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Cheshire West and Chester

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

659
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
657
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Cheshire West and Chester ranks #43 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.8% of England's supported caseload — 18.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 357,149 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

675030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 46830 Sep 2023 — 53631 Dec 2023 — 51231 Mar 2024 — 61730 Jun 2024 — 63730 Sep 2024 — 65531 Dec 2024 — 64331 Mar 2025 — 65530 Jun 2025 — 67530 Sep 2025 — 65731 Dec 2025 — 65831 Mar 2026 — 659
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Cheshire West and Chester, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 41% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

357,149
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
7.3%
born outside the UK (26,209)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,952)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Cheshire West and Chester has received 102 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.

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