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Colchester

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

317
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
306
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Colchester ranks #98 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 16.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 192,714 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

363030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 36330 Sep 2023 — 33531 Dec 2023 — 18731 Mar 2024 — 23530 Jun 2024 — 21830 Sep 2024 — 23231 Dec 2024 — 22831 Mar 2025 — 28230 Jun 2025 — 29430 Sep 2025 — 28631 Dec 2025 — 31631 Mar 2026 — 317
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Colchester, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 13% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

192,714
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
14.5%
born outside the UK (28,007)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,470)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Colchester has received 64 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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