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Southend-on-Sea

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

257
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
248
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
9
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Southend-on-Sea ranks #119 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 14.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 180,686 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

257030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 23930 Sep 2023 — 23231 Dec 2023 — 19131 Mar 2024 — 20130 Jun 2024 — 20230 Sep 2024 — 20331 Dec 2024 — 20931 Mar 2025 — 23030 Jun 2025 — 23030 Sep 2025 — 24731 Dec 2025 — 24831 Mar 2026 — 257
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Southend-on-Sea, 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)

180,686
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
12.5%
born outside the UK (22,586)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,646)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Southend-on-Sea has received 34 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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