A national estimate of the number of rough sleepers in England is published every September. The estimate is based on the results of local authority street counts in those areas where a known, or suspected, rough sleeping problem has been identified. The following table sets out the national rough sleeping estimate, broken down by region, for each year since 1998. We do not hold this information for 1997.
This Department does not hold information relating to the age of rough sleepers.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ENG 1,850 1,633 1,180 703 596 504 508 459 502 498 SW 290 203 124 75 61 64 44 50 63 58 SE 327 282 200 115 60 45 35 53 47 71 NW 181 194 108 47 49 37 64 35 36 33 NE 14 27 5 13 7 0 0 1 4 3 WM 99 89 36 38 27 16 23 29 13 13 EM 91 59 47 26 21 21 32 30 31 5 E 162 88 65 22 38 24 29 18 24 36 Y&H 65 56 49 10 12 30 16 22 17 31 L 621 635 546 357 321 267 265 221 267 248