MigrationWatchdog

Brent

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

902
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
160
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
575
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
575
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
167
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Brent ranks #26 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.1% of England's supported caseload — 26.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 339,815 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.2k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 91230 Sep 2023 — 90831 Dec 2023 — 1,05531 Mar 2024 — 1,05430 Jun 2024 — 90430 Sep 2024 — 1,16031 Dec 2024 — 1,05931 Mar 2025 — 1,14630 Jun 2025 — 1,00630 Sep 2025 — 1,07631 Dec 2025 — 1,02431 Mar 2026 — 902
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Brent, 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 (-1%).

Census context (2021)

339,815
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
56.1%
born outside the UK (190,576)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
7.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (24,681)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Brent has received 54 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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