Local impact

Where the 97,519 asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support live (as at 31 Mar 2026): dispersal accommodation, initial sites, and contingency accommodation in 121 local authorities — including hotels in 115 of them.

Dispersal accommodation is longer-term housing procured by contractors; contingency accommodation (mostly hotels) is used when dispersal capacity runs out; initial accommodation is short-term on entry to support. Counts are people supported at the snapshot date, by the local authority of their registered address — sites open and close between quarters. Click a column to sort; click an authority for its page.

Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support, by local authority

Glasgow City	Scotland	3,870	—	—	3,489
Birmingham	England	2,142	589	589	1,380
Liverpool	England	2,053	289	289	1,385
Coventry	England	1,712	128	128	1,444
Belfast	Northern Ireland	1,607	—	—	1,539
Manchester	England	1,606	782	782	707
Nottingham	England	1,538	238	238	1,263
Hillingdon	England	1,532	1,310	1,310	137
Sandwell	England	1,500	136	136	1,328
Cardiff	Wales	1,418	100	100	1,228
Leeds	England	1,416	276	276	1,086
Leicester	England	1,370	215	215	1,130
Hounslow	England	1,298	1,098	1,098	136
Bradford	England	1,266	233	185	996
Stoke-on-Trent	England	1,189	179	179	997
Wigan	England	1,188	—	—	1,178
Ealing	England	1,163	388	187	632
Barnet	England	1,137	992	533	38
Sheffield	England	1,126	229	179	764
Derby	England	1,106	99	99	796
Wolverhampton	England	1,094	59	59	1,025
Bolton	England	1,059	—	—	1,029
Newham	England	1,030	697	697	280
Newcastle upon Tyne	England	1,005	187	187	805
Croydon	England	974	581	581	140
Brent	England	902	575	575	160
Bristol, City of	England	879	472	472	354
Stockton-on-Tees	England	837	27	—	804
Sunderland	England	805	—	—	799
Oldham	England	781	114	114	640
Braintree	England	767	—	—	40
Blackburn with Darwen	England	765	—	—	751
Rochdale	England	715	—	—	700
Kirklees	England	707	—	—	685
Wirral	England	705	37	37	664
Northumberland	England	703	—	—	698
Portsmouth	England	699	97	97	587
Salford	England	681	—	—	655
Aberdeen City	Scotland	679	156	156	516
Middlesbrough	England	677	—	—	651
Swansea	Wales	677	—	—	659
Dudley	England	663	41	41	607
Cheshire West and Chester	England	659	—	—	657
Walsall	England	650	—	—	638
Wakefield	England	648	140	140	308
Gateshead	England	639	—	—	628
South Tyneside	England	631	32	—	598
North Northamptonshire	England	613	—	—	610
Stockport	England	609	443	443	154
Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	608	149	149	435
Halton	England	604	—	—	599
County Durham	England	592	—	—	578
Reading	England	578	275	209	299
St. Helens	England	576	—	—	576
Telford and Wrekin	England	566	89	89	473
Doncaster	England	561	74	74	473
Cumberland	England	518	—	—	515
Swindon	England	515	63	63	439
Calderdale	England	509	26	26	474
Tameside	England	506	—	—	498
Rugby	England	506	391	391	115
Southwark	England	502	359	359	17
Blackpool	England	496	262	262	230
Plymouth	England	495	—	—	486
Tower Hamlets	England	488	66	—	399
Luton	England	461	249	—	179
Redbridge	England	459	105	105	325
Hackney	England	458	404	344	28
Burnley	England	455	—	—	451
Milton Keynes	England	450	—	—	434
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	450	339	339	97
North Tyneside	England	447	—	—	443
West Northamptonshire	England	436	271	271	137
Pendle	England	434	—	—	431
Preston	England	429	—	—	415
West Lancashire	England	420	—	—	419
Sefton	England	417	—	—	406
Peterborough	England	414	66	66	332
Hyndburn	England	412	—	—	401
Hartlepool	England	403	—	—	403
Rotherham	England	403	—	—	394
Bury	England	389	—	—	378
Cheshire East	England	385	60	60	315
Warrington	England	375	126	126	247
Mid Sussex	England	366	361	361	4
Dacorum	England	365	315	139	47
Enfield	England	361	—	—	207
Wyre	England	360	—	—	360
Warwick	England	360	281	281	76
Basildon	England	354	—	—	351
North Yorkshire	England	352	115	115	230
Lambeth	England	346	282	282	45
Newport	Wales	344	—	—	340
York	England	341	330	330	—
South Ribble	England	337	110	110	227
Southampton	England	336	94	94	212
Harrow	England	327	66	—	199
Colchester	England	317	—	—	306
Medway	England	316	—	—	305
Gloucester	England	316	73	73	232
Knowsley	England	312	—	—	309
