MigrationWatchdog

West Oxfordshire

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

81
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
77
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
77
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

West Oxfordshire ranks #193 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 7.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 114,237 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

239030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 21230 Sep 2023 — 20931 Dec 2023 — 19031 Mar 2024 — 14930 Jun 2024 — 15830 Sep 2024 — 16031 Dec 2024 — 19931 Mar 2025 — 16230 Jun 2025 — 12830 Sep 2025 — 23931 Dec 2025 — 12331 Mar 2026 — 81
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in West Oxfordshire, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 62% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

114,237
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
10.6%
born outside the UK (12,114)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (499)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, West Oxfordshire 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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