Rough sleeping in London (CHAIN reports)

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InformationThese published reports present information from the multi-agency database Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN), about people seen rough sleeping by outreach teams in London. CHAIN, which is commissioned and funded by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and managed by Homeless Link, represents one of the UK’s most detailed and comprehensive sources of information about rough sleeping. Services that record information on CHAIN include outreach teams, assessment centres, accommodation projects, day centres and other specialist projects. The system allows users to share information about work done with people sleeping rough and about their needs, ensuring that they receive the most appropriate support and that efforts are not duplicated. In these reports, people are counted as having been seen rough sleeping if they have been encountered by a commissioned outreach worker bedded down on the street, or in other open spaces or locations not designed for habitation, such as doorways, stairwells, parks or derelict buildings. The report does not include people from “hidden homeless” groups such as those “sofa surfing” or living in squats, unless they have also been seen bedded down in one of the settings outlined above. Separate reports are produced for London as a whole and for individual boroughs, and these are published each quarter. There are also annual reports that contain aggregated information for each full year.Interactive Visualisation ToolQuarterly Data ToolAnnual Data ToolA suite of online interactive charts and maps based on CHAIN data is available by clicking the above links. The data available via these tools mirrors that presented in the published PDF documents, with the addition of filters and other enhancements to allow users to interrogate the data. The Quarterly Data Tool shows data from the last eight quarters, and the Annual Data Tool shows data from the last five years. Organisations Using CHAINA list of the organisations which have signed the CHAIN Data Protection Agreement and are able to access the live CHAIN system is also available to download. PDF Reports & Data tablesAs of January 2024, published CHAIN PDF reports are accompanied by an OpenDocument Spreadsheet file providing the underlying data in an accessible aggregated tabular format. The file includes data at local authority level, and for London overall, including comparative data for previous periods. There is also an accompanying explanatory notes document, which provides important contextual information about the data. Please click the links below to download a zip file containing the PDF reports and OpenDocument Spreadsheet for the corresponding timeframe. Publication ScheduleReports are published 1 month after the end of each quarter and one quarter after the end of each year. The linked document below provides details of forthcoming publications Quarterly and Annual Report Schedule 2026/272025/26Greater London BulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsAnnual Data TablesQuarterly Reports and Data Tables2024/25Greater London BulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsAnnual Data TablesQuarterly Reports and Data Tables2023/24Greater London BulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsAnnual Data TablesQuarterly Reports and Data Tables2022/23Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2021/22Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2020/21Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2019/20Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2018/19Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2017/18Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2016/17Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2015/16Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports2014/15Greater London bulletinGreater London full reportBorough Annual ReportsQuarterly Reports Pre-2014/15For earlier reports please see the end of this page.This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

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Borough reports - quarterly and bimonthly 2010 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Borough reports - quarterly and bimonthly 2011 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Borough reports - quarterly and bimonthly 2012 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Borough reports - quarterly and bimonthly 2013 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Borough reports - quarterly and bimonthly 2014 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Street to Home - Quarterly and Bimonthly N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Street to Home - Annual Reports and Bulletins N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2014-15 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2014-15 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full report 2014-15 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2014-15 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2015-16 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2015-16 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full report 2015-16 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2015-16 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2016-17 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2016-17 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full report 2016-17 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2016-17 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2017-18 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2017-18 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2017-18 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2017-18 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2018-19 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2018-19 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full report 2018-19 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2018-19 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2019-20 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2019-20 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2019-20 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2019-20 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2020-21 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2020-21 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2020-21 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2020-21 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2021-22 Quarterly Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2021-22 Borough Annual Reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2021-22 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2021-22 N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2022-23 Quarterly Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2022-23 Borough Annual Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2022-23.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2022-23.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN annual data tables 2023-24.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2023-24 Quarterly Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2023-24 Borough Annual Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2023-24 - amended1.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London 2023-24 - amended1.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN annual data tables 2024-25.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2024-25 Quarterly Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2024-25 Borough Annual Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London 2024-25.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London bulletin 2024-25.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q1 2025/26 data tables N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q1 2025/26 borough reports N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q1 2025/26 Greater London N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN data tables explanatory notes 4.0.0.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Quarterly and Annual Reports Process and Schedule 2025/26.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN DPA current signatories 01-10-25.xlsx N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q2 2025/26 borough reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q2 2024/26 Greater London.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q2 2025/26 CHAIN quarterly data tables.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN DPA current signatories 02-01-26.xlsx N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q3 25 26 Borough Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London 2025-26 Q3.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN quarterly data tables 2025-26 Q3.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN DPA current signatories 01-04-26.xlsx N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Q4 25 26 Borough Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London 2025-26 Q4.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN quarterly data tables 2025-26 Q4.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Quarterly and Annual Reports Process and Schedule April26.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN annual data tables 2025-26.ods N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2025-26 Quarterly Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
2025-26 Borough Annual Reports.zip N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
Greater London full 2025-26.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN Annual Bulletin 2025-26.pdf N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN Prevention DPA current signatories 01-07-26.xlsx N/A 08 July 2026 Not available
CHAIN DPA current signatories 02-07-26.xlsx N/A 08 July 2026 Not available

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