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Kingston upon Thames

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

84
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
28
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
42
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
42
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Kingston upon Thames ranks #191 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 5 per 10,000 residents (against the 168,066 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

152030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 14930 Sep 2023 — 15231 Dec 2023 — 14031 Mar 2024 — 13930 Jun 2024 — 5030 Sep 2024 — 6331 Dec 2024 — 5331 Mar 2025 — 7330 Jun 2025 — 7530 Sep 2025 — 7331 Dec 2025 — 6931 Mar 2026 — 84
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Kingston upon Thames, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 44% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

168,066
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
33.7%
born outside the UK (56,654)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (4,413)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Kingston upon Thames has received 57 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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