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Sunderland

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

805
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
799
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
6
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Sunderland ranks #29 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.9% of England's supported caseload — 29.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 274,172 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

835030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 68130 Sep 2023 — 77131 Dec 2023 — 67131 Mar 2024 — 71230 Jun 2024 — 68230 Sep 2024 — 76131 Dec 2024 — 82531 Mar 2025 — 83530 Jun 2025 — 81130 Sep 2025 — 81331 Dec 2025 — 83131 Mar 2026 — 805
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Sunderland, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 18% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

274,172
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.1%
born outside the UK (13,982)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,405)
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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