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Bolton

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

1,059
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,029
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
30
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Bolton ranks #22 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.2% of England's supported caseload — 35.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 295,959 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.1k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 96230 Sep 2023 — 99331 Dec 2023 — 92831 Mar 2024 — 1,01930 Jun 2024 — 1,04230 Sep 2024 — 1,05531 Dec 2024 — 1,09631 Mar 2025 — 1,08530 Jun 2025 — 1,09730 Sep 2025 — 1,06031 Dec 2025 — 1,06731 Mar 2026 — 1,059
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Bolton, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Broadly flat since 30 Jun 2023 (+10%).

Census context (2021)

295,959
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
16.9%
born outside the UK (50,052)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (9,148)
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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