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Windsor and Maidenhead

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

302
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
21
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
277
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
277
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Windsor and Maidenhead ranks #105 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 19.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 153,496 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

452030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 39630 Sep 2023 — 43331 Dec 2023 — 42831 Mar 2024 — 36430 Jun 2024 — 31530 Sep 2024 — 38131 Dec 2024 — 45231 Mar 2025 — 35930 Jun 2025 — 26330 Sep 2025 — 37331 Dec 2025 — 37731 Mar 2026 — 302
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Windsor and Maidenhead, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 24% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

153,496
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
21.7%
born outside the UK (33,251)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,489)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Windsor and Maidenhead has received 26 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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