Official Statistics

Rough sleeping in England: autumn 2018

Annual statistical release about the number of people sleeping rough in local authorities across England.

Applies to England

Documents

Rough sleeping in England: autumn 2018 (revised)

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Rough sleeping statistics England autumn 2018: tables 1, 2a, 2b and 2c

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Rough sleeping statistics England autumn 2018: blank local authority form

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This release provides information for autumn 2018 on the single night snapshot of rough sleeping that is taken annually in England using street counts, evidence-based estimates, and estimates informed by spotlight street counts.

Local authorities decide on the best method to use, to assess the number of people sleeping rough in their area.

All local authorities assessed rough sleeping on a single night between 1 October and 30 November 2018.

February 2019 revision

A typographic error on page 12 of the release on the Rough Sleeping Initiative has been corrected in this revised version. The percentage reduction in rough sleeping in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas between 2017 and 2018 should have been 19% rather than the 23% originally reported. The underlying figures remain unchanged, as does the national 2% reduction.

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2019
Last updated 26 February 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added revised release.

  2. First published.

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