OFFICIAL HOMELESSNESS STATISTICS
England - Level of homelessness by local authority

The table below provides data for the level of homelessness in England, by local authority area in 2007.  Figures are provided for the number of households officially recognised as homeless and as a proportion of the total number of households in each local authority.  Local authorities are ranked from those with the highest proportion of homeless households to those with the lowest.

Rank
(1=highest) 		Local Authority Number of households officially recognised as newly homeless in 2007 Proportion of the total number of households
1 Blackpool 1,315 2.05%
2 Waltham Forest 1,339 1.49%
3 Colchester 990 1.46%
4 Sheffield 3,112 1.41%
5 Peterborough 954 1.40%
6 Bristol 2,266 1.33%
7 Hackney 1,060 1.22%
8 Welwyn Hatfield 497 1.21%
9 Brent 1,209 1.20%
10 Islington 991 1.18%
11 Gateshead 1,001 1.18%
12 Wigan 1,443 1.13%
13 Ealing 1,326 1.12%
14 Salford 1,035 1.09%
15 Birmingham 4,288 1.07%
16 Tower Hamlets 902 1.07%
17 Derby 1,019 1.04%
18 Shrewsbury and Atcham 419 1.02%
19 West Somerset 163 1.02%
20 Oldham 897 1.01%
21 Southwark 1,110 0.99%
22 North Tyneside 857 0.99%
23 Manchester 1,723 0.92%
24 Durham 324 0.90%
25 Wolverhampton 868 0.89%
26 Kingston upon Thames 553 0.88%
27 Rochdale 744 0.88%
28 Wellingborough 264 0.85%
29 Derwentside 303 0.82%
30 Kingston upon Hull 909 0.82%
31 Eastbourne 351 0.82%
32 Chesterfield 356 0.81%
33 Lancaster 471 0.80%
34 Redditch 263 0.80%
35 Barrow-in-Furness 247 0.80%
36 Barking and Dagenham 535 0.79%
37 Mansfield 334 0.78%
38 Chorley 333 0.77%
39 Enfield 874 0.77%
40 Nottingham City 924 0.76%
41 Lichfield 297 0.76%
42 Chester-le-Street 170 0.74%
43 Lambeth 859 0.73%
44 Hastings 272 0.70%
45 Harlow 230 0.70%
46 Bradford 1,282 0.69%
47 Leeds 2,125 0.68%
48 Halton 329 0.67%
49 Cannock Chase 255 0.67%
50 Dartford 237 0.66%
51 Warrington 521 0.65%
52 Braintree 367 0.64%
53 Lewisham 687 0.63%
54 Richmondshire 117 0.62%
55 Lincoln 233 0.61%
56 Wyre Forest 248 0.60%
57 Croydon 857 0.60%
58 Redbridge 572 0.60%
59 Bexley 546 0.60%
60 Worcester 238 0.60%
61 Gravesham 230 0.59%
62 Newham 558 0.59%
63 Westminster 628 0.59%
64 Brighton and Hove 672 0.58%
65 Tamworth 175 0.58%
66 Carlisle 262 0.58%
67 Liverpool 1,101 0.58%
68 Hammersmith and Fulham 440 0.58%
69 Wear Valley 156 0.58%
70 Bedford 363 0.58%
71 Hounslow 484 0.57%
72 Wandsworth 686 0.57%
73 Kirklees 924 0.57%
74 Kensington and Chelsea 468 0.56%
75 St Helens 416 0.56%
76 Bury 418 0.55%
77 Ipswich 286 0.55%
78 Bromley 693 0.55%
79 Doncaster 659 0.54%
80 Oswestry 87 0.54%
81 South Tyneside 364 0.54%
82 High Peak 206 0.54%
83 North East Lincolnshire 368 0.54%
84 Plymouth 563 0.54%
85 Coventry 652 0.52%
86 Sandwell 604 0.52%
87 Haringey 482 0.51%
88 Allerdale 210 0.51%
89 Sunderland 606 0.51%
90 Oxford 272 0.50%
91 Newcastle upon Tyne 579 0.50%
92 East Riding of Yorkshire 694 0.50%
93 Portsmouth 407 0.50%
94 Basildon 356 0.50%
95 City of London 20 0.50%
96 East Northamptonshire 165 0.50%
97 Rutland 70 0.50%
98 Greenwich 478 0.50%
99 Solihull 407 0.50%
100 Restormel 211 0.49%
101 York 390 0.49%
102 Hertsmere 185 0.49%
103 Knowsley 299 0.48%
104 Northampton 398 0.48%
105 South Shropshire 85 0.47%
