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Preston

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

429
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
415
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
14
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Preston ranks #75 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 29 per 10,000 residents (against the 147,835 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

431030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 36330 Sep 2023 — 37431 Dec 2023 — 40231 Mar 2024 — 40730 Jun 2024 — 43130 Sep 2024 — 42531 Dec 2024 — 42431 Mar 2025 — 39430 Jun 2025 — 42930 Sep 2025 — 40931 Dec 2025 — 42931 Mar 2026 — 429
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Preston, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 18% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

147,835
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
19.3%
born outside the UK (28,494)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,857)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Preston has received 59 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 8 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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