Homelessness statistics

Every year we survey our clients to produce an overview of their backgrounds, issues and needs.

We do this to help us identify trends, such as rising or decreasing levels of substance use or mental health problems, and to compare how these change over time. More importantly, this helps us to plan and tailor our services directly to our client group.

Some results from our 2007 survey are shown below:

  • 77% of clients were male
  • 23% of clients were female
  • 49% of clients were from BME communities
  • 80% of clients had issues with substance use
  • 43% of clients were diagnosed with depression
  • 35% of clients were ex-offenders