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Buckinghamshire

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

210
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
192
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
18
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Buckinghamshire ranks #139 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 3.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 553,078 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

226030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 22630 Sep 2023 — 21731 Dec 2023 — 8031 Mar 2024 — 9830 Jun 2024 — 9130 Sep 2024 — 10831 Dec 2024 — 11231 Mar 2025 — 11330 Jun 2025 — 15530 Sep 2025 — 16231 Dec 2025 — 19431 Mar 2026 — 210
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Buckinghamshire, 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 (-7%).

Census context (2021)

553,078
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
16.6%
born outside the UK (92,048)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,074)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Buckinghamshire has received 15 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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