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Wigan

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

1,188
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,178
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
10
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Wigan ranks #16 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.4% of England's supported caseload — 36.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 329,328 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.4k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,33130 Sep 2023 — 1,44231 Dec 2023 — 1,29631 Mar 2024 — 1,28530 Jun 2024 — 1,23630 Sep 2024 — 1,23931 Dec 2024 — 1,21831 Mar 2025 — 1,19830 Jun 2025 — 1,20730 Sep 2025 — 1,22031 Dec 2025 — 1,18931 Mar 2026 — 1,188
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Wigan, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 11% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

329,328
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.2%
born outside the UK (20,471)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,374)
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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