Home Office · Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority dataset · 346 values

Asylum seekers receiving support by local authority

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by the local authority they are accommodated in. This is a stock, not a flow.

at June 2026 · total 93,293 people · published 27 August 2026

Local Authority	Latest	Share	A year earlier	Change
Glasgow City	3,938	4.2%	3,844	▲ 2.4%
Birmingham	2,136	2.3%	2,755	▼ 22.5%
Liverpool	1,961	2.1%	2,361	▼ 16.9%
Coventry	1,700	1.8%	1,733	▼ 1.9%
Belfast	1,540	1.7%	1,760	▼ 12.5%
Manchester	1,509	1.6%	1,997	▼ 24.4%
Sandwell	1,467	1.6%	1,671	▼ 12.2%
Leeds	1,365	1.5%	1,659	▼ 17.7%
Nottingham	1,352	1.4%	1,522	▼ 11.2%
Leicester	1,333	1.4%	1,559	▼ 14.5%
Cardiff	1,313	1.4%	1,442	▼ 8.9%
Wigan	1,193	1.3%	1,207	▼ 1.2%
Hillingdon	1,188	1.3%	2,481	▼ 52.1%
Hounslow	1,139	1.2%	1,775	▼ 35.8%
Derby	1,127	1.2%	1,325	▼ 14.9%
Bradford	1,097	1.2%	1,430	▼ 23.3%
Ealing	1,073	1.2%	1,179	▼ 9%
Bolton	1,037	1.1%	1,097	▼ 5.5%
Sheffield	1,034	1.1%	1,268	▼ 18.5%
Stoke-on-Trent	1,021	1.1%	1,265	▼ 19.3%
Wolverhampton	1,018	1.1%	1,323	▼ 23.1%
Croydon	1,008	1.1%	1,001	▲ 0.7%
Newcastle upon Tyne	915	1%	1,190	▼ 23.1%
Barnet	878	0.9%	1,380	▼ 36.4%
Newham	866	0.9%	1,268	▼ 31.7%
Sunderland	823	0.9%	811	▲ 1.5%
Stockton-on-Tees	822	0.9%	779	▲ 5.5%
Braintree	791	0.8%	664	▲ 19.1%
Brent	789	0.8%	1,006	▼ 21.6%
Blackburn with Darwen	760	0.8%	744	▲ 2.2%
Oldham	733	0.8%	779	▼ 5.9%
Rochdale	727	0.8%	814	▼ 10.7%
Wakefield	724	0.8%	734	▼ 1.4%
Aberdeen City	718	0.8%	438	▲ 63.9%
Wirral	701	0.8%	717	▼ 2.2%
Bristol, City of	689	0.7%	1,188	▼ 42%
Northumberland	678	0.7%	688	▼ 1.5%
Middlesbrough	671	0.7%	699	▼ 4%
Kirklees	668	0.7%	749	▼ 10.8%
Stockport	664	0.7%	718	▼ 7.5%
Walsall	663	0.7%	697	▼ 4.9%
Portsmouth	660	0.7%	700	▼ 5.7%
Salford	656	0.7%	701	▼ 6.4%
Cheshire West and Chester	654	0.7%	675	▼ 3.1%
North Northamptonshire	641	0.7%	467	▲ 37.3%
County Durham	634	0.7%	483	▲ 31.3%
South Tyneside	628	0.7%	587	▲ 7%
Swansea	618	0.7%	730	▼ 15.3%
Dudley	611	0.7%	669	▼ 8.7%
Gateshead	606	0.6%	661	▼ 8.3%
Halton	604	0.6%	607	▼ 0.5%
Rugby	567	0.6%	377	▲ 50.4%
Telford and Wrekin	562	0.6%	727	▼ 22.7%
St. Helens	560	0.6%	628	▼ 10.8%
Doncaster	538	0.6%	682	▼ 21.1%
Reading	523	0.6%	622	▼ 15.9%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	522	0.6%	787	▼ 33.7%
Swindon	511	0.5%	568	▼ 10%
Southwark	496	0.5%	633	▼ 21.6%
