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West Northamptonshire

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

436
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
137
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
271
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
271
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
28
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

West Northamptonshire ranks #73 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 10.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 425,725 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

497030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 42330 Sep 2023 — 49731 Dec 2023 — 5031 Mar 2024 — 7030 Jun 2024 — 430 Sep 2024 — 831 Dec 2024 — 30531 Mar 2025 — 25830 Jun 2025 — 45530 Sep 2025 — 48631 Dec 2025 — 47931 Mar 2026 — 436
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in West Northamptonshire, 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 (+3%).

Census context (2021)

425,725
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
18.8%
born outside the UK (79,990)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (8,928)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · 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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