and Bosworth6
=185Mid Suffolk6
=185Newark and Sherwood6
=185North Devon6
=185North Lincolnshire6
=185Oldham6
=185Pendle6
=185Redcar and Cleveland6
=185Reigate and Banstead6
=185Rotherham6
=185Sevenoaks6
=185Tandridge6
=185Tonbridge and Malling6
=185Winchester6
=185Woking6
=208Amber Valley5
=208Bexley5
=208Bolton5
=208Bracknell Forest5
=208Braintree5
=208Bury5
=208East Hertfordshire5
=208Gateshead5
=208Malvern Hills5
=208Mid Devon5
=208Mole Valley5
=208North Tyneside5
=208Rushmoor5
=208Stafford5
=208Test Valley5
=208Wyre5
=224Brentwood4
=224East Cambridgeshire4
=224Fareham4
=224Hartlepool4
=224Havant4
=224Lichfield4
=224Mid Sussex4
=224South Gloucestershire4
=224Stroud4
=224Teignbridge4
=224Vale of White Horse4
=224Waverley4
=236Adur3
=236Barnsley3
=236Bromsgrove3
=236Broxbourne3
=236Darlington3
=236Epping Forest3
=236Gosport3
=236Harborough3
=236High Peak3
=236Maldon3
=236North East Derbyshire3
=236North Norfolk3
=236Ribble Valley3
=236South Oxfordshire3
=236Spelthorne3
=236Tamworth3
=236Tewkesbury3
=236Three Rivers3
=236West Devon3
=236West Oxfordshire3
=256Bolsover2
=256Calderdale2
=256Chorley2
=256Cumberland2
=256East Hampshire2
=256Eastleigh2
=256Erewash2
=256Gedling2
=256Hertsmere2
=256Hyndburn2
=256New Forest2
=256Rochdale2
=256South Derbyshire2
=256South Norfolk2
=256South Ribble2
=256Staffordshire Moorlands2
=256West Lindsey2
=273Blaby1
=273Broadland1
=273Cannock Chase1
=273Cotswold1
=273Derbyshire Dales1
=273King's Lynn and West Norfolk1
=273North Hertfordshire1
=273North West Leicestershire1
=273Tunbridge Wells1
=282Broxtowe0
=282Castle Point0
=282East Staffordshire0
=282Epsom and Ewell0
=282Hart0
=282Isles of Scilly0
=282Melton0
=282North Kesteven0
=282North Warwickshire0
=282Oadby and Wigston0
=282Rochford0
=282Rossendale0
=282Rutland0
=282South Staffordshire0
=282Uttlesford0

