52% rise in rough sleeping since 2010

摘要

The number of people sleeping rough in England was up by more than half on 2010 despite the Everyone In scheme, the latest annual snapshot has shown. Official statistics showed there were 2,688 people estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2020 - up by 920 or 52% since 2010. The figure was down by 1,578 people or 37 % from last year and 43% lower than the peak in 2017.