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Stoke-on-Trent

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

1,189
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
997
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
179
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
179
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
13
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Stoke-on-Trent ranks #15 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.4% of England's supported caseload — 46 per 10,000 residents (against the 258,371 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.4k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,31530 Sep 2023 — 1,35731 Dec 2023 — 1,27731 Mar 2024 — 1,19630 Jun 2024 — 1,15630 Sep 2024 — 1,28131 Dec 2024 — 1,28131 Mar 2025 — 1,24830 Jun 2025 — 1,26530 Sep 2025 — 1,30731 Dec 2025 — 1,27931 Mar 2026 — 1,189
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Stoke-on-Trent, 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 (-10%).

Census context (2021)

258,371
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
13.1%
born outside the UK (33,840)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (4,840)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Stoke-on-Trent has received 21 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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