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Rugby

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

506
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
115
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
391
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
391
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Rugby ranks #61 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 44.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 114,363 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

565030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 21030 Sep 2023 — 43831 Dec 2023 — 33131 Mar 2024 — 27630 Jun 2024 — 31730 Sep 2024 — 42131 Dec 2024 — 37931 Mar 2025 — 31530 Jun 2025 — 37730 Sep 2025 — 55931 Dec 2025 — 56531 Mar 2026 — 506
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Rugby, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 141% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

114,363
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
18.3%
born outside the UK (20,893)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,931)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Rugby has received 37 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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