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Portsmouth

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

699
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
587
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
97
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
97
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
15
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Portsmouth ranks #37 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.8% of England's supported caseload — 33.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 208,003 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

770030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 77030 Sep 2023 — 73931 Dec 2023 — 64831 Mar 2024 — 70830 Jun 2024 — 67830 Sep 2024 — 73331 Dec 2024 — 77031 Mar 2025 — 76630 Jun 2025 — 70030 Sep 2025 — 76131 Dec 2025 — 74231 Mar 2026 — 699
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Portsmouth, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Broadly flat since 30 Jun 2023 (-9%).

Census context (2021)

208,003
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
16.9%
born outside the UK (35,240)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,099)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Portsmouth has received 9 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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