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Gateshead

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

639
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
628
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Gateshead ranks #46 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.8% of England's supported caseload — 32.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 196,151 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

919030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 91930 Sep 2023 — 88831 Dec 2023 — 75831 Mar 2024 — 67730 Jun 2024 — 71230 Sep 2024 — 76431 Dec 2024 — 75831 Mar 2025 — 74430 Jun 2025 — 66130 Sep 2025 — 67731 Dec 2025 — 64331 Mar 2026 — 639
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Gateshead, 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)

196,151
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
7.4%
born outside the UK (14,573)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,961)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Gateshead has received 515 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 4 of them 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.

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