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Tower Hamlets

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

488
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
399
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
66
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
23
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Tower Hamlets ranks #65 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 15.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 310,306 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

921030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 67330 Sep 2023 — 87931 Dec 2023 — 89531 Mar 2024 — 92030 Jun 2024 — 76530 Sep 2024 — 89331 Dec 2024 — 92131 Mar 2025 — 86830 Jun 2025 — 54130 Sep 2025 — 51631 Dec 2025 — 49431 Mar 2026 — 488
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Tower Hamlets, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 27% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

310,306
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
46.8%
born outside the UK (145,225)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (18,667)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Tower Hamlets 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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