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Dacorum

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

365
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
47
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
315
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
139
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
3
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Dacorum ranks #86 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 23.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 155,081 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

615030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 53830 Sep 2023 — 59831 Dec 2023 — 56931 Mar 2024 — 49130 Jun 2024 — 41830 Sep 2024 — 61531 Dec 2024 — 57231 Mar 2025 — 49830 Jun 2025 — 50430 Sep 2025 — 54531 Dec 2025 — 46431 Mar 2026 — 365
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Dacorum, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 32% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

155,081
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
14.3%
born outside the UK (22,200)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,262)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Dacorum has received 34 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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