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Chesterfield

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

30
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
15
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Chesterfield ranks #258 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0% of England's supported caseload — 2.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 103,567 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

101030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 8930 Sep 2023 — 10131 Dec 2023 — 5431 Mar 2024 — 7030 Jun 2024 — 2230 Sep 2024 — 8531 Dec 2024 — 8931 Mar 2025 — 6430 Jun 2025 — 8030 Sep 2025 — 9231 Dec 2025 — 7931 Mar 2026 — 30
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Chesterfield, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 66% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

103,567
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.9%
born outside the UK (5,069)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (468)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Chesterfield has received 21 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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