Responding to the data, Mark Dronfield, Senior Operations Manager at Turning Point's drug and alcohol service in London, said:
"Every death of an individual experiencing homelessness is a preventable tragedy. We know that people experiencing homelessness are also much more likely to struggle with substance use, mental health conditions, be neurodiverse and have had involvement with the criminal justice system.
"At Turning Point, we aim to continually develop our response to people's individual and often complex needs and provide the best support possible for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.
"In our London service, we have implemented specific training to respond to trends we observe in the local rough sleeping population. This includes supporting increasing numbers of women sleeping rough, synthetic opioid use and specialist chemsex support among rough sleepers.
"This latest published data should serve as a call to action for the whole system to pull together to better support people experiencing homelessness"