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Uttlesford

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

44
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
10
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
34
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
34
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Uttlesford ranks #241 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 4.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 91,338 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

184030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 18430 Sep 2023 — 18131 Dec 2023 — 15531 Mar 2024 — 9930 Jun 2024 — 7130 Sep 2024 — 11531 Dec 2024 — 9731 Mar 2025 — 7530 Jun 2025 — 6530 Sep 2025 — 6731 Dec 2025 — 6031 Mar 2026 — 44
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Uttlesford, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 76% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

91,338
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.7%
born outside the UK (7,942)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (324)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Uttlesford has received 28 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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