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Tendring

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

214
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
169
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
43
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Tendring ranks #135 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 14.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 148,292 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

214030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 10330 Sep 2023 — 10231 Dec 2023 — 12931 Mar 2024 — 10130 Jun 2024 — 11630 Sep 2024 — 14431 Dec 2024 — 13831 Mar 2025 — 15430 Jun 2025 — 17130 Sep 2025 — 19331 Dec 2025 — 19831 Mar 2026 — 214
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Tendring, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 108% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

148,292
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5%
born outside the UK (7,471)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (455)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Tendring has received 10 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.

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