MigrationWatchdog

Oxford

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

230
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
29
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
185
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
185
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
16
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Oxford ranks #129 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 14.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 162,040 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

293030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 27730 Sep 2023 — 29331 Dec 2023 — 25231 Mar 2024 — 25530 Jun 2024 — 22330 Sep 2024 — 24531 Dec 2024 — 26631 Mar 2025 — 24630 Jun 2025 — 21430 Sep 2025 — 28431 Dec 2025 — 27731 Mar 2026 — 230
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Oxford, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 17% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

162,040
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
35%
born outside the UK (56,653)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,606)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Oxford has received 195 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 5 of them 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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