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Calderdale

England · Yorkshire and The Humber — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

509
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
474
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
9
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Calderdale ranks #59 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 24.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 206,629 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

742030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 68930 Sep 2023 — 74231 Dec 2023 — 62131 Mar 2024 — 63330 Jun 2024 — 60430 Sep 2024 — 68831 Dec 2024 — 67231 Mar 2025 — 58430 Jun 2025 — 61430 Sep 2025 — 66531 Dec 2025 — 60831 Mar 2026 — 509
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Calderdale, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 26% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

206,629
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.5%
born outside the UK (17,592)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,741)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Calderdale has received 115 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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