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Hackney

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

458
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
28
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
404
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
344
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Hackney ranks #68 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 17.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 259,146 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

833030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 83330 Sep 2023 — 81031 Dec 2023 — 76031 Mar 2024 — 68330 Jun 2024 — 63030 Sep 2024 — 69731 Dec 2024 — 69931 Mar 2025 — 68330 Jun 2025 — 60430 Sep 2025 — 60631 Dec 2025 — 58931 Mar 2026 — 458
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Hackney, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 45% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

259,146
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
39.7%
born outside the UK (102,927)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (11,841)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Hackney has received 35 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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