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Croydon

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

974
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
140
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
581
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
581
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
210
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
43
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Croydon ranks #25 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.1% of England's supported caseload — 24.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 390,720 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.6k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,55130 Sep 2023 — 1,33431 Dec 2023 — 1,24431 Mar 2024 — 1,13330 Jun 2024 — 1,18430 Sep 2024 — 1,09631 Dec 2024 — 1,26031 Mar 2025 — 1,17330 Jun 2025 — 1,00130 Sep 2025 — 1,27031 Dec 2025 — 1,48331 Mar 2026 — 974
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Croydon, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 37% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

390,720
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
34.9%
born outside the UK (136,184)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (10,994)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Croydon has received 5 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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