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Greenwich

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

144
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
113
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
31
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Greenwich ranks #163 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 5 per 10,000 residents (against the 289,067 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

499030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 49930 Sep 2023 — 49531 Dec 2023 — 40031 Mar 2024 — 29930 Jun 2024 — 15530 Sep 2024 — 16131 Dec 2024 — 14231 Mar 2025 — 15430 Jun 2025 — 13830 Sep 2025 — 12831 Dec 2025 — 14431 Mar 2026 — 144
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Greenwich, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 71% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

289,067
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
37.5%
born outside the UK (108,489)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (9,258)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Greenwich has received 81 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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