Homelessness is a serious issue in Crawley and across West Sussex. To put

some numbers into perspective.

1) Each night Crawley Open House is "home" for 55 people who

otherwise would have nowhere else to stay.

2) In 2021-22, their hostel became a temporary home to 169 residents,

and 127 of them were sleeping rough prior to that.

3) Their outreach workers offered support to someone either sleeping

rough or at risk of losing their accommodation 3,671 times during

that year.

These numbers paint only a partial picture. In fact, if one was found

homeless in or around East Grinstead, Cuckfield, Horsham, Haywards

Heath or Horley, as well as Crawley itself, would likely be referred to Crawley Open House – there is no other residential homeless shelter for around 25 miles radius.