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Lambeth

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

346
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
45
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
282
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
282
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
19
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Lambeth ranks #92 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 10.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 317,654 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

629030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 62930 Sep 2023 — 60031 Dec 2023 — 58231 Mar 2024 — 48130 Jun 2024 — 47430 Sep 2024 — 55031 Dec 2024 — 56931 Mar 2025 — 49430 Jun 2025 — 44130 Sep 2025 — 51131 Dec 2025 — 42831 Mar 2026 — 346
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Lambeth, 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)

317,654
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
38.6%
born outside the UK (122,563)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (11,317)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Lambeth has received 125 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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