MigrationWatchdog

Wokingham

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

188
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
24
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
162
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
162
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Wokingham ranks #148 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 10.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 177,502 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

279030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 15830 Sep 2023 — 16831 Dec 2023 — 24131 Mar 2024 — 15730 Jun 2024 — 2730 Sep 2024 — 2831 Dec 2024 — 26731 Mar 2025 — 23430 Jun 2025 — 27930 Sep 2025 — 26731 Dec 2025 — 21931 Mar 2026 — 188
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Wokingham, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 19% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

177,502
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
18.9%
born outside the UK (33,611)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,440)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Wokingham has received 25 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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