MigrationWatchdog

Stockport

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

609
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
154
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
443
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
443
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
12
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Stockport ranks #49 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload — 20.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 294,774 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.0k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 54530 Sep 2023 — 1,01031 Dec 2023 — 79331 Mar 2024 — 50430 Jun 2024 — 63630 Sep 2024 — 83431 Dec 2024 — 84731 Mar 2025 — 63030 Jun 2025 — 71830 Sep 2025 — 95531 Dec 2025 — 83431 Mar 2026 — 609
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Stockport, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 12% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

294,774
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
9.4%
born outside the UK (27,856)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,399)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Stockport has received 26 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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