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Rochford

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

73
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
21
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
51
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
51
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Rochford ranks #203 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 8.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 85,662 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

183030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 17130 Sep 2023 — 18331 Dec 2023 — 14031 Mar 2024 — 11130 Jun 2024 — 16730 Sep 2024 — 13531 Dec 2024 — 14631 Mar 2025 — 13230 Jun 2025 — 14430 Sep 2025 — 16031 Dec 2025 — 11831 Mar 2026 — 73
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Rochford, 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)

85,662
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4%
born outside the UK (3,459)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (134)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · 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.

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