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Cheltenham

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

69
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
62
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
7
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Cheltenham ranks #210 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 5.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 118,837 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

188030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 9730 Sep 2023 — 12031 Dec 2023 — 11031 Mar 2024 — 6530 Jun 2024 — 5330 Sep 2024 — 5131 Dec 2024 — 6031 Mar 2025 — 7030 Jun 2025 — 18830 Sep 2025 — 17431 Dec 2025 — 16231 Mar 2026 — 69
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Cheltenham, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 29% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

118,837
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
14.6%
born outside the UK (17,296)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,095)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Cheltenham has received 146 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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