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Enfield

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

361
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
207
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
154
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Enfield ranks #87 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 10.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 329,984 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

519030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 51930 Sep 2023 — 47331 Dec 2023 — 28531 Mar 2024 — 30830 Jun 2024 — 23230 Sep 2024 — 25531 Dec 2024 — 24331 Mar 2025 — 39330 Jun 2025 — 38830 Sep 2025 — 39631 Dec 2025 — 39031 Mar 2026 — 361
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Enfield, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 30% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

329,984
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
40.4%
born outside the UK (133,160)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (21,049)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Enfield has received 14 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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