Home Office · 336 councils · year to 2026 Q2

Where did the change in asylum seekers supported in each council area happen?

Every council’s change in asylum seekers supported in each council area over one year, and how much of the country’s total movement each one holds. Concentration is a description of where figures moved, not of where anything went right or wrong.

Of the movement in asylum seekers supported in each council area across 336 local authorities in the year to 2026 Q2, 23.7% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 36.

151 councils rose, 170 fell and 15 were unchanged. Adding the changes together gives −12,830; adding their sizes, ignoring direction, gives 24,494. The national series for this measure fell from 106,075 in 2025 Q2 to 93,293 in 2026 Q2, down 12.0% (12,782), which is published on its own coverage and is not the sum of these councils.

How few councils account for how much

The councils that moved most	Share of the total movement	Their changes added together
The single largest	5.3%	−1,293
The largest 5	14.7%	−3,598
The largest 10	23.7%	−4,969
The largest 20	36.5%	−7,543
The largest 50	59.1%	−10,635
All 336 compared	100%	−12,830

A share is of the gross movement: each council’s change taken as a size and added up, so a rise of 100 and a fall of 100 contribute 200, not nothing. The right-hand column adds the same councils’ changes with their signs, so the two columns differ wherever those councils moved in both directions.

Every council

Council	2025 Q2	2026 Q2	Change	% or points	Share of the movement
Hillingdon	2,481	1,188	−1,293	−52.1%	5.28%
Hounslow	1,775	1,139	−636	−35.8%	2.60%
Birmingham	2,755	2,136	−619	−22.5%	2.53%
Islington	614	66	−548	−89.3%	2.24%
Barnet	1,380	878	−502	−36.4%	2.05%
Bristol, City of	1,188	689	−499	−42.0%	2.04%
Manchester	1,997	1,509	−488	−24.4%	1.99%
Wealden	1	419	+418	+41,800.0%	1.71%
Newham	1,268	866	−402	−31.7%	1.64%
Liverpool	2,361	1,961	−400	−16.9%	1.63%
Blackpool	620	236	−384	−61.9%	1.57%
Luton	760	377	−383	−50.4%	1.56%
Bradford	1,430	1,097	−333	−23.3%	1.36%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	652	333	−319	−48.9%	1.30%
Wolverhampton	1,323	1,018	−305	−23.1%	1.25%
Broxbourne	339	43	−296	−87.3%	1.21%
Leeds	1,659	1,365	−294	−17.7%	1.20%
Aberdeen City	438	718	+280	+63.9%	1.14%
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,190	915	−275	−23.1%	1.12%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	787	522	−265	−33.7%	1.08%
Trafford	419	165	−254	−60.6%	1.04%
Stoke-on-Trent	1,265	1,021	−244	−19.3%	1.00%
Hackney	604	373	−231	−38.2%	0.94%
Dacorum	504	274	−230	−45.6%	0.94%
Leicester	1,559	1,333	−226	−14.5%	0.92%
Belfast	1,760	1,540	−220	−12.5%	0.90%
