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Ashfield

England · East Midlands — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

157
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
155
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Ashfield ranks #157 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 12.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 126,300 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

157030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1330 Sep 2023 — 2931 Dec 2023 — 3831 Mar 2024 — 4330 Jun 2024 — 5230 Sep 2024 — 6031 Dec 2024 — 7431 Mar 2025 — 10430 Jun 2025 — 11130 Sep 2025 — 12731 Dec 2025 — 14731 Mar 2026 — 157
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Ashfield, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 1108% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

126,300
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.7%
born outside the UK (7,213)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (669)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Ashfield has received 46 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 (none in the last four published quarters).

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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