MigrationWatchdog

Gloucester

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

316
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
232
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
73
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
73
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Gloucester ranks #100 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 23.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 132,416 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

479030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 46330 Sep 2023 — 47931 Dec 2023 — 41331 Mar 2024 — 42930 Jun 2024 — 37230 Sep 2024 — 37931 Dec 2024 — 38431 Mar 2025 — 35330 Jun 2025 — 33630 Sep 2025 — 40531 Dec 2025 — 38831 Mar 2026 — 316
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Gloucester, 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)

132,416
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
14.4%
born outside the UK (19,073)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,989)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Gloucester has received 152 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.

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