Cumberland	493	0.5%	455	▲ 8.4%
Plymouth	490	0.5%	483	▲ 1.4%
Tameside	488	0.5%	533	▼ 8.4%
West Northamptonshire	478	0.5%	455	▲ 5.1%
Tower Hamlets	473	0.5%	541	▼ 12.6%
Burnley	471	0.5%	475	▼ 0.8%
Calderdale	452	0.5%	614	▼ 26.4%
Peterborough	448	0.5%	555	▼ 19.3%
Milton Keynes	443	0.5%	319	▲ 38.9%
Pendle	441	0.5%	451	▼ 2.2%
North Tyneside	436	0.5%	466	▼ 6.4%
Hyndburn	426	0.5%	435	▼ 2.1%
West Lancashire	420	0.5%	419	▲ 0.2%
Wealden	419	0.4%	1	▲ 41,800%
Redbridge	413	0.4%	602	▼ 31.4%
Sefton	411	0.4%	426	▼ 3.5%
Preston	407	0.4%	429	▼ 5.1%
Warrington	397	0.4%	446	▼ 11%
Rotherham	388	0.4%	448	▼ 13.4%
South Ribble	385	0.4%	389	▼ 1%
Warwick	380	0.4%	420	▼ 9.5%
Hartlepool	379	0.4%	440	▼ 13.9%
Luton	377	0.4%	760	▼ 50.4%
Hackney	373	0.4%	604	▼ 38.2%
Bury	368	0.4%	423	▼ 13%
Windsor and Maidenhead	368	0.4%	263	▲ 39.9%
York	366	0.4%	322	▲ 13.7%
Wyre	361	0.4%	369	▼ 2.2%
Cheshire East	358	0.4%	504	▼ 29%
Enfield	353	0.4%	388	▼ 9%
Basildon	352	0.4%	319	▲ 10.3%
Medway	346	0.4%	187	▲ 85%
Harrow	343	0.4%	344	▼ 0.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	333	0.4%	652	▼ 48.9%
Mid Sussex	326	0.3%	482	▼ 32.4%
North Yorkshire	325	0.3%	398	▼ 18.3%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	318	0.3%	282	▲ 12.8%
Slough	318	0.3%	315	▲ 1%
Southampton	315	0.3%	308	▲ 2.3%
Knowsley	309	0.3%	322	▼ 4%
Newport	306	0.3%	367	▼ 16.6%
Colchester	302	0.3%	294	▲ 2.7%
Crawley	301	0.3%	279	▲ 7.9%
Gloucester	290	0.3%	336	▼ 13.7%
Lambeth	285	0.3%	441	▼ 35.4%
South Kesteven	283	0.3%	99	▲ 185.9%
Barnsley	276	0.3%	253	▲ 9.1%
Dacorum	274	0.3%	504	▼ 45.6%
Barking and Dagenham	271	0.3%	324	▼ 16.4%
South Lanarkshire	269	0.3%	143	▲ 88.1%
North East Lincolnshire	267	0.3%	224	▲ 19.2%
North Lanarkshire	267	0.3%	95	▲ 181.1%
Stevenage	267	0.3%	361	▼ 26%
Broxtowe	264	0.3%	74	▲ 256.8%
Southend-on-Sea	264	0.3%	230	▲ 14.8%
Inverclyde	261	0.3%	146	▲ 78.8%
Reigate and Banstead	249	0.3%	346	▼ 28%
Redcar and Cleveland	243	0.3%	260	▼ 6.5%
Westmorland and Furness	240	0.3%	229	▲ 4.8%
Chorley	239	0.3%	218	▲ 9.6%
Lancaster	238	0.3%	224	▲ 6.3%
Rossendale	238	0.3%	255	▼ 6.7%
Blackpool	236	0.3%	620	▼ 61.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham	225	0.2%	400	▼ 43.8%
Aberdeenshire	216	0.2%	345	▼ 37.4%
Darlington	214	0.2%	232	▼ 7.8%
Tendring	213	0.2%	171	▲ 24.6%
Norwich	211	0.2%	389	▼ 45.8%
Lewisham	210	0.2%	233	▼ 9.9%
Merton	209	0.2%	286	▼ 26.9%
Causeway Coast and Glens	206	0.2%	201	▲ 2.5%
