In 2023/24 approximately 64,960 households in England were accepted for main homeless duties, whereby the relevant local authority deemed the applicant to be unintentionally homeless and eligible for assistance. Before 2018/19 the figures are noticeably higher than this, with over 56,000 main duty acceptances in 2017/18, although this is due to the introduction of other statutory homeless duties in 2018/19.

In 2024/25, 13,231 people who were seen to be sleeping rough in London compared with 11,993 in the previous reporting year, and the most reported during this time period. The number of people reported to be sleeping rough has steadily increased throughout this time period, with the dip in 2020/21, and 2022/23, likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Demographics of London's homeless As of the most recent reporting year, over 2,000 of London's rough sleepers were in the borough of Westminster, the most of any London borough. In terms of gender, the majority of rough sleepers are male, with more than 10,000 men seen to be sleeping rough, compared with 2,149 women, and 18 non-binary people. The most common age group was among those aged between 36 and 45 years old, at more than 3,900, compared with 1,411 25 and under, 3,580 aged between 26 and 34, 2,860 aged 45 and 55, and around 1,578 over 55s. Homelessness in the U.S. Homelessness is also an important social issue in several other countries. In the United States, for example, there were estimated to be approximately 653,104 people experiencing homelessness in 2023. This was a noticeable increase on the previous year, and the highest number between 2007 and 2023. When looking at U.S. states, New York had the highest homelessness rate, at 52 individuals per 10,000 population, followed by Vermont at 51.

The number of deaths of homeless people in England and Wales, by sex, five-year age group and underlying cause of death, 2013 to 2021 registrations. Experimental Statistics.

In 2024, there were reported to be ***** men sleeping rough on a single night in England, and *** women, with a further *** people whose gender was not known. Between 2017 and 2024, the majority of rough sleepers reported in England have been men.

In 2024/25, ****** men were reported to be sleeping rough in London with a further ***** women, and ** non-binary people. Since 2010/11 there has been an increase in the number of people reported to be sleeping rough in London, increasing from almost ***** in 2010/11 to more than ****** by 2022/23. Throughout this time period, the majority of people seen to be sleeping rough in London have been men. Characteristics of homeless people in London Of the rough sleepers seen in London in 2023/24, the most common age group were those aged between 36 and 45, at *****. In terms of nationality, most rough sleepers were from the United Kingdom at ***** people, with Romanian being the second-highest nationality, at *** people. The London Borough which had the highest number of people sleeping rough was Westminster, at ***** people, while the borough of Sutton had the fewest rough sleepers, at **. Tragic implications of homelessness In 2021, *** homeless people in London lost their lives, which was the highest number of homeless deaths per region in England and Wales. In terms of the homeless death rate, the worst region was also London, at **** deaths per million people in 2021. North West England had the second-highest deaths per million people, at **. Between 2013 and 2019, the number of homeless deaths in England and Wales increased from 392 to ***, before falling to *** in 2020 and *** in 2021.

National Statistics on Homelessness. Data on households found to be homeless. Contains most useful or most popular data, presented by type and other variables, including by geographical area or as a time series.

In 2024/25, approximately 5,462 of the 13,231 people seen to be sleeping rough in London were from the UK, the most-common nationality that year. The second-most common nationality was Romanian, at 828 people.

In 2023/24, ****** households where the main applicant was aged between 25 and 34 were owed a statutory prevention of relief homeless duty in England, the most of any age group. In the same year, there were ***** people aged 75 or over that applied for homeless duties.

People identified as homeless by ethnic group, national identity, religion, main language, and English language proficiency.

There are a large number of Housing spreadsheets that provide the latest, most useful or most popular data, presented by type and other variables, including by geographical area or on a temporal basis. These spreadsheets are mostely produced from statistical returns completed by Local Authorities, although some are from survey data or external sources.

Statistics about homelessness for every local authority in England.

This includes annual data covering 2009-10 to 2015-16 based on CLG live table 784, known as the P1E returns.

There are also quarterly returns (live table 784a) which cover April to June; July to September, September to December and January to March, since April 2013 available on the CLG webpage (see links)

Both are provided in excel and csv format.

These data help us compare trends across the country for the decisions local authorities make when people apply to them as homeless and each district's use of temporary accommodation.

For each local authority, the number of households accepted as homeless, per 1000 households.

The term "Homelessness" is often considered to apply only to people "sleeping rough". However, most of our statistics on homelessness relate to the statutorily homeless i.e. those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority.

Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.

A "main homelessness duty" is owed where the authority is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and falls within a specified priority need group. Such statutorily homeless households are referred to as "acceptances".

This dataset provides statistics on the numbers of households accepted as statutorily homeless and presented in terms of acceptances per 1000 households in each local authority area. The total number of acceptances is broken down further according to ethnicity in the related dataset, Homelessness Acceptances.

The numbers are presented in terms of households, not individuals. A household is defined as: one person living alone, or a group of people living at the same address who share common housekeeping or a living room.

Values of less than five households have been suppressed. In addition, some values of five or greater have been suppressed to prevent other suppressed values being calculated

This data is also available in Table 784a, available for download as an Excel spreadsheet.

Decisions on whether a household is homeless and in priority need.

The term "Homelessness" is often considered to apply only to people "sleeping rough". However, most of our statistics on homelessness relate to the statutorily homeless i.e. those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority.

Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.

All households that apply for assistance under the Housing and Homelessness Acts are referred to as "decisions". However, these do not include households found to be ineligible for assistance (some persons from abroad are ineligible for assistance).

This dataset provides statistics on the numbers of decisions made on applications for assistance. The data is broken down by local authority and according to the outcome of the decision: either rejected, together with reason for rejection, or accepted.

The numbers are presented in terms of households, not individuals. A household is defined as: one person living alone, or a group of people living at the same address who share common housekeeping or a living room.

Values of less than five households have been suppressed. In addition, some values of five or greater have been suppressed to prevent other suppressed values being calculated

This data is also available in Table 784a, available for download as an Excel spreadsheet.

Homelessness in Scotland This publication gives an overview of key trends and features of homelessness in Scotland. It provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2017. Data on households in temporary accommodation as at 31 March 2017 are also presented, together with data on households placed in unsuitable accommodation. Source: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/06/8907/downloads UK House Price Index 2004-2017 Describes various types of housing published between 2004-2017 and their price indices. Area codes included and percentage price change are also included. This file includes a derived back series for the new UK HPI Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/uk-house-price-index-data-downloads-december-2017?utm_medium=GOV.UK&utm_source=scotland&utm_campaign=UKHPI_Scotlandreport&utm_term=9.30_13_02_18&utm_content=download_data Youth Homelessness Analysis 2016-17 Data focusing on populations between 16-24 years of age, covering the periods between 2007/2008 and 2016/2017 and defined by locality. Data includes age at application, rate of youth homelessness, household compositions and other descriptors of the population. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables/adhoc-analysis/adhoc-analysis

Statistics on homelessness and homeless families