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Hammersmith and Fulham

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

286
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
12
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
248
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
248
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Hammersmith and Fulham ranks #109 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 15.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 183,157 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

456030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 23630 Sep 2023 — 45631 Dec 2023 — 43831 Mar 2024 — 39630 Jun 2024 — 39030 Sep 2024 — 42031 Dec 2024 — 41831 Mar 2025 — 35630 Jun 2025 — 40030 Sep 2025 — 40531 Dec 2025 — 36431 Mar 2026 — 286
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Hammersmith and Fulham, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 21% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

183,157
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
45.5%
born outside the UK (83,339)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (4,282)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Hammersmith and Fulham has received 45 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 2 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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