Derry City and Strabane	206	0.2%	255	▼ 19.2%
Canterbury	205	0.2%	184	▲ 11.4%
Solihull	205	0.2%	303	▼ 32.3%
Antrim and Newtownabbey	199	0.2%	170	▲ 17.1%
Somerset	198	0.2%	326	▼ 39.3%
Bassetlaw	197	0.2%	170	▲ 15.9%
Wiltshire	196	0.2%	158	▲ 24.1%
Mansfield	192	0.2%	169	▲ 13.6%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	192	0.2%	134	▲ 43.3%
Brighton and Hove	188	0.2%	150	▲ 25.3%
Rhondda Cynon Taf	188	0.2%	111	▲ 69.4%
Havering	186	0.2%	197	▼ 5.6%
Ashfield	185	0.2%	111	▲ 66.7%
Oxford	184	0.2%	214	▼ 14%
City of Edinburgh	181	0.2%	189	▼ 4.2%
Buckinghamshire	180	0.2%	155	▲ 16.1%
Kensington and Chelsea	180	0.2%	237	▼ 24.1%
Camden	168	0.2%	218	▼ 22.9%
Trafford	165	0.2%	419	▼ 60.6%
Waltham Forest	161	0.2%	212	▼ 24.1%
Thurrock	155	0.2%	141	▲ 9.9%
Haringey	154	0.2%	171	▼ 9.9%
Greenwich	153	0.2%	138	▲ 10.9%
South Gloucestershire	151	0.2%	137	▲ 10.2%
East Staffordshire	149	0.2%	68	▲ 119.1%
Bromley	144	0.2%	155	▼ 7.1%
Chelmsford	143	0.2%	341	▼ 58.1%
Cheltenham	143	0.2%	188	▼ 23.9%
Hinckley and Bosworth	143	0.2%	20	▲ 615%
Rochford	141	0.2%	144	▼ 2.1%
Bedford	139	0.1%	216	▼ 35.6%
Bolsover	138	0.1%	134	▲ 3%
Renfrewshire	133	0.1%	88	▲ 51.1%
Tamworth	133	0.1%	266	▼ 50%
Welwyn Hatfield	131	0.1%	263	▼ 50.2%
East Devon	125	0.1%	194	▼ 35.6%
Wokingham	125	0.1%	279	▼ 55.2%
Amber Valley	124	0.1%	38	▲ 226.3%
Gedling	121	0.1%	28	▲ 332.1%
Wrexham	117	0.1%	115	▲ 1.7%
Bexley	115	0.1%	112	▲ 2.7%
Ipswich	113	0.1%	79	▲ 43%
Shropshire	111	0.1%	15	▲ 640%
East Lindsey	110	0.1%	147	▼ 25.2%
Newark and Sherwood	110	0.1%	50	▲ 120%
Boston	108	0.1%	91	▲ 18.7%
Cherwell	106	0.1%	176	▼ 39.8%
Charnwood	103	0.1%	235	▼ 56.2%
North West Leicestershire	101	0.1%	64	▲ 57.8%
Hastings	99	0.1%	57	▲ 73.7%
Thanet	94	0.1%	126	▼ 25.4%
Gwynedd	91	0.1%	40	▲ 127.5%
Erewash	90	0.1%	173	▼ 48%
Fylde	88	0.1%	73	▲ 20.5%
North Lincolnshire	87	0.1%	58	▲ 50%
Chichester	86	0.1%	199	▼ 56.8%
Vale of White Horse	85	0.1%	82	▲ 3.7%
Caerphilly	84	0.1%	74	▲ 13.5%
Dover	83	0.1%	60	▲ 38.3%
North Somerset	83	0.1%	126	▼ 34.1%
North Ayrshire	82	0.1%	32	▲ 156.3%
Epping Forest	81	0.1%	223	▼ 63.7%
Midlothian	79	0.1%	5	▲ 1,480%
Dundee City	78	0.1%	154	▼ 49.4%
East Ayrshire	78	0.1%	40	▲ 95%
Flintshire	78	0.1%	53	▲ 47.2%
Worcester	78	0.1%	147	▼ 46.9%
Swale	77	0.1%	49	▲ 57.1%
Rushmoor	76	0.1%	175	▼ 56.6%
South Holland	76	0.1%	47	▲ 61.7%
Stafford	76	0.1%	2	▲ 3,700%
East Lothian	75	0.1%	7	▲ 971.4%
Angus	73	0.1%	17	▲ 329.4%
