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South Tyneside

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

631
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
598
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
32
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

South Tyneside ranks #47 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload — 42.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 147,777 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

704030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 65430 Sep 2023 — 70431 Dec 2023 — 63631 Mar 2024 — 62730 Jun 2024 — 63130 Sep 2024 — 65331 Dec 2024 — 63531 Mar 2025 — 62030 Jun 2025 — 58730 Sep 2025 — 61231 Dec 2025 — 62531 Mar 2026 — 631
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in South Tyneside, 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 (-4%).

Census context (2021)

147,777
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.4%
born outside the UK (6,552)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (825)
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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