MigrationWatchdog

Redbridge

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

459
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
325
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
105
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
105
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
29
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Redbridge ranks #67 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 14.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 310,260 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.1k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,07430 Sep 2023 — 1,11931 Dec 2023 — 93331 Mar 2024 — 87630 Jun 2024 — 79430 Sep 2024 — 79331 Dec 2024 — 65031 Mar 2025 — 64930 Jun 2025 — 60230 Sep 2025 — 62931 Dec 2025 — 51131 Mar 2026 — 459
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Redbridge, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 57% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

310,260
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
43.6%
born outside the UK (135,297)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (15,709)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Redbridge has received 15 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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