MigrationWatchdog

Chichester

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

110
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
27
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
82
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
82
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Chichester ranks #175 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 8.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 124,068 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

238030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 2630 Sep 2023 — 13531 Dec 2023 — 22331 Mar 2024 — 14130 Jun 2024 — 17430 Sep 2024 — 19231 Dec 2024 — 23831 Mar 2025 — 19430 Jun 2025 — 19930 Sep 2025 — 23031 Dec 2025 — 17931 Mar 2026 — 110
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Chichester, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 323% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

124,068
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
10.1%
born outside the UK (12,490)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (655)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Chichester has received 43 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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