Brent	1,006	789	−217	−21.6%	0.89%
Sandwell	1,671	1,467	−204	−12.2%	0.83%
Chelmsford	341	143	−198	−58.1%	0.81%
Derby	1,325	1,127	−198	−14.9%	0.81%
Broxtowe	74	264	+190	+256.8%	0.78%
Rugby	377	567	+190	+50.4%	0.78%
Redbridge	602	413	−189	−31.4%	0.77%
South Kesteven	99	283	+184	+185.9%	0.75%
Norwich	389	211	−178	−45.8%	0.73%
Hammersmith and Fulham	400	225	−175	−43.8%	0.71%
North Northamptonshire	467	641	+174	+37.3%	0.71%
North Lanarkshire	95	267	+172	+181.1%	0.70%
Nottingham	1,522	1,352	−170	−11.2%	0.69%
Telford and Wrekin	727	562	−165	−22.7%	0.67%
Calderdale	614	452	−162	−26.4%	0.66%
Medway	187	346	+159	+85.0%	0.65%
Lambeth	441	285	−156	−35.4%	0.64%
Mid Sussex	482	326	−156	−32.4%	0.64%
Wokingham	279	125	−154	−55.2%	0.63%
North Hertfordshire	161	8	−153	−95.0%	0.62%
County Durham	483	634	+151	+31.3%	0.62%
Cheshire East	504	358	−146	−29.0%	0.60%
Doncaster	682	538	−144	−21.1%	0.59%
Epping Forest	223	81	−142	−63.7%	0.58%
Southwark	633	496	−137	−21.6%	0.56%
Mid and East Antrim	152	17	−135	−88.8%	0.55%
Central Bedfordshire	207	73	−134	−64.7%	0.55%
Tamworth	266	133	−133	−50.0%	0.54%
Charnwood	235	103	−132	−56.2%	0.54%
Welwyn Hatfield	263	131	−132	−50.2%	0.54%
Aberdeenshire	345	216	−129	−37.4%	0.53%
Cardiff	1,442	1,313	−129	−8.9%	0.53%
Somerset	326	198	−128	−39.3%	0.52%
Braintree	664	791	+127	+19.1%	0.52%
South Lanarkshire	143	269	+126	+88.1%	0.51%
Perth and Kinross	195	70	−125	−64.1%	0.51%
Milton Keynes	319	443	+124	+38.9%	0.51%
Hinckley and Bosworth	20	143	+123	+615.0%	0.50%
West Oxfordshire	128	6	−122	−95.3%	0.50%
Ashford	159	38	−121	−76.1%	0.49%
Inverclyde	146	261	+115	+78.8%	0.47%
Chichester	199	86	−113	−56.8%	0.46%
Swansea	730	618	−112	−15.3%	0.46%
Horsham	113	4	−109	−96.5%	0.45%
Peterborough	555	448	−107	−19.3%	0.44%
Ealing	1,179	1,073	−106	−9.0%	0.43%
Windsor and Maidenhead	263	368	+105	+39.9%	0.43%
Reading	622	523	−99	−15.9%	0.40%
Rushmoor	175	76	−99	−56.6%	0.40%
Solihull	303	205	−98	−32.3%	0.40%
Reigate and Banstead	346	249	−97	−28.0%	0.40%
Shropshire	15	111	+96	+640.0%	0.39%
Glasgow City	3,844	3,938	+94	+2.4%	0.38%
Stevenage	361	267	−94	−26.0%	0.38%
Gedling	28	121	+93	+332.1%	0.38%
Rochdale	814	727	−87	−10.7%	0.36%
Amber Valley	38	124	+86	+226.3%	0.35%
Erewash	173	90	−83	−48.0%	0.34%
East Staffordshire	68	149	+81	+119.1%	0.33%
Kirklees	749	668	−81	−10.8%	0.33%
Bedford	216	139	−77	−35.6%	0.31%
Merton	286	209	−77	−26.9%	0.31%
Rhondda Cynon Taf	111	188	+77	+69.4%	0.31%
Dundee City	154	78	−76	−49.4%	0.31%
Ashfield	111	185	+74	+66.7%	0.30%
Dumfries and Galloway	104	30	−74	−71.2%	0.30%
Midlothian	5	79	+74	+1,480.0%	0.30%
Stafford	2	76	+74	+3,700.0%	0.30%
North Yorkshire	398	325	−73	−18.3%	0.30%
Surrey Heath	110	37	−73	−66.4%	0.30%
South Staffordshire	94	22	−72	−76.6%	0.29%
