MigrationWatchdog

North Hertfordshire

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

68
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
8
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
58
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
58
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

North Hertfordshire ranks #211 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 5.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 133,211 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

252030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 5130 Sep 2023 — 25231 Dec 2023 — 23231 Mar 2024 — 15830 Jun 2024 — 18130 Sep 2024 — 18031 Dec 2024 — 18131 Mar 2025 — 15230 Jun 2025 — 16130 Sep 2025 — 17931 Dec 2025 — 15831 Mar 2026 — 68
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in North Hertfordshire, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 33% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

133,211
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
11.6%
born outside the UK (15,418)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (785)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, North Hertfordshire has received 60 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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