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Luton

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

461
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
179
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
249
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
33
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Luton ranks #66 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 20.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 225,262 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.2k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,20430 Sep 2023 — 1,13131 Dec 2023 — 1,01531 Mar 2024 — 83930 Jun 2024 — 70630 Sep 2024 — 80931 Dec 2024 — 86031 Mar 2025 — 86030 Jun 2025 — 76030 Sep 2025 — 76831 Dec 2025 — 71031 Mar 2026 — 461
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Luton, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 62% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

225,262
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
38.4%
born outside the UK (86,587)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (11,974)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Luton has received 3 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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