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Wyre

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

360
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
360
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Wyre ranks #88 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 32.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 111,946 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

376030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 12730 Sep 2023 — 15031 Dec 2023 — 18231 Mar 2024 — 20930 Jun 2024 — 26330 Sep 2024 — 27631 Dec 2024 — 25931 Mar 2025 — 37630 Jun 2025 — 36930 Sep 2025 — 36331 Dec 2025 — 36431 Mar 2026 — 360
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Wyre, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 183% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

111,946
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.8%
born outside the UK (4,198)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (314)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Wyre has received 83 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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