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Newcastle-under-Lyme

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

181
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
176
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
5
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Newcastle-under-Lyme ranks #149 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 14.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 123,300 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

181030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 530 Sep 2023 — 731 Dec 2023 — 1331 Mar 2024 — 2530 Jun 2024 — 4730 Sep 2024 — 7931 Dec 2024 — 9231 Mar 2025 — 13330 Jun 2025 — 13430 Sep 2025 — 15031 Dec 2025 — 16131 Mar 2026 — 181
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Newcastle-under-Lyme, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 3520% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

123,300
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.8%
born outside the UK (8,371)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (580)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Newcastle-under-Lyme has received 21 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.

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