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Northumberland

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

703
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
698
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
5
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Northumberland ranks #36 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.8% of England's supported caseload 21.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 320,567 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

703030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 45030 Sep 2023 — 49331 Dec 2023 — 53031 Mar 2024 — 57430 Jun 2024 — 61630 Sep 2024 — 67631 Dec 2024 — 70331 Mar 2025 — 69130 Jun 2025 — 68830 Sep 2025 — 66131 Dec 2025 — 69131 Mar 2026 — 703
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Northumberland, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 56% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

320,567
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.5%
born outside the UK (11,252)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (760)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Northumberland has received 186 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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