MigrationWatchdog

Barnet

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

1,137
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
38
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
992
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
533
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
107
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Barnet ranks #18 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.3% of England's supported caseload — 29.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 389,343 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

2.0k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,97030 Sep 2023 — 1,84531 Dec 2023 — 1,60131 Mar 2024 — 1,46730 Jun 2024 — 1,10530 Sep 2024 — 1,30131 Dec 2024 — 1,61331 Mar 2025 — 1,62730 Jun 2025 — 1,38030 Sep 2025 — 1,58831 Dec 2025 — 1,39331 Mar 2026 — 1,137
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Barnet, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 42% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

389,343
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
43.2%
born outside the UK (168,050)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (15,502)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Barnet has received 59 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 2 of them 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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