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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
Change between the two latest observations (2024 to Autumn 2025), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: method only.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
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 |