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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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

450
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
97
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
339
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
339
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks #71 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 11.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 400,196 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

711030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 70630 Sep 2023 — 71131 Dec 2023 — 63031 Mar 2024 — 55530 Jun 2024 — 42130 Sep 2024 — 59731 Dec 2024 — 60731 Mar 2025 — 57330 Jun 2025 — 65230 Sep 2025 — 61831 Dec 2025 — 55531 Mar 2026 — 450
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 36% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

400,196
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
15.5%
born outside the UK (61,948)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (4,336)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has received 4 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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