MigrationWatchdog

Slough

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

289
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
103
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
166
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
166
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
20
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Slough ranks #107 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 18.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 158,500 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

593030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 59330 Sep 2023 — 56431 Dec 2023 — 50331 Mar 2024 — 46630 Jun 2024 — 34730 Sep 2024 — 33831 Dec 2024 — 36331 Mar 2025 — 32230 Jun 2025 — 31530 Sep 2025 — 35331 Dec 2025 — 38131 Mar 2026 — 289
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Slough, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 51% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

158,500
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
44%
born outside the UK (69,694)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (7,852)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Slough has received 18 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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