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Chelmsford

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

246
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
18
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
227
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
227
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Chelmsford ranks #121 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 13.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 181,520 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

462030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 14730 Sep 2023 — 37731 Dec 2023 — 46231 Mar 2024 — 29530 Jun 2024 — 37130 Sep 2024 — 43931 Dec 2024 — 45331 Mar 2025 — 38730 Jun 2025 — 34130 Sep 2025 — 40931 Dec 2025 — 36831 Mar 2026 — 246
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Chelmsford, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 67% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

181,520
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
11.9%
born outside the UK (21,606)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,140)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Chelmsford has received 4 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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