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Crawley

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

304
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
298
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
298
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
6
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Crawley ranks #104 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 25.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 118,493 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

604030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 52630 Sep 2023 — 53331 Dec 2023 — 60431 Mar 2024 — 37630 Jun 2024 — 32230 Sep 2024 — 46531 Dec 2024 — 43731 Mar 2025 — 39930 Jun 2025 — 27930 Sep 2025 — 40531 Dec 2025 — 40331 Mar 2026 — 304
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Crawley, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 42% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

118,493
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
26.8%
born outside the UK (31,750)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,924)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Crawley has received 67 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 1 of them 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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