106 Great Yarmouth 193 0.47%
107 Bolton 514 0.47%
108 Copeland 140 0.47%
109 Gosport 149 0.47%
110 South Lakeland 214 0.47%
111 Crawley 190 0.46%
112 Hillingdon 447 0.46%
113 Tonbridge and Malling 205 0.46%
114 Leicester 509 0.45%
115 Kettering 162 0.45%
116 Chiltern 160 0.44%
117 Wirral 601 0.44%
118 Cheltenham 216 0.44%
119 Sutton 343 0.44%
120 Bridgnorth 92 0.44%
121 Penwith 127 0.44%
122 Stratford-on-Avon 212 0.43%
123 North Somerset 361 0.43%
124 East Staffordshire 192 0.43%
125 Swindon 331 0.42%
126 Scarborough 203 0.42%
127 Nuneaton and Bedworth 210 0.42%
128 Stockton-on-Tees 323 0.42%
129 Dudley 523 0.42%
130 Harrow 332 0.41%
131 Exeter 195 0.41%
132 North Cornwall 146 0.41%
133 Barnet 525 0.40%
134 Mid Devon 125 0.40%
135 Tendring 257 0.40%
136 East Cambridgeshire 127 0.40%
137 Fenland 150 0.39%
138 Bolsover 122 0.39%
139 Ellesmere Port and Neston 133 0.39%
140 Burnley 144 0.39%
141 Adur 101 0.39%
142 Stafford 200 0.38%
143 Berwick-upon-Tweed 46 0.38%
144 Crewe and Nantwich 184 0.38%
145 South Bedfordshire 180 0.38%
146 Salisbury 183 0.38%
147 Selby 122 0.38%
148 Luton 272 0.38%
149 Thurrock 230 0.38%
150 South Derbyshire 131 0.37%
151 Maldon 93 0.37%
152 Herefordshire 281 0.37%
153 South Kesteven 199 0.37%
154 Telford & Wrekin 242 0.37%
155 Castle Morpeth 73 0.37%
156 Boston 91 0.36%
157 Derbyshire Dales 109 0.36%
158 Canterbury 214 0.36%
159 Cambridge 159 0.36%
160 Preston 195 0.36%
161 Brentwood 104 0.36%
162 Reading 204 0.36%
163 Tewkesbury 118 0.36%
164 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 218 0.36%
165 Havering 332 0.36%
166 Bromsgrove 126 0.35%
167 Gloucester 163 0.35%
168 Malvern Hills 105 0.34%
169 Norwich 192 0.34%
170 North Norfolk 151 0.34%
171 Kerrier 137 0.33%
172 East Devon 190 0.33%
173 Warwick 186 0.33%
174 North Lincolnshire 222 0.33%
175 Craven 76 0.33%
176 Ashford 145 0.33%
177 West Devon 69 0.33%
178 Camden 321 0.33%
179 Easington 127 0.33%
180 North Warwickshire 84 0.32%
181 North Shropshire 77 0.32%
182 Wycombe 204 0.32%
183 Shepway 136 0.32%
184 Stoke-on-Trent 327 0.31%
185 St Albans 168 0.31%
186 West Wiltshire 161 0.31%
187 North Devon 117 0.31%
188 Chelmsford 206 0.31%
189 Tunbridge Wells 132 0.31%
190 Slough 137 0.30%
191 South Ribble 132 0.30%
192 Watford 96 0.30%
193 West Lancashire 133 0.30%
194 Chester 149 0.29%
195 Bracknell Forest 128 0.29%
196 South Somerset 192 0.29%
197 Waveney 147 0.29%
198 South Norfolk 141 0.29%
199 Rossendale 80 0.29%
200 Melton 57 0.29%
201 Charnwood 176 0.28%
202 Carrick 113 0.28%
203 Mid Bedfordshire 145 0.28%
204 Rugby 103 0.28%
205 Bassetlaw 130 0.28%
206 Daventry 85 0.27%
207 Broadland 142 0.27%
208 Taunton Deane 125 0.27%
209 Blackburn with Darwen 149 0.27%
210 Sedgemoor 126 0.27%
211 Breckland 142 0.27%
212 Torbay 158 0.27%
213 Staffordshire Moorlands 107 0.27%
214 Wealden 160 0.27%
215 Barnsley 253 0.27%
216 Harrogate 173 0.27%
217 Medway Towns 270 0.26%
218 Sevenoaks 119 0.26%
219 Havant 129 0.26%
220 Trafford 239 0.26%
221 Surrey Heath 84 0.26%
222 Isle of Wight 156 0.26%
223 Newark and Sherwood 121 0.26%
224 Alnwick 36 0.26%
225 North Kesteven 108 0.26%
226 West Dorset 108 0.26%
227 Wychavon 121 0.25%
228 Mendip 113 0.25%
229 Thanet 143 0.25%
230 Walsall 256 0.25%
