Rankings · Methodology · Service quality · Homelessness

Households in temporary accommodation per 1000 households

Lower is better. One of the measures behind the homelessness score; councils are listed by their rank on it alone, which is not their overall rank. The median of the 130 is 2.8.

End of quarter. Driven heavily by local housing costs.

Households in temporary accommodation per 1000 households by council
Rank	Council	Households in temporary accommodation per 1000 households	Type
=1	Dudley	0.2	Metropolitan borough
=1	Cheshire East	0.3	Unitary council
=1	Hartlepool	0.4	Unitary council
=1	Wiltshire	0.4	Unitary council
=1	Northumberland	0.5	Unitary council
=1	County Durham	0.5	Unitary council
=1	Barnsley	0.5	Metropolitan borough
8	St. Helens	0.5	Metropolitan borough
9	Stockton-on-Tees	0.6	Unitary council
10	South Tyneside	0.6	Metropolitan borough
11	Westmorland and Furness	0.6	Unitary council
12	Cheshire West and Chester	0.6	Unitary council
13	Blackburn with Darwen	0.6	Unitary council
14	North Tyneside	0.7	Metropolitan borough
15	York	0.7	Unitary council
16	Stoke-on-Trent	0.7	Unitary council
17	Cumberland	0.7	Unitary council
18	Telford and Wrekin	0.8	Unitary council
19	North Somerset	0.8	Unitary council
20	Doncaster	0.9	Metropolitan borough
21	North Yorkshire	0.9	Unitary council
22	Bath and North East Somerset	1.0	Unitary council
23	Walsall	1.0	Metropolitan borough
24	Wokingham	1.1	Unitary council
25	Dorset	1.1	Unitary council
26	Calderdale	1.2	Metropolitan borough
27	Somerset	1.2	Unitary council
28	Sunderland	1.3	Metropolitan borough
29	Wirral	1.3	Metropolitan borough
30	Knowsley	1.4	Metropolitan borough
31	Rutland	1.4	Unitary council
32	Gateshead	1.4	Metropolitan borough
33	North Lincolnshire	1.4	Unitary council
34	Darlington	1.5	Unitary council
35	Rotherham	1.5	Metropolitan borough
36	Wakefield	1.5	Metropolitan borough
37	Middlesbrough	1.5	Unitary council
38	North Northamptonshire	1.6	Unitary council
39	Buckinghamshire	1.6	Unitary council
40	Stockport	1.6	Metropolitan borough
41	Newcastle upon Tyne	1.6	Metropolitan borough
42	Sefton	1.6	Metropolitan borough
43	Sandwell	1.7	Metropolitan borough
44	Wigan	1.7	Metropolitan borough
45	Bolton	1.7	Metropolitan borough
46	Shropshire	1.7	Unitary council
47	East Riding of Yorkshire	1.8	Unitary council
48	Central Bedfordshire	1.8	Unitary council
49	Kirklees	1.9	Metropolitan borough
50	Kingston upon Hull, City of	1.9	Unitary council
51	Blackpool	2.0	Unitary council
52	South Gloucestershire	2.0	Unitary council
53	Leeds	2.1	Metropolitan borough
54	Warrington	2.1	Unitary council
55	Halton	2.1	Unitary council
56	Solihull	2.2	Metropolitan borough
57	Wolverhampton	2.2	Metropolitan borough
58	Herefordshire, County of	2.2	Unitary council
59	West Berkshire	2.3	Unitary council
60	Torbay	2.6	Unitary council
61	Bradford	2.6	Metropolitan borough
62	Trafford	2.7	Metropolitan borough
63	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2.7	Unitary council
64	Sheffield	2.8	Metropolitan borough
65	Bexley	2.8	London borough
66	Plymouth	2.9	Unitary council
67	Bury	2.9	Metropolitan borough
68	Bracknell Forest	3.0	Unitary council
69	Cornwall	3.3	Unitary council
70	Rochdale	3.3	Metropolitan borough
71	Swindon	3.5	Unitary council
72	West Northamptonshire	3.7	Unitary council
73	Peterborough	3.7	Unitary council
74	Isle of Wight	3.8	Unitary council
75	Southampton	3.8	Unitary council
76	Tameside	3.8	Metropolitan borough
77	Windsor and Maidenhead	4.0	Unitary council
78	Hounslow	4.8	London borough
79	Derby	4.9	Unitary council
80	Oldham	5.0	Metropolitan borough
81	Nottingham	5.3	Unitary council
82	Southend-on-Sea	5.3	Unitary council
83	Medway	5.4	Unitary council
84	Reading	6.2	Unitary council
85	Salford	6.7	Metropolitan borough
86	Portsmouth	6.9	Unitary council
87	Coventry	7.2	Metropolitan borough
88	Richmond upon Thames	8.3	London borough
89	Liverpool	8.4	Metropolitan borough
90	Milton Keynes	8.4	Unitary council
91	Leicester	8.6	Unitary council
92	Merton	8.6	London borough
93	Thurrock	9.4	Unitary council
94	Luton	11.0	Unitary council
95	Bedford	11.6	Unitary council
96	Bromley	11.7	London borough
97	Birmingham	11.9	Metropolitan borough
98	Manchester	11.9	Metropolitan borough
99	Kingston upon Thames	12.4	London borough
100	Havering	12.6	London borough
101	Sutton	12.9	London borough
102	Barking and Dagenham	13.1	London borough
103	Camden	13.3	London borough
104	Hillingdon	13.5	London borough
105	Waltham Forest	14.5	London borough
106	Greenwich	15.5	London borough
107	Harrow	15.9	London borough
108	Brighton and Hove	16.2	Unitary council
109	Hammersmith and Fulham	17.1	London borough
110	Lewisham	18.4	London borough
111	Barnet	19.3	London borough
112	Islington	19.7	London borough
113	Brent	19.9	London borough
114	Croydon	20.4	London borough
115	Ealing	21.2	London borough
116	Tower Hamlets	22.0	London borough
117	Enfield	25.3	London borough
118	Haringey	25.3	London borough
119	Kensington and Chelsea	25.4	London borough
=120	Redbridge	26.1	London borough
=120	Southwark	29.9	London borough
=120	Wandsworth	30.0	London borough
=120	Lambeth	30.9	London borough
=120	Hackney	32.8	London borough
=120	Westminster	48.6	London borough
=120	Newham	59.8	London borough

Period: 2026-03. Source: MHCLG — Statutory homelessness statistics. Councils with the same figure share a rank, and so do those beyond the 5th and 95th percentiles, because extreme values are capped before scoring (why). How we score

No figure

Bristol, City of: Not reported this quarter
North East Lincolnshire: Not reported this quarter
Redcar and Cleveland: Not reported this quarter
Slough: Not reported this quarter

Shown but not ranked

City of London: 5.4
Isles of Scilly: 1.0