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Coventry

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

1,712
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,444
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
128
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
128
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
86
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
54
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Coventry ranks #4 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 2% of England's supported caseload — 49.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 345,324 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

2.2k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 2,14930 Sep 2023 — 2,16131 Dec 2023 — 1,86831 Mar 2024 — 2,02030 Jun 2024 — 1,92430 Sep 2024 — 2,01731 Dec 2024 — 2,14431 Mar 2025 — 2,00130 Jun 2025 — 1,73330 Sep 2025 — 1,74731 Dec 2025 — 1,71931 Mar 2026 — 1,712
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Coventry, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 20% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

345,324
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
27.9%
born outside the UK (96,333)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (11,390)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Coventry has received 799 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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