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Reigate and Banstead

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

288
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
150
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
137
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
137
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Reigate and Banstead ranks #108 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 19.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 150,850 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

525030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 51730 Sep 2023 — 52531 Dec 2023 — 31631 Mar 2024 — 33230 Jun 2024 — 25230 Sep 2024 — 36731 Dec 2024 — 36031 Mar 2025 — 35030 Jun 2025 — 34630 Sep 2025 — 36231 Dec 2025 — 33931 Mar 2026 — 288
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Reigate and Banstead, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 44% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

150,850
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
16.3%
born outside the UK (24,632)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,040)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Reigate and Banstead has received 34 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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