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Hounslow

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

1,298
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
136
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,098
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,098
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
64
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Hounslow ranks #13 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.5% of England's supported caseload — 45 per 10,000 residents (against the 288,176 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

2.1k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 2,14430 Sep 2023 — 2,14431 Dec 2023 — 2,05831 Mar 2024 — 1,81630 Jun 2024 — 1,60730 Sep 2024 — 1,90031 Dec 2024 — 2,12731 Mar 2025 — 2,09730 Jun 2025 — 1,77530 Sep 2025 — 2,07831 Dec 2025 — 1,72031 Mar 2026 — 1,298
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Hounslow, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 39% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

288,176
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
49.5%
born outside the UK (142,620)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (14,175)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Hounslow has received 37 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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