MigrationWatchdog

Lewisham

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

245
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
88
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
120
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
120
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
37
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Lewisham ranks #122 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 8.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 300,553 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

350030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 35030 Sep 2023 — 10231 Dec 2023 — 8031 Mar 2024 — 11230 Jun 2024 — 24330 Sep 2024 — 24731 Dec 2024 — 25731 Mar 2025 — 23830 Jun 2025 — 23330 Sep 2025 — 28331 Dec 2025 — 25831 Mar 2026 — 245
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Lewisham, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 30% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

300,553
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
35.6%
born outside the UK (107,070)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (9,437)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Lewisham has received 206 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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