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Stockton-on-Tees

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

837
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
804
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
27
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
6
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Stockton-on-Tees ranks #28 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1% of England's supported caseload — 42.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 196,595 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

873030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 87330 Sep 2023 — 81231 Dec 2023 — 75831 Mar 2024 — 78230 Jun 2024 — 79130 Sep 2024 — 80831 Dec 2024 — 83031 Mar 2025 — 80030 Jun 2025 — 77930 Sep 2025 — 80531 Dec 2025 — 83231 Mar 2026 — 837
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Stockton-on-Tees, 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)

196,595
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.2%
born outside the UK (12,267)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,332)
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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