35 families were moved more than 100 miles from their original council area in 2020-21 alone

Journeys made out of London area

Bradford 195 miles

Blackpool

233 miles

Scunthorpe

192 miles

Stoke-on-Trent

Derby

Staffordshire

Telford and Wrekin

Wolverhampton

Sandwell

Birmingham

Solihull

London area

Includes Hillingdon,

Barnet, Brent and

Ealing

Journeys made out of Birmingham area

Preston

Leeds

119 miles

Flintshire

Birmingham

Ipswich

158 miles

Brent

Hounslow

120 miles

Bromley

Hammersmith

and Fulham

Journeys made into Northampton area

Northampton

Milton Keynes

132 miles

Bromley

Canterbury

Adur

139 miles

Worthing

127 miles

35 families were moved more than 100 miles from their original council area in 2020-21 alone

Journeys made out of London area

Blackpool

233 miles

Bradford

195 miles

Scunthorpe

192 miles

Stoke-on-Trent

Derby

Staffordshire

Telford and Wrekin

Wolverhampton

Sandwell

Birmingham

Solihull

London area

Includes Hillingdon,

Barnet, Brent and

Ealing

Journeys made out of Birmingham area

Preston

Leeds

119 miles

Flintshire

Birmingham

Ipswich

158 miles

Brent

Hounslow

120 miles

Bromley

Hammersmith

and Fulham

Journeys made into Northampton area

Northampton

Milton Keynes

132 miles

Bromley

Canterbury

Adur

139 miles

Worthing

127 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: Guardian FoI. Note: Out-of-area placements of 100 miles or more away origin council in 2020-21. Distances are calculated between the location of the council’s homelessness service and the postcode area in which the placement is made. In a small proportion of cases the postcode was not available and the placement council’s postcode was used instead