According to the BBC, more than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months.
In England five times as many rough sleepers were seen by councils in the year than reported in official figures, which are a one-night snapshot.
New official figures will be released on Thursday but the data for 2018 showed 4,677 people slept rough in England on the one night the snapshot survey was taken, down 2% on the year before but 165% up on 2010.