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Tameside

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

506
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
498
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
8
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Tameside ranks #60 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 21.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 231,070 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

536030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 51030 Sep 2023 — 52131 Dec 2023 — 47631 Mar 2024 — 51030 Jun 2024 — 51230 Sep 2024 — 52831 Dec 2024 — 53631 Mar 2025 — 53530 Jun 2025 — 53330 Sep 2025 — 51531 Dec 2025 — 50831 Mar 2026 — 506
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Tameside, 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 (-1%).

Census context (2021)

231,070
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
10.3%
born outside the UK (23,869)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,606)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Tameside has received 13 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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