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At least 927 homeless people died in France in 2025
A French group that tracks deaths among people without stable housing counted at least 927 deaths in France in 2025.
The total was slightly lower than the 938 deaths counted in 2024, but the group says this is a pause in its tally, not proof that fewer people died.
Its count is incomplete, and the true number may be higher.
Of those counted, 306 people were living on the street, 264 were in accommodation, and the group could not establish the main situation for 357.
The people who died were 49 years old on average, and 20 were younger than 15.
Cold-related deaths rose to 22, the highest level since 2012, with all occurring in autumn or winter.
France's official estimate of the homeless population dates from 2012, but the national statistics institute is due to publish updated figures from a new survey by the end of 2026.
At least 927 homeless people died in France in 2025, according to the collective Les Morts de la Rue.
The total was down slightly from 938 deaths in 2024, but the collective called it a plateau in recorded deaths, not a fall in mortality.
The count is a documented minimum and is neither exhaustive nor final, the collective said.
Twenty of those who died were children under 15, and 22 deaths were linked to cold, the highest such total since 2012.
The people counted had an average age of 49, compared with about 79.5 in the general population.
- Who
- At least 927 people without a home, including 20 children under 15.
- What
- They died in France in 2025, according to the collective Les Morts de la Rue.
- When
- In 2025.
- Where
- France.
- Why
- The collective documents deaths among people without a home; the cause of death was unknown in two-thirds of cases.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The collective began its survey of deaths among people without a home.
The collective recorded 938 deaths.
At least 927 people without a home died, according to the collective.
The collective published its annual report on deaths in 2025.
- Deaths in 2025
- At least 927
- Deaths in 2024
- 938
- Children under 15
- 20
- Cold-related deaths
- 22
- Average age
- 49
- Deaths with unknown cause
- Two-thirds of cases
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En 2025, 927 personnes sans domicile fixe sont mortes en France, selon le collectif "Les Morts de la rue"
INFOGRAPHIES. « Vivre à la rue tue » : au moins 927 décès de personnes sans domicile fixe en France en 2025
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un palier
pas une baisse de la mortalité
Un palier du recensement peut être celui de ses moyens, et non celui de la mortalité