Home Office · local authority: Leicester

Asylum seekers receiving support: Leicester

at 30 June 2026

1,333people

Asylum seekers receiving support for Leicester was 1,333 people at 30 June 2026, down 2.7% (37) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D11
  3. all rows; Local Authority=Leicester
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 6 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2014 to June 2026

Asylum support by local authority: March 2014 to June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k2014201620182020202220242026March 2014: 657 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 776 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 832 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 865 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 836 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 851 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 877 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 918 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 928 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 933 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 934 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 926 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 927 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 899 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 903 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 911 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,087 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,041 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,016 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 993 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 975 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 975 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 935 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 915 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 897 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 949 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 957 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 938 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 914 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 916 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 895 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 906 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 879 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 935 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 947 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 1,380 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 1,397 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 1,596 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 1,704 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 1,596 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 1,660 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 1,527 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 1,513 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 1,527 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 1,538 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 1,559 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,579 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 1,512 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,370 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 1,333 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

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.

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.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 d2207eed53afa18c
All values
Asylum seekers receiving support by local authority