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Cheshire East

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

385
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
315
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
60
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
60
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
10
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Cheshire East ranks #83 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 9.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 398,772 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.0k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 64530 Sep 2023 — 1,02231 Dec 2023 — 59431 Mar 2024 — 35830 Jun 2024 — 36830 Sep 2024 — 38231 Dec 2024 — 45531 Mar 2025 — 43130 Jun 2025 — 50430 Sep 2025 — 61131 Dec 2025 — 46531 Mar 2026 — 385
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Cheshire East, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 40% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

398,772
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.3%
born outside the UK (33,135)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,204)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Cheshire East has received 42 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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