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Epping Forest

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

128
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
22
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
100
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
100
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
6
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Epping Forest ranks #165 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 9.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 134,980 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

324030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 32330 Sep 2023 — 32431 Dec 2023 — 26731 Mar 2024 — 23430 Jun 2024 — 11630 Sep 2024 — 19731 Dec 2024 — 14831 Mar 2025 — 5730 Jun 2025 — 22330 Sep 2025 — 24731 Dec 2025 — 17331 Mar 2026 — 128
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Epping Forest, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 60% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

134,980
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
13.9%
born outside the UK (18,703)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,238)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Epping Forest has received 27 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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