MigrationWatchdog

Central Bedfordshire

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

144
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
39
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
99
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
99
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
6
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Central Bedfordshire ranks #162 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 4.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 294,252 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

354030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 30730 Sep 2023 — 35431 Dec 2023 — 29731 Mar 2024 — 23430 Jun 2024 — 15730 Sep 2024 — 14831 Dec 2024 — 20431 Mar 2025 — 17830 Jun 2025 — 20730 Sep 2025 — 22631 Dec 2025 — 20331 Mar 2026 — 144
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Central Bedfordshire, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 53% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

294,252
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
11%
born outside the UK (32,489)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,779)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Central Bedfordshire has received 101 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 7 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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