Hundreds of people across the county were sleeping rough or using temporary accommodation on any given night in 2022.
Shelter, a leading homelessness charity, has used government statistics, Freedom of Information requests and data from the membership charity Homeless Link to work out how many people are without a home in England.
The charity estimates that in Oxford, people sleeping rough or using temporary accommodation on any given night in 2022 amounted to 227 people, including 84 children.
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In West Oxfordshire it was estimated that 78 people, including 14 children were in the same situation, with 88 people including 46 children in Cherwell, and 20 people including six children in Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire, respectively.
In Oxford around 203 people were in temporary accommodation, while 24 were estimated to be sleeping rough.
In West Oxfordshire this figure came out at 73 people in temporary accommodation and five sleeping rough, 82 in Cherwell with six sleeping rough, and all people in Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire were in temporary accommodation.
These figures do not include the various forms of hidden or unofficial homelessness, such as sofa surfing or overcrowded homes.
Shelter chief executive Polly Neate said they were expecting a rise in homelessness in 2023.
“A cold doorway or a grotty hostel room is not a home, but this is reality for too many people today,” she said.
“Our frontline advisers are working tirelessly to help people who are desperate to escape homelessness – from the parents doing all they can to provide some shred of a normal family life while stuck in an emergency B&B, to the person terrified of another night sleeping rough.
“With private rents and living costs continuing to soar, thousands of people are not just facing a winter of worry, they are at risk of losing the roof over their head,” she added.
The estimates suggest around 2,400 people were sleeping rough across England, with a further 15,000 people in hostels or supported accommodation.
Nearly 250,000 people – mainly families – were living in temporary accommodation.
The overall figure is down slightly from the previous year – 274,000 were estimated to be homeless on any given night in 2021.
Despite a slight drop in the number of people in temporary accommodation compared to the year before, the use of temporary accommodation has risen by an “alarming” 74 per cent over the last decade, Shelter said.
The charity said this was due to a “chronic shortage” of social homes.
Labour MP Paula Barker, shadow homelessness and rough sleeping minister, said: “The Conservatives promised to prevent homelessness and end rough sleeping by the end of next year, but they are completely and utterly failing, with devastating consequences for thousands of families and children.”
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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.
Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.
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