Thread by @ONS

There were an estimated 688 homeless deaths in England and Wales registered in 2020 - down 11.6% from 2019 (778 estimated deaths).

While this is similar to registrations seen between 2017 and 2019, this is the first year-on-year fall since 2014 ow.ly/FvFm50H0AlH

Figures for 2020 were affected by the ‘Everyone In’ scheme, which has made it more difficult to identify homeless people in our mortality records.

Figures for 2020 may therefore underestimate the true number of homeless deaths ow.ly/FvFm50H0AlH

87.8% of homeless deaths registered in 2020 were among men (604 estimated deaths), remaining consistent with previous years.

Of the total deaths among homeless people registered in 2020, an estimated 13 (1.9%) deaths involved #COVID19 ow.ly/FvFm50H0AlH

38.5% of deaths among homeless people were related to drug poisoning in 2020 (265 estimated deaths).

Suicide deaths registered among homeless people fell by around a third since the high seen in 2019 (from 112 in 2019 to 74 in 2020) ow.ly/FvFm50H0AlH

London and the North West had the highest numbers of deaths registered in 2020, with 143 (20.8% of the total number) and 126 (18.3% of the total number) estimated deaths of homeless people respectively ow.ly/FvFm50H0AlH