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East Staffordshire

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

147
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
145
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

East Staffordshire ranks #160 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload 11.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 124,019 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

319030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 31930 Sep 2023 — 28131 Dec 2023 — 10131 Mar 2024 — 2130 Jun 2024 — 530 Sep 2024 — 1331 Dec 2024 — 2631 Mar 2025 — 5830 Jun 2025 — 6830 Sep 2025 — 13431 Dec 2025 — 13931 Mar 2026 — 147
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in East Staffordshire, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 54% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

124,019
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
13.9%
born outside the UK (17,264)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,420)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, East Staffordshire has received 12 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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