MigrationWatchdog

Reading

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

578
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
299
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
275
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
209
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Reading ranks #53 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload — 33.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 174,225 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

782030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 65130 Sep 2023 — 78231 Dec 2023 — 72431 Mar 2024 — 61930 Jun 2024 — 58630 Sep 2024 — 65131 Dec 2024 — 70431 Mar 2025 — 66130 Jun 2025 — 62230 Sep 2025 — 68531 Dec 2025 — 73231 Mar 2026 — 578
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Reading, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 11% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

174,225
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
33.5%
born outside the UK (58,331)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (5,136)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Reading has received 53 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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