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Charnwood

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

210
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
88
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
118
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
118
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Charnwood ranks #138 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 11.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 183,971 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

270030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 21130 Sep 2023 — 21731 Dec 2023 — 19631 Mar 2024 — 15730 Jun 2024 — 13430 Sep 2024 — 22931 Dec 2024 — 24431 Mar 2025 — 19030 Jun 2025 — 23530 Sep 2025 — 27031 Dec 2025 — 23831 Mar 2026 — 210
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Charnwood, 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 (0%).

Census context (2021)

183,971
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
13.1%
born outside the UK (24,114)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,993)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Charnwood has received 34 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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