MigrationWatchdog

North West

Asylum support across North West's 35 local authorities, as at 31 Mar 2026.

19,578
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
25.2
per 10,000 residents (mid-2025)
mid-2025 (one year earlier where the latest estimate is not yet published) · source
16,447
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2,390
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2,390
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

North West carries 20.1% of the UK's supported asylum caseload — 25.2 per 10,000 residents against its mid-2025 population estimate of 7,772,854. The largest concentration is in Liverpool (2,053). All UK authorities →

The last 12 quarters

22k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 20,46230 Sep 2023 — 22,37931 Dec 2023 — 18,64331 Mar 2024 — 18,31030 Jun 2024 — 19,60630 Sep 2024 — 21,08431 Dec 2024 — 21,16631 Mar 2025 — 20,41630 Jun 2025 — 21,19630 Sep 2025 — 21,68431 Dec 2025 — 20,86431 Mar 2026 — 19,578
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support across North West, quarterly snapshots — sum of the region's local authorities. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

The legal route, regionally

Alongside asylum dispersal, North West's authorities have received 2,113 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 57 of them in the last four published quarters.

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Every authority in North West

Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support, by local authority
LiverpoolEngland2,0532892891,385
ManchesterEngland1,606782782707
WiganEngland1,188——1,178
BoltonEngland1,059——1,029
OldhamEngland781114114640
Blackburn with DarwenEngland765——751
RochdaleEngland715——700
WirralEngland7053737664
SalfordEngland681——655
Cheshire West and ChesterEngland659——657
StockportEngland609443443154
HaltonEngland604——599
St. HelensEngland576——576
CumberlandEngland518——515
TamesideEngland506——498
BlackpoolEngland496262262230
BurnleyEngland455——451
PendleEngland434——431
PrestonEngland429——415
West LancashireEngland420——419
SeftonEngland417——406
HyndburnEngland412——401
BuryEngland389——378
Cheshire EastEngland3856060315
WarringtonEngland375126126247
WyreEngland360——360
South RibbleEngland337110110227
KnowsleyEngland312——309
TraffordEngland25816716783
LancasterEngland245——243
RossendaleEngland244——244
ChorleyEngland242——239
Westmorland and FurnessEngland235——233
FyldeEngland76——76
Ribble ValleyEngland32——32
Counts are people supported at the snapshot date, by the local authority of their registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. The table lists only authorities with supported people — authorities with none are omitted by the source, but the population denominator is the published region-level estimate, not a sum of the rows shown. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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