Somerset	England	310	106	106	191
Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	310	—	—	303
Crawley	England	304	298	298	—
Windsor and Maidenhead	England	302	277	277	21
Barking and Dagenham	England	301	—	—	271
Slough	England	289	166	166	103
Reigate and Banstead	England	288	137	137	150
Hammersmith and Fulham	England	286	248	248	12
North East Lincolnshire	England	282	—	—	276
Redcar and Cleveland	England	275	—	—	273
South Kesteven	England	270	—	—	266
Barnsley	England	269	—	—	258
Norwich	England	266	47	47	210
Wealden	England	265	—	—	—
Stevenage	England	261	212	212	45
South Lanarkshire	Scotland	261	85	85	160
Trafford	England	258	167	167	83
Southend-on-Sea	England	257	—	—	248
Merton	England	253	150	150	77
Chelmsford	England	246	227	227	18
Lewisham	England	245	120	120	88
Lancaster	England	245	—	—	243
Rossendale	England	244	—	—	244
Chorley	England	242	—	—	239
Aberdeenshire	Scotland	237	145	145	89
Westmorland and Furness	England	235	—	—	233
Broxtowe	England	234	—	—	231
Oxford	England	230	185	185	29
Darlington	England	228	—	—	226
Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	228	—	—	224
Camden	England	223	198	198	7
Canterbury	England	222	—	—	220
North Lanarkshire	Scotland	215	—	—	199
Tendring	England	214	43	—	169
Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	212	127	127	85
Inverclyde	Scotland	212	102	102	108
Charnwood	England	210	118	118	88
Buckinghamshire	England	210	—	—	192
Solihull	England	207	123	123	80
Kensington and Chelsea	England	205	202	202	—
Wiltshire	England	205	—	—	202
Bassetlaw	England	203	—	—	198
Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	200	109	109	88
Broxbourne	England	194	143	143	35
Mansfield	England	193	—	—	185
Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	189	—	—	186
Wokingham	England	188	162	162	24
Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	181	—	—	176
Brighton and Hove	England	179	73	73	84
Bedford	England	178	56	56	111
Havering	England	176	—	—	161
City of Edinburgh	Scotland	167	86	86	49
South Gloucestershire	England	165	—	—	156
Haringey	England	161	—	—	86
Waltham Forest	England	158	—	—	113
Ashfield	England	157	—	—	155
Welwyn Hatfield	England	153	123	123	27
Bromley	England	148	18	18	121
East Staffordshire	England	147	—	—	145
Thurrock	England	145	—	—	141
Central Bedfordshire	England	144	99	99	39
Greenwich	England	144	—	—	113
Bolsover	England	141	—	—	141
Epping Forest	England	128	100	100	22
Wrexham	Wales	127	—	—	127
Stratford-on-Avon	England	123	122	122	—
Perth and Kinross	Scotland	122	118	118	1
East Devon	England	120	120	120	—
Renfrewshire	Scotland	114	59	59	44
Ipswich	England	114	—	—	105
Boston	England	113	—	—	112
Rushmoor	England	111	87	87	17
Wychavon	England	111	66	66	43
Chichester	England	110	82	82	27
Amber Valley	England	109	—	—	108
Bexley	England	109	—	—	106
Thanet	England	106	61	61	34
Ashford	England	104	65	65	37
Gravesham	England	101	28	28	71
North West Leicestershire	England	98	—	—	93
Hinckley and Bosworth	England	95	—	—	88
East Lindsey	England	95	3	3	92
Tamworth	England	95	57	57	38
Newark and Sherwood	England	94	—	—	92
Vale of White Horse	England	92	—	—	92
Gedling	England	90	—	—	84
Caerphilly	Wales	89	—	—	85
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	87	—	—	87
Erewash	England	87	79	79	4
Kingston upon Thames	England	84	42	42	28
Wandsworth	England	84	—	—	68
West Oxfordshire	England	81	77	77	4
Cherwell	England	80	—	—	70
South Holland	England	79	—	—	78
Spelthorne	England	78	40	40	31
North Somerset	England	77	33	33	42
Gwynedd	Wales	77	—	—	77
Fylde	England	76	—	—	76
East Ayrshire	Scotland	76	—	—	73
Dover	England	74	—	—	68
North Lincolnshire	England	74	—	—	63
Rochford	England	73	51	51	21
East Riding of Yorkshire	England	73	—	—	62
Swale	England	72	—	—	68
Worcester	England	72	33	33	38
East Lothian	Scotland	71	—	—	68
Falkirk	Scotland	71	53	53	16
Winchester	England	70	—	—	67
Cheltenham	England	69	—	—	62
North Hertfordshire	England	68	58	58	8
Surrey Heath	England	68	64	64	3
North Ayrshire	Scotland	67	—	—	64
East Suffolk	England	66	—	—	63
North Warwickshire	England	65	—	—	65
Neath Port Talbot	Wales	63	—	—	62
Denbighshire	Wales	62	—	—	58
Hastings	England	61	—	—	57
Flintshire	Wales	59	—	—	58
North East Derbyshire	England	58	—	—	58
