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The figures are only a single night snapshot, with councils either counting or estimating the number of rough sleepers.\n\nThe story included a 'Reality Check' analysis explaining the statistical context to the figures: \n\n\u003e In England councils choose one night in October or November to carry out a street count - they will physically go out and count the people they see sleeping rough on streets in tents or doorways.\n\n\u003e Some councils choose instead to make an estimate based on how many people are known to local services like homelessness charities - for example, in rural areas where it may be more difficult to physically count people.\n\n\u003e That means anyone who they don't spot - and many homeless people choose to hide themselves for their own safety - or anyone who spends that night walking around, on a night bus or sofa surfing won't be counted.\n\n\u003e It also doesn't include anyone staying that night in a hostel or shelter.\n\n\u003e There are many more people who are homeless but don't sleep rough, staying instead in temporary accommodation like bed and breakfasts.\n\nReaders could also watch [an explainer video about the background to the figures](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-47068063/how-many-people-are-sleeping-rough-in-england).\n\n## Get the data\n\n* Ministry of Housing, Communities \u0026 Local Government: [Rough sleeping](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping)\n  * A copy of the [XLS file](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/rough-sleeping-2019/blob/master/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx) is in this repo.\n\n## Interviews and quotes\n\n* Polly Neate, chief executive, Shelter\n* Jon Sparkes, Chief executive, Crisis\n* James Turner, 41, a homeless man from Sheldon in Birmingham\n* Lewis, 29, a homeless man in Birmingham\n* Councillor Martin Tett, housing spokesman, Local Government Association \n* James Brokenshire, Communities Secretary \n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Interactive choropleth map: Rough sleepers in England, per 10,000 households, by local authority\n* Grouped bar chart: Number of people bedding down outside per 10,000 households, by region: 2017 vs 2018\n* Line chart: Number of rough sleepers, 2010-2018, London vs rest of England\n\n## Related repos\n\n* The unit has reported a number of stories based on data around rough sleeping and homelessness. [All repos by the data units tagged 'homelessness' can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Ahomelessness+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Frough-sleeping-2019","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Frough-sleeping-2019","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Frough-sleeping-2019/lists"}