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Rough sleeping: Arrests fall as police brand law 'archaic'
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/vagrancy-arrests

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Rough sleeping: Arrests fall as police brand law 'archaic'

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/vagrancy-arrests
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-06-05T13:35:18.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-06-06T16:21:26.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:28:13.534Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: crime, foi, homelessness, vagrancy
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48310872
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• Watchers: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Rough sleeping: Arrests fall as police brand law 'archaic'

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/3343/production/_107132131_vagrancy-nc.png)

In June 2019 **Laurence Sleator** [reported on figures revealing that police were using their powers under the Vagrancy Act less](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48310872). The story, based on data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, led on police criticism of the law allowing beggars and rough sleepers to be arrested. 

## Get the data

* XLSX: [Arrests and charges under Vagrancy Act - and reasons](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/vagrancy-arrests/blob/master/Vagrancy%20Act.xlsx)

## Quotes and interviews

* Supt Ian Green, West Midlands Police

* Spokesperson, Metropolitan Police

* Spokesperson, Merseyside Police

* Spokesperson, Brighton and Hove Council

* Matt Downie, Crisis

* Spokesperson, St Mungo's 

* Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP 

* Spokesman, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

## Visualisation

* Bar chart: Arrests under the Vagrancy Act, 2015/16-2017/18

* Line chart: Number of rough sleepers, 2010-2018, London vs Rest of England