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Milton Keynes

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

450
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
434
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
16
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Milton Keynes ranks #70 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 15.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 287,060 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

450030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 19830 Sep 2023 — 20331 Dec 2023 — 19631 Mar 2024 — 14030 Jun 2024 — 13230 Sep 2024 — 12931 Dec 2024 — 42231 Mar 2025 — 23930 Jun 2025 — 31930 Sep 2025 — 33431 Dec 2025 — 38731 Mar 2026 — 450
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Milton Keynes, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 127% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

287,060
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
25.7%
born outside the UK (73,845)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (4,749)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Milton Keynes has received 85 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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