Central Bedfordshire	73	0.1%	207	▼ 64.7%
Wandsworth	73	0.1%	63	▲ 15.9%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	72	0.1%	52	▲ 38.5%
Gravesham	71	0.1%	113	▼ 37.2%
Perth and Kinross	70	0.1%	195	▼ 64.1%
Spelthorne	70	0.1%	90	▼ 22.2%
Falkirk	67	0.1%	98	▼ 31.6%
North Warwickshire	67	0.1%	33	▲ 103%
Winchester	67	0.1%	35	▲ 91.4%
Denbighshire	66	0.1%	51	▲ 29.4%
East Suffolk	66	0.1%	31	▲ 112.9%
Islington	66	0.1%	614	▼ 89.3%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	65	0.1%	1	▲ 6,400%
Neath Port Talbot	64	0.1%	46	▲ 39.1%
West Lindsey	64	0.1%	39	▲ 64.1%
Stratford-on-Avon	63	0.1%	111	▼ 43.2%
Kingston upon Thames	62	0.1%	75	▼ 17.3%
Carmarthenshire	60	0.1%	39	▲ 53.8%
North East Derbyshire	60	0.1%	46	▲ 30.4%
Rushcliffe	60	0.1%	26	▲ 130.8%
Hertsmere	58	0.1%	32	▲ 81.3%
Breckland	56	0.1%	—	—
Harlow	56	0.1%	78	▼ 28.2%
Wyre Forest	56	0.1%	22	▲ 154.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire	55	0.1%	60	▼ 8.3%
Merthyr Tydfil	54	0.1%	18	▲ 200%
Chesterfield	49	0.1%	80	▼ 38.8%
West Dunbartonshire	49	0.1%	27	▲ 81.5%
Maidstone	46	0%	45	▲ 2.2%
Fife	45	0%	8	▲ 462.5%
Folkestone and Hythe	45	0%	99	▼ 54.5%
Broxbourne	43	0%	339	▼ 87.3%
West Berkshire	43	0%	39	▲ 10.3%
Blaenau Gwent	42	0%	38	▲ 10.5%
Teignbridge	42	0%	19	▲ 121.1%
Westminster	42	0%	46	▼ 8.7%
Wychavon	42	0%	99	▼ 57.6%
Bridgend	41	0%	44	▼ 6.8%
Dartford	41	0%	16	▲ 156.3%
Eastbourne	40	0%	54	▼ 25.9%
Ashford	38	0%	159	▼ 76.1%
Scottish Borders	38	0%	24	▲ 58.3%
West Suffolk	38	0%	5	▲ 660%
Surrey Heath	37	0%	110	▼ 66.4%
South Derbyshire	36	0%	1	▲ 3,500%
Staffordshire Moorlands	36	0%	14	▲ 157.1%
North Kesteven	35	0%	1	▲ 3,400%
Blaby	34	0%	22	▲ 54.5%
Oadby and Wigston	32	0%	29	▲ 10.3%
Torbay	31	0%	45	▼ 31.1%
West Lothian	31	0%	89	▼ 65.2%
Dumfries and Galloway	30	0%	104	▼ 71.2%
Lincoln	30	0%	2	▲ 1,400%
Cannock Chase	29	0%	28	▲ 3.6%
Newry, Mourne and Down	29	0%	29	→ 0%
Runnymede	28	0%	11	▲ 154.5%
Sutton	28	0%	22	▲ 27.3%
Exeter	26	0%	23	▲ 13%
Isle of Anglesey	26	0%	16	▲ 62.5%
Mid Suffolk	26	0%	11	▲ 136.4%
Castle Point	25	0%	10	▲ 150%
Herefordshire, County of	25	0%	3	▲ 733.3%
Fareham	24	0%	29	▼ 17.2%
Ribble Valley	24	0%	37	▼ 35.1%
St Albans	24	0%	78	▼ 69.2%
Watford	24	0%	10	▲ 140%
Gosport	23	0%	23	→ 0%
Huntingdonshire	23	0%	22	▲ 4.5%
South Oxfordshire	23	0%	20	▲ 15%
Brentwood	22	0%	23	▼ 4.3%
Conwy	22	0%	21	▲ 4.8%
South Staffordshire	22	0%	94	▼ 76.6%
Test Valley	22	0%	9	▲ 144.4%
