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Newcastle upon Tyne

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

1,005
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
805
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
187
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
187
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
13
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Newcastle upon Tyne ranks #24 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.2% of England's supported caseload — 33.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 300,127 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.7k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,63030 Sep 2023 — 1,67131 Dec 2023 — 1,45631 Mar 2024 — 1,48630 Jun 2024 — 1,33430 Sep 2024 — 1,31931 Dec 2024 — 1,32331 Mar 2025 — 1,26430 Jun 2025 — 1,19030 Sep 2025 — 1,14931 Dec 2025 — 1,12831 Mar 2026 — 1,005
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Newcastle upon Tyne, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 38% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

300,127
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
17.4%
born outside the UK (52,335)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,609)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Newcastle upon Tyne has received 385 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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