Somerset
England · South West — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.
Somerset ranks #102 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 5.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 571,546 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →
The last 12 quarters
Broadly flat since 30 Jun 2023 (+4%).
Census context (2021)
The legal route, locally
Alongside asylum dispersal, Somerset has received 6 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 3 of them 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. Census figures aggregated from the pre-2023 districts (Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, South Somerset) that now form Somerset. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.
Data as of
Sources for this page
- Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics) — Home Office · as at 31 Mar 2026 · retrieved 2026-08-09
- Census 2021 tables TS004 (country of birth) and TS029 (proficiency in English), England and Wales — ONS · Census day, 21 March 2021 · retrieved 2026-08-09