Number of New Rough Sleepers on London’s Streets Soars

New figures show a 43% increase in the number of people sleeping rough last year on London's streets.  The figures released from the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) present information on those seen sleeping rough by outreach workers on the streets of London from April 2011 to March 2012:

    *5,678 people were seen rough sleeping in 2011-12 - a 43% increase compared to 2010-11

    *3,825 people were new rough sleepers, a 62% increase compared to 2010-11

    *2408 people were seen sleeping rough more than once - 18% increase on previous year

    *Of these figures there was a 45% increase in the number of British nationals who slept rough

Download the report from the CHAIN website.