MigrationWatchdog

Blackburn with Darwen

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

765
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
751
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Blackburn with Darwen ranks #32 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.9% of England's supported caseload — 49.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 154,738 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

785030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 65730 Sep 2023 — 66931 Dec 2023 — 66131 Mar 2024 — 76930 Jun 2024 — 72130 Sep 2024 — 74231 Dec 2024 — 70231 Mar 2025 — 72830 Jun 2025 — 74430 Sep 2025 — 78531 Dec 2025 — 75931 Mar 2026 — 765
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Blackburn with Darwen, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 16% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

154,738
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
18.1%
born outside the UK (27,993)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,165)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · 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.

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