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Rough sleeping snapshot (England)
Part of the Housing and Household Formation domain. Estimated number of people sleeping rough on a single autumn night in England.
Latest data
Latest reading
Autumn 2025
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
100Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
MHCLG: Rough sleeping snapshot in England
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- MHCLG
- Series ID
- mhclg_rough_sleeping
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 7 July 2026
Known weakness
England only; single-night snapshot; known undercount; consistent methodology since 2010.
Notes
Verified official value from MHCLG (mhclg_rough_sleeping), accessed 2026-07-07.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,768 | |
| 2012 | 2,309 | |
| 2014 | 2,744 | |
| 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 | |
| Autumn 2025 | 4,793 |