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Tamworth

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

95
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
38
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
57
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
57
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Tamworth ranks #184 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 12.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 78,647 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

266030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 14130 Sep 2023 — 24431 Dec 2023 — 19931 Mar 2024 — 18630 Jun 2024 — 16230 Sep 2024 — 631 Dec 2024 — 22831 Mar 2025 — 18330 Jun 2025 — 26630 Sep 2025 — 26131 Dec 2025 — 20831 Mar 2026 — 95
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Tamworth, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 33% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

78,647
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.7%
born outside the UK (5,308)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (462)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Tamworth has received 19 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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