Carmarthenshire	Wales	58	—	—	52
Torbay	England	57	—	—	54
Islington	England	56	—	—	26
West Lothian	Scotland	56	46	46	7
West Lindsey	England	55	—	—	55
Angus	Scotland	55	—	—	50
Midlothian	Scotland	54	—	—	54
Maidstone	England	54	—	—	35
Stafford	England	53	—	—	50
Dundee City	Scotland	52	—	—	38
Shropshire	England	51	—	—	50
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	50	—	—	49
Wyre Forest	England	47	—	—	45
Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	47	45	45	—
Rushcliffe	England	46	—	—	43
West Berkshire	England	46	—	—	45
Harlow	England	45	—	—	43
Horsham	England	45	44	44	—
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	45	—	—	41
Eastbourne	England	44	—	—	38
Uttlesford	England	44	34	34	10
Bridgend	Wales	42	—	—	41
Breckland	England	41	—	—	40
West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	41	—	—	36
St Albans	England	40	35	35	3
Blaenau Gwent	Wales	40	—	—	39
Hertsmere	England	39	—	—	24
Folkestone and Hythe	England	38	—	—	33
Teignbridge	England	35	—	—	35
Staffordshire Moorlands	England	35	—	—	35
Oadby and Wigston	England	34	—	—	32
Westminster	England	33	—	—	8
Fife	Scotland	33	—	—	25
Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	33	—	—	32
Blaby	England	32	—	—	31
Ribble Valley	England	32	—	—	32
West Suffolk	England	32	—	—	21
Chesterfield	England	30	14	14	15
Scottish Borders	Scotland	30	—	—	30
Sutton	England	29	—	—	18
Cannock Chase	England	28	—	—	26
Castle Point	England	26	—	—	23
Mid Suffolk	England	26	—	—	26
Isle of Anglesey	Wales	26	—	—	26
South Derbyshire	England	24	—	—	22
Dartford	England	24	—	—	16
South Oxfordshire	England	24	—	—	21
Basingstoke and Deane	England	24	—	—	24
South Staffordshire	England	24	20	20	3
Fareham	England	23	—	—	22
Elmbridge	England	22	—	—	19
Gosport	England	21	—	—	21
Exeter	England	21	—	—	20
South Norfolk	England	21	—	—	20
Conwy	Wales	20	—	—	18
Brentwood	England	19	—	—	18
Watford	England	18	—	—	9
Cornwall	England	18	—	—	17
North Kesteven	England	17	—	—	17
Tandridge	England	17	—	—	14
Pembrokeshire	Wales	17	—	—	16
Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	17	—	—	16
South Ayrshire	Scotland	17	—	—	16
Herefordshire, County of	England	17	—	—	13
Havant	England	16	—	—	15
Melton	England	15	—	—	14
Runnymede	England	15	—	—	14
Worthing	England	15	—	—	14
South Hams	England	15	—	—	15
Lincoln	England	14	—	—	10
Cambridge	England	14	—	—	—
Huntingdonshire	England	14	—	—	11
Great Yarmouth	England	14	—	—	5
Richmond upon Thames	England	14	—	—	11
Clackmannanshire	Scotland	14	—	—	14
East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	14	—	—	13
Test Valley	England	14	—	—	13
Redditch	England	14	—	—	14
Bracknell Forest	England	12	—	—	11
Forest of Dean	England	11	—	—	10
Torfaen	Wales	10	—	—	10
Powys	Wales	10	—	—	4
Broadland	England	9	—	—	8
Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	9	—	—	9
Rutland	England	8	—	—	8
East Hampshire	England	8	—	—	8
Bath and North East Somerset	England	8	—	—	2
Waverley	England	7	—	—	3
High Peak	England	7	—	—	—
Tonbridge and Malling	England	7	—	—	6
Stroud	England	7	—	—	6
East Cambridgeshire	England	6	—	—	6
Babergh	England	6	—	—	6
Torridge	England	6	—	—	6
Stirling	Scotland	5	—	—	5
Dorset	England	5	—	—	3
North Devon	England	4	—	—	4
Three Rivers	England	4	—	—	4
East Renfrewshire	Scotland	4	—	—	—
Sevenoaks	England	4	—	—	—
Epsom and Ewell	England	4	—	—	—
Bromsgrove	England	4	—	—	3
Eastleigh	England	3	—	—	3
Fenland	England	3	—	—	—
North Norfolk	England	3	—	—	3
Arun	England	3	—	—	—
Lichfield	England	3	—	—	3
Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	2	—	—	—
Moray	Scotland	2	—	—	—
Lewes	England	2	—	—	1
Woking	England	2	—	—	—
Harborough	England	1	—	—	—
South Cambridgeshire	England	1	—	—	—
Maldon	England	1	—	—	—
City of London	England	1	—	—	—
Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	1	—	—	—
Argyll and Bute	Scotland	1	—	—	—
Rother	England	1	—	—	—
Tunbridge Wells	England	1	—	—	—
Guildford	England	1	—	—	—
Mole Valley	England	1	—	—	—
Adur	England	1	—	—	—
West Devon	England	1	—	—	—
Monmouthshire	Wales	1	—	—	—

as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Data as of 2026-08-09

Sources for this page

Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics) — Home Office · as at 31 Mar 2026 · retrieved 2026-08-09