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South Kesteven

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

270
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
266
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

South Kesteven ranks #112 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 18.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 143,405 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

270030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 25030 Sep 2023 — 25731 Dec 2023 — 14731 Mar 2024 — 030 Jun 2024 — 330 Sep 2024 — 331 Dec 2024 — 2431 Mar 2025 — 6630 Jun 2025 — 9930 Sep 2025 — 13831 Dec 2025 — 21531 Mar 2026 — 270
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in South Kesteven, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Broadly flat since 30 Jun 2023 (+8%).

Census context (2021)

143,405
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.9%
born outside the UK (12,789)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,034)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, South Kesteven has received 10 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.

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