# $TENTS · Encampment reports in San Francisco and Seattle

Reports of a tent or encampment made to the two cities in a month, added together: San Francisco 311 cases with the service name Encampment, and the City of Seattle's unauthorized encampment reports, each by the date it was made. Every report counts, repeats included. Counted from July 2024, the first full month of San Francisco's Encampment service.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Newest complete period | Oct 2026: 12,609 reports, score 25, Normal |
| Source | DataSF, 311 Cases (service name Encampment), and Seattle Open Data, Unauthorized Encampment Reports (https://data.sf.gov/d/vw6y-z8j6) |
| Terms | San Francisco's file is under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License; Seattle's is marked public domain. |
| Cadence | Monthly. Both cities post reports within a day; a month prints four days after it ends. |
| Grade | display |
| Rulebook | Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04 |

## Settlement

Why this grade: Reports, not tents: one camp can bring many reports, and a city sweep changes what gets reported. Shown, not settled on.
What it costs to move: Cheap in small numbers. A report is a phone call, an app or a web form.
When the source is late: A month prints four days after it ends, and only when both cities have reports in the newest month. If either city has posted nothing for it, it stays open. A month either city never posts is void.
Precision: Whole reports from both cities, by the date each was made.

## As first published, and the proof

Not on-chain yet. The newest complete period goes on-chain with the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.

## Last 30 complete periods

| Period | Level | Change | Band |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Oct 2026 | 12,609 reports | -2.4% | Normal |
| Sep 2026 | 12,921 reports | +4.5% | Normal |
| Aug 2026 | 12,359 reports | +17.5% | Elevated |
| Jul 2026 | 10,517 reports | -2.3% | Quiet |
| Jun 2026 | 10,770 reports | +4.9% | Quiet |
| May 2026 | 10,263 reports | +14.9% | Quiet |
| Apr 2026 | 8,929 reports | +5.6% | Quiet |
| Mar 2026 | 8,455 reports | +13.3% | Quiet |
| Feb 2026 | 7,461 reports | -10.1% | Quiet |
| Jan 2026 | 8,298 reports | +4.5% | Quiet |
| Dec 2025 | 7,939 reports | -4.7% | Quiet |
| Nov 2025 | 8,327 reports | -19.3% | Quiet |
| Oct 2025 | 10,321 reports | -9.5% | Quiet |
| Sep 2025 | 11,409 reports | -5.9% | Quiet |
| Aug 2025 | 12,126 reports | +3.8% | Normal |
| Jul 2025 | 11,683 reports | +9.1% | Normal |
| Jun 2025 | 10,710 reports | -4.9% |  |
| May 2025 | 11,262 reports | +17.0% |  |
| Apr 2025 | 9,625 reports | -7.8% |  |
| Mar 2025 | 10,443 reports | +18.9% |  |
| Feb 2025 | 8,780 reports | -5.3% |  |
| Jan 2025 | 9,272 reports | +21.0% |  |
| Dec 2024 | 7,662 reports | 0.0% |  |
| Nov 2024 | 7,660 reports | -25.3% |  |
| Oct 2024 | 10,259 reports | +0.7% |  |
| Sep 2024 | 10,183 reports | +1.2% |  |
| Aug 2024 | 10,062 reports | +10.5% |  |
| Jul 2024 | 9,107 reports |  |  |

JSON: https://tickerz.com/api/indices/tents

## Asked often

**How many homeless encampments are reported in San Francisco and Seattle?** San Francisco and Seattle took 12,609 reports of a tent or encampment in Oct 2026, counted by Tickerz from the two cities' open data.

**Where does the $TENTS number come from?** Tickerz reads it from DataSF, 311 Cases (service name Encampment), and Seattle Open Data, Unauthorized Encampment Reports. Monthly. Both cities post reports within a day; a month prints four days after it ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.

**Can I download the $TENTS data?** Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/tents and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/tents/history.csv.

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