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

Data table

306 rows

Area	2025	2024
Westminster E09000033	360	388
Camden E09000007	134	132
Somerset E06000066	103	80
City of London E09000001	83	86
Bristol, City of E06000023	70	77
Birmingham E08000025	68	59
Cornwall E06000052	65	53
Leeds E08000035	65	69
Nottingham E06000018	59	56
Brighton and Hove E06000043	57	76
Manchester E08000003	55	46
Brent E09000005	55	45
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	53	63
West Northamptonshire E06000062	53	47
Leicester E06000016	51	61
Exeter E07000041	51	11
Stockport E08000007	48	31
Tower Hamlets E09000030	48	39
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	46	21
Waltham Forest E09000031	46	60
Hounslow E09000018	44	41
Plymouth E06000026	43	40
Reading E06000038	43	57
Ealing E09000009	42	38
Salford E08000006	41	18
Hillingdon E09000017	40	37
Southwark E09000028	40	36
Sheffield E08000039	38	52
Lambeth E09000022	38	31
Hastings E07000062	37	41
Thanet E07000114	37	25
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	36	31
Liverpool E08000012	35	47
Bradford E08000032	35	36
Oxford E07000178	32	41
Crawley E07000226	32	14
Doncaster E08000017	32	33
Worcester E07000237	31	24
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	30	35
Peterborough E06000031	30	16
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	30	28
Wiltshire E06000054	30	18
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	29	14
Eastbourne E07000061	29	26
Canterbury E07000106	29	31
Coventry E08000026	29	16
Merton E09000024	29	16
Portsmouth E06000044	28	26
Milton Keynes E06000042	27	35
North Northamptonshire E06000061	27	23
Basildon E07000066	27	16
Redbridge E09000026	27	19
Torbay E06000027	26	29
Cambridge E07000008	26	26
Haringey E09000014	26	32
Islington E09000019	26	21
York E06000014	25	30
Mansfield E07000174	25	13
East Suffolk E07000244	25	11
Newham E09000025	25	28
Southampton E06000045	24	22
Gloucester E07000081	24	28
Croydon E09000008	24	38
Middlesbrough E06000002	23	25
Bedford E06000055	23	14
North Yorkshire E06000065	23	34
Great Yarmouth E07000145	23	23
Lewisham E09000023	23	20
Shropshire E06000051	22	19
Buckinghamshire E06000060	22	22
Kirklees E08000034	22	32
Derby E06000015	21	14
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	21	9
Lincoln E07000138	21	21
Breckland E07000143	21	32
County Durham E06000047	20	18
St. Helens E08000013	20	16
Solihull E08000029	19	12
Slough E06000039	18	36
Greenwich E09000011	18	35
Northumberland E06000057	17	13
Wakefield E08000036	17	19
Barnet E09000003	17	15
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	17	32
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	16	27
Luton E06000032	16	36
Harlow E07000073	16	13
Arun E07000224	16	16
Stevenage E07000243	16	10
Tameside E08000008	16	11
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	15	24
Huntingdonshire E07000011	15	9
Lewes E07000063	15	14
Swale E07000113	15	9
Dorset E06000059	14	15
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	14	12
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	14	10
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	14	10
Knowsley E08000011	14	4
Sefton E08000014	14	8
South Tyneside E08000023	14	7
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	14	6
Hackney E09000012	14	20
Wandsworth E09000032	14	16
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	13	11
Chesterfield E07000034	13	12
Chelmsford E07000070	13	19
Ashfield E07000170	13	5
Wolverhampton E08000031	13	8
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	13	16
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	12	14
Swindon E06000030	12	17
Torridge E07000046	12	11
Rother E07000064	12	12
Tendring E07000076	12	11
Watford E07000103	12	10
Ashford E07000105	12	8
East Lindsey E07000137	12	17
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	12	7
Elmbridge E07000207	12	12
Sandwell E08000028	12	8
Blackpool E06000009	11	24
North Somerset E06000024	11	15
Medway E06000035	11	10
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	11	1
Dartford E07000107	11	10
Rugby E07000220	11	13
Warwick E07000222	11	13
Wigan E08000010	11	10
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	10	7
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	10	11
Thurrock E06000034	10	5
West Berkshire E06000037	10	13
Isle of Wight E06000046	10	8
Cheshire East E06000049	10	8
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	10	11
Wealden E07000065	10	6
Charnwood E07000130	10	10
Boston E07000136	10	17
South Holland E07000140	10	24
South Kesteven E07000141	10	8
Cherwell E07000177	10	14
Surrey Heath E07000214	10	7
St Albans E07000240	10	12
Sunderland E08000024	10	7
Walsall E08000030	10	13
Bromley E09000006	10	8
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	10	7
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	9	4
Warrington E06000007	9	3
East Devon E07000040	9	3
Maidstone E07000110	9	22
Lancaster E07000121	9	12
Preston E07000123	9	23
West Lancashire E07000127	9	4
Norwich E07000148	9	12
Guildford E07000209	9	6
Chichester E07000225	9	4
Horsham E07000227	9	3
Redditch E07000236	9	4
Wychavon E07000238	9	13
