More and more people are sleeping rough. Living on the streets is dangerous. It causes health problems and affects people’s wellbeing.
Rough sleeping is one of the most visible types of homelessness. Rough sleeping includes sleeping outside or in places that aren't designed for people to live in, including cars, doorways and abandoned buildings.
We think that it is possible to end rough sleeping. All public services have their role to play in preventing people from ending up on the streets. This includes health services and the criminal justice system.
Rough sleepers are being punished by measures introduced to tackle antisocial behaviour.
Rough sleeping is dangerous and isolating. Long periods spent sleeping rough leads to health prob...
Rough sleeping is rising across the UK. Not enough is being done to address this.
Our research into the scale and experience of rough sleeping including enforcement interventions.
Estimated number of people sleeping rough in 2022 on a single night in Autumn across England.
This was up by 26% from 2021.
(Source: Rough sleeping snapshot in England, Autumn 2022)
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