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Trafford

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

258
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
83
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
167
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
167
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
8
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Trafford ranks #118 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 11 per 10,000 residents (against the 235,052 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

474030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 24830 Sep 2023 — 23631 Dec 2023 — 20731 Mar 2024 — 15430 Jun 2024 — 15030 Sep 2024 — 15931 Dec 2024 — 38131 Mar 2025 — 36030 Jun 2025 — 41930 Sep 2025 — 47431 Dec 2025 — 40731 Mar 2026 — 258
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Trafford, 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 (+4%).

Census context (2021)

235,052
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
14.9%
born outside the UK (34,936)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,708)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Trafford has received 20 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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