People sleeping rough on a single night, England
Official statistics, not accredited
The number of people councils in England counted or estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night each autumn, since 2010.
People sleeping rough
4,793
2025
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:28 UTCSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
16 rows
| Category | People sleeping rough |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,768 |
| 2011 | 2,181 |
| 2012 | 2,309 |
| 2013 | 2,414 |
| 2014 | 2,744 |
| 2015 | 3,569 |
| 2016 | 4,134 |
| 2017 | 4,751 |
| 2018 | 4,677 |
| 2019 | 4,266 |
| 2020 | 2,688 |
| 2021 | 2,443 |
| 2022 | 3,069 |
| 2023 | 3,898 |
| 2024 | 4,667 |
| 2025 | 4,793 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2025SHA-256 cb741fa2c435fa6671350fad25ba0cebd24d0344c45f6b5d591f9731c4dd1aee · 23,055 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699daa5807d7bff3604d6c20/Rough_sleeping_snapshot_in_England__autumn_2025.odsSHA-256 7b7ed536d0d51f837552be0207f76d0f62838ce4e72409370f6482543c710c89 · 364,483 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:28 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:28 UTC; 16 of 16 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:19:05Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 16 of 16 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 16 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 16 of 16 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025 ended 305 days before retrieval (limit 450), from Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2025 - tables |
| Pass | Councils add up | 16 of 16 figures match the local authority rows of Table 1 summed (296 rows) |
| Pass | Regions add up | 16 of 16 figures match the nine region rows of Table 1 summed (9 rows) |
| Pass | Gender table agrees | 9 of 9 figures match the England totals of Table 2a |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics – HTTP 200 |
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.