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	9	6
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	9	10
South Hams E07000044	8	7
Cheltenham E07000078	8	7
Dacorum E07000096	8	7
Dover E07000108	8	7
Gravesham E07000109	8	9
Wyre Forest E07000239	8	13
Trafford E08000009	8	7
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	7	9
Wokingham E06000041	7	3
Fenland E07000010	7	7
Fylde E07000119	7	5
Rushcliffe E07000176	7	9
Babergh E07000200	7	3
Ipswich E07000202	7	10
Runnymede E07000212	7	2
Worthing E07000229	7	17
West Suffolk E07000245	7	10
Wirral E08000015	7	7
Dudley E08000027	7	5
Havering E09000016	7	9
Sutton E09000029	7	14
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	6	5
Halton E06000006	6	1
North Lincolnshire E06000013	6	5
North Devon E07000043	6	15
Colchester E07000071	6	7
Forest of Dean E07000080	6	2
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	6	2
Winchester E07000094	6	5
Sevenoaks E07000111	6	1
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	6	3
Burnley E07000117	6	1
Pendle E07000122	6	1
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	6	6
Bassetlaw E07000171	6	12
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	6	5
Mid Suffolk E07000203	6	0
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	6	3
Tandridge E07000215	6	7
Woking E07000217	6	8
Oldham E08000004	6	10
Rotherham E08000018	6	8
Enfield E09000010	6	6
Harrow E09000015	6	7
Bracknell Forest E06000036	5	10
Amber Valley E07000032	5	3
Mid Devon E07000042	5	4
Braintree E07000067	5	4
Rushmoor E07000092	5	7
Test Valley E07000093	5	1
Wyre E07000128	5	3
Stafford E07000197	5	13
Mole Valley E07000210	5	1
Malvern Hills E07000235	5	2
East Hertfordshire E07000242	5	7
Bolton E08000001	5	8
Bury E08000002	5	8
North Tyneside E08000022	5	7
Gateshead E08000037	5	5
Bexley E09000004	5	10
Hartlepool E06000001	4	6
South Gloucestershire E06000025	4	5
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	4	3
Teignbridge E07000045	4	7
Brentwood E07000068	4	4
Stroud E07000082	4	2
Fareham E07000087	4	3
Havant E07000090	4	4
Vale of White Horse E07000180	4	2
Lichfield E07000194	4	4
Waverley E07000216	4	6
Mid Sussex E07000228	4	2
Darlington E06000005	3	6
High Peak E07000037	3	2
North East Derbyshire E07000038	3	2
West Devon E07000047	3	4
Epping Forest E07000072	3	1
Maldon E07000074	3	3
Tewkesbury E07000083	3	2
Gosport E07000088	3	2
Broxbourne E07000095	3	6
Three Rivers E07000102	3	2
Ribble Valley E07000124	3	1
Harborough E07000131	3	2
North Norfolk E07000147	3	4
South Oxfordshire E07000179	3	2
West Oxfordshire E07000181	3	3
Tamworth E07000199	3	1
Spelthorne E07000213	3	3
Adur E07000223	3	6
Bromsgrove E07000234	3	3
Barnsley E08000038	3	7
Cumberland E06000063	2	1
Bolsover E07000033	2	1
Erewash E07000036	2	4
South Derbyshire E07000039	2	0
East Hampshire E07000085	2	0
Eastleigh E07000086	2	2
New Forest E07000091	2	1
Hertsmere E07000098	2	2
Chorley E07000118	2	0
Hyndburn E07000120	2	6
South Ribble E07000126	2	1
West Lindsey E07000142	2	3
South Norfolk E07000149	2	1
Gedling E07000173	2	3
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	2	0
Rochdale E08000005	2	5
Calderdale E08000033	2	6
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	1	0
Cotswold E07000079	1	1
North Hertfordshire E07000099	1	4
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	1	5
Blaby E07000129	1	0
North West Leicestershire E07000134	1	5
Broadland E07000144	1	1
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	1	7
Cannock Chase E07000192	1	4
Rutland E06000017	0	1
Isles of Scilly E06000053	0	0
Castle Point E07000069	0	2
Rochford E07000075	0	0
Uttlesford E07000077	0	0
Hart E07000089	0	1
Rossendale E07000125	0	0
Melton E07000133	0	1
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	0	0
North Kesteven E07000139	0	1
Broxtowe E07000172	0	5
East Staffordshire E07000193	0	1
South Staffordshire E07000196	0	1
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	0	4
North Warwickshire E07000218	0	1
North East	162	124
North West	441	367
Yorkshire and The Humber	329	385
East Midlands	387	393
West Midlands	378	346
East of England	437	412
London	1,277	1,318
South East	797	795
South West	585	527
England	4,793	4,667

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2025 · 296 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

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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.

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Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	in 18 of 18 cases the councils' and regions' counts sum to the whole within 0 (18 exactly)
Pass	The regions add up to England	in 2 of 2 cases the nine regions' counts sum to the whole within 0 (2 exactly)
Pass	The hub's rough-sleeping-england agrees	2 of 2 figures match rough-sleeping-england's record (Table 1's England row, the same figures)
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Notes

A snapshot of one night between 1 October and 30 November, chosen by each council, which counts, estimates or combines the two. It does not show how many people sleep rough over a year.