Uttlesford	21	0%	65	▼ 67.7%
Vale of Glamorgan	21	0%	21	→ 0%
Basingstoke and Deane	20	0%	17	▲ 17.6%
Clackmannanshire	20	0%	—	—
East Cambridgeshire	20	0%	4	▲ 400%
South Ayrshire	20	0%	15	▲ 33.3%
South Norfolk	19	0%	69	▼ 72.5%
Worthing	19	0%	16	▲ 18.8%
South Hams	18	0%	17	▲ 5.9%
East Dunbartonshire	17	0%	1	▲ 1,600%
Lisburn and Castlereagh	16	0%	23	▼ 30.4%
Melton	16	0%	12	▲ 33.3%
Pembrokeshire	16	0%	6	▲ 166.7%
Tandridge	16	0%	18	▼ 11.1%
Cornwall	15	0%	17	▼ 11.8%
Havant	15	0%	13	▲ 15.4%
Richmond upon Thames	15	0%	14	▲ 7.1%
Cambridge	14	0%	12	▲ 16.7%
Broadland	13	0%	7	▲ 85.7%
Elmbridge	13	0%	25	▼ 48%
Redditch	13	0%	7	▲ 85.7%
Stroud	13	0%	10	▲ 30%
Bracknell Forest	12	0%	17	▼ 29.4%
Great Yarmouth	12	0%	11	▲ 9.1%
Eastleigh	10	0%	—	—
Torfaen	10	0%	9	▲ 11.1%
East Renfrewshire	9	0%	3	▲ 200%
High Peak	9	0%	7	▲ 28.6%
Tonbridge and Malling	9	0%	7	▲ 28.6%
East Hampshire	8	0%	9	▼ 11.1%
North Hertfordshire	8	0%	161	▼ 95%
North Norfolk	8	0%	1	▲ 700%
Rutland	8	0%	1	▲ 700%
Malvern Hills	7	0%	—	—
New Forest	7	0%	1	▲ 600%
Woking	7	0%	2	▲ 250%
Babergh	6	0%	1	▲ 500%
Dorset	6	0%	7	▼ 14.3%
Forest of Dean	6	0%	6	→ 0%
North Devon	6	0%	4	▲ 50%
Rother	6	0%	—	—
Stirling	6	0%	—	—
Torridge	6	0%	6	→ 0%
Waverley	6	0%	6	→ 0%
West Oxfordshire	6	0%	128	▼ 95.3%
Lichfield	5	0%	3	▲ 66.7%
Powys	5	0%	5	→ 0%
Three Rivers	5	0%	6	▼ 16.7%
Bath and North East Somerset	4	0%	6	▼ 33.3%
Bromsgrove	4	0%	2	▲ 100%
Horsham	4	0%	113	▼ 96.5%
Sevenoaks	4	0%	3	▲ 33.3%
Tewkesbury	4	0%	4	→ 0%
Arun	3	0%	3	→ 0%
Epsom and Ewell	3	0%	5	▼ 40%
Fenland	3	0%	—	—
Fermanagh and Omagh	2	0%	4	▼ 50%
Moray	2	0%	—	—
Adur	1	0%	1	→ 0%
Argyll and Bute	1	0%	—	—
City of London	1	0%	1	→ 0%
East Hertfordshire	1	0%	—	—
Guildford	1	0%	3	▼ 66.7%
Harborough	1	0%	1	→ 0%
Maldon	1	0%	1	→ 0%
Mole Valley	1	0%	—	—
Monmouthshire	1	0%	—	—
South Cambridgeshire	1	0%	1	→ 0%
Tunbridge Wells	1	0%	2	▼ 50%
West Devon	1	0%	—	—

Source

Dataset: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority dataset · sheet Data_Asy_D11
Rows: all rows; values are the sum of the published rows for each local authority and period.
Caveat: Refugees who have been granted status, people on resettlement or Ukraine schemes, or the share of a local authority's population; local authority names are as published and not mapped to official codes.
Parent metric: Asylum seekers receiving support
API: /api/metrics/asylum_support_by_local_authority/vintages