231 North Wiltshire 129 0.25%
232 Hinckley and Bosworth 106 0.25%
233 South Gloucestershire 253 0.25%
234 Stockport 289 0.24%
235 Wansbeck 64 0.24%
236 Lewes 97 0.24%
237 Stevenage 78 0.24%
238 East Lindsey 139 0.24%
239 Cotswold 82 0.23%
240 Wyre 112 0.23%
241 Southampton 219 0.23%
242 Middlesbrough 130 0.23%
243 Amber Valley 116 0.23%
244 Forest Heath 54 0.23%
245 Wakefield 303 0.22%
246 North West Leicestershire 82 0.22%
247 Horsham 115 0.22%
248 Tynedale 55 0.22%
249 Worthing 99 0.22%
250 Richmond upon Thames 169 0.22%
251 Vale of White Horse 103 0.22%
252 Ryedale 48 0.22%
253 Hartlepool 85 0.22%
254 West Lindsey 76 0.22%
255 Huntingdonshire 145 0.22%
256 Blyth Valley 75 0.21%
257 Eden 46 0.21%
258 Forest of Dean 70 0.21%
259 Bath and North East Somerset 149 0.20%
260 Castle Point 73 0.20%
261 South Staffordshire 87 0.20%
262 Calderdale 167 0.20%
263 Dover 92 0.20%
264 Pendle 74 0.20%
265 Gedling 95 0.20%
266 New Forest 146 0.20%
267 Hambleton 71 0.20%
268 South Bucks 49 0.20%
269 Babergh 70 0.19%
270 Chichester 91 0.19%
271 Kennet 57 0.19%
272 Epping Forest 96 0.19%
273 Macclesfield 122 0.19%
274 Corby 43 0.19%
275 Southend-on-Sea 132 0.18%
276 Poole 108 0.18%
277 West Oxfordshire 72 0.18%
278 Rother 70 0.18%
279 Mid Suffolk 66 0.18%
280 Sedgefield 67 0.18%
281 Purbeck 33 0.17%
282 Newcastle-under-Lyme 90 0.17%
283 Dacorum 97 0.17%
284 Broxtowe 79 0.17%
285 Rotherham 175 0.17%
286 North East Derbyshire 69 0.16%
287 Harborough 54 0.16%
288 South Hams 57 0.16%
289 Teignbridge 87 0.16%
290 Eastleigh 77 0.16%
291 Rochford 52 0.16%
292 Erewash 74 0.16%
293 Tameside 144 0.16%
294 Elmbridge 81 0.16%
295 Uttlesford 43 0.15%
296 Three Rivers 52 0.15%
297 East Hertfordshire 82 0.15%
298 Cherwell 85 0.15%
299 South Cambridgeshire 80 0.15%
300 Congleton 56 0.15%
301 East Hampshire 64 0.15%
302 Rushcliffe 63 0.14%
303 South Northamptonshire 47 0.14%
304 South Holland 48 0.14%
305 Oadby and Wigston 30 0.14%
306 Merton 108 0.13%
307 Fareham 58 0.13%
308 North Hertfordshire 67 0.13%
309 Mid Sussex 69 0.13%
310 Rushmoor 45 0.13%
311 Milton Keynes 110 0.12%
312 Ashfield 57 0.12%
313 Swale 61 0.12%
314 Weymouth and Portland 32 0.11%
315 Spelthorne 44 0.11%
316 Runnymede 37 0.11%
317 Caradon 39 0.11%
318 Winchester 49 0.11%
319 South Oxfordshire 57 0.11%
320 Aylesbury Vale 73 0.11%
321 Wokingham 61 0.11%
322 Torridge 28 0.10%
323 Arun 67 0.10%
324 St Edmundsbury 43 0.10%
325 Stroud 47 0.10%
326 Ribble Valley 23 0.10%
327 Sefton 113 0.10%
328 Redcar and Cleveland 56 0.09%
329 Tandridge 30 0.09%
330 Maidstone 53 0.09%
331 North Dorset 24 0.09%
332 Basingstoke and Deane 55 0.09%
333 Suffolk Coastal 43 0.08%
334 Fylde 28 0.08%
335 Teesdale 9 0.08%
336 Darlington 35 0.08%
337 Reigate and Banstead 39 0.07%
338 Bournemouth 44 0.06%
339 Mole Valley 18 0.05%
340 Vale Royal 26 0.05%
341 Windsor and Maidenhead 27 0.05%
342 Christchurch 10 0.05%
343 Woking 18 0.05%
344 Hyndburn 14 0.04%
345 Test Valley 19 0.04%
346 West Berkshire 23 0.04%
347 Epsom and Ewell 11 0.04%
348 East Dorset 9 0.02%
349 Broxbourne 7 0.02%
350 Waverley 9 0.02%
351 Hart 6 0.02%
352 Blaby 5 0.01%
353 Guildford 6 0.01%
354 Isles of Scilly 0 0.00%

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