Cherwell	176	106	−70	−39.8%	0.29%
East Devon	194	125	−69	−35.6%	0.28%
Worcester	147	78	−69	−46.9%	0.28%
East Lothian	7	75	+68	+971.4%	0.28%
St. Helens	628	560	−68	−10.8%	0.28%
Tower Hamlets	541	473	−68	−12.6%	0.28%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1	65	+64	+6,400.0%	0.26%
Hartlepool	440	379	−61	−13.9%	0.25%
Newport	367	306	−61	−16.6%	0.25%
Bolton	1,097	1,037	−60	−5.5%	0.24%
Newark and Sherwood	50	110	+60	+120.0%	0.24%
Rotherham	448	388	−60	−13.4%	0.24%
Dudley	669	611	−58	−8.7%	0.24%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	134	192	+58	+43.3%	0.24%
West Lothian	89	31	−58	−65.2%	0.24%
Kensington and Chelsea	237	180	−57	−24.1%	0.23%
Swindon	568	511	−57	−10.0%	0.23%
Wychavon	99	42	−57	−57.6%	0.23%
Angus	17	73	+56	+329.4%	0.23%
Bury	423	368	−55	−13.0%	0.22%
Gateshead	661	606	−55	−8.3%	0.22%
Folkestone and Hythe	99	45	−54	−54.5%	0.22%
St Albans	78	24	−54	−69.2%	0.22%
Stockport	718	664	−54	−7.5%	0.22%
Barking and Dagenham	324	271	−53	−16.4%	0.22%
Ards and North Down	53	1	−52	−98.1%	0.21%
Gwynedd	40	91	+51	+127.5%	0.21%
Waltham Forest	212	161	−51	−24.1%	0.21%
Camden	218	168	−50	−22.9%	0.20%
North Ayrshire	32	82	+50	+156.3%	0.20%
South Norfolk	69	19	−50	−72.5%	0.20%
Derry City and Strabane	255	206	−49	−19.2%	0.20%
Warrington	446	397	−49	−11.0%	0.20%
Stratford-on-Avon	111	63	−48	−43.2%	0.20%
Gloucester	336	290	−46	−13.7%	0.19%
Oldham	779	733	−46	−5.9%	0.19%
Cheltenham	188	143	−45	−23.9%	0.18%
Renfrewshire	88	133	+45	+51.1%	0.18%
Salford	701	656	−45	−6.4%	0.18%
Tameside	533	488	−45	−8.4%	0.18%
Uttlesford	65	21	−44	−67.7%	0.18%
York	322	366	+44	+13.7%	0.18%
North East Lincolnshire	224	267	+43	+19.2%	0.18%
North Somerset	126	83	−43	−34.1%	0.18%
Stockton-on-Tees	779	822	+43	+5.5%	0.18%
Gravesham	113	71	−42	−37.2%	0.17%
Hastings	57	99	+42	+73.7%	0.17%
Tendring	171	213	+42	+24.6%	0.17%
South Tyneside	587	628	+41	+7.0%	0.17%
Portsmouth	700	660	−40	−5.7%	0.16%
Warwick	420	380	−40	−9.5%	0.16%
Brighton and Hove	150	188	+38	+25.3%	0.16%
Cumberland	455	493	+38	+8.4%	0.16%
East Ayrshire	40	78	+38	+95.0%	0.16%
Wiltshire	158	196	+38	+24.1%	0.16%
East Lindsey	147	110	−37	−25.2%	0.15%
Fife	8	45	+37	+462.5%	0.15%
North West Leicestershire	64	101	+37	+57.8%	0.15%
Merthyr Tydfil	18	54	+36	+200.0%	0.15%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	282	318	+36	+12.8%	0.15%
East Suffolk	31	66	+35	+112.9%	0.14%
Enfield	388	353	−35	−9.0%	0.14%
South Derbyshire	1	36	+35	+3,500.0%	0.14%
Ipswich	79	113	+34	+43.0%	0.14%
North Kesteven	1	35	+34	+3,400.0%	0.14%
North Warwickshire	33	67	+34	+103.0%	0.14%
Rushcliffe	26	60	+34	+130.8%	0.14%
Southend-on-Sea	230	264	+34	+14.8%	0.14%
Walsall	697	663	−34	−4.9%	0.14%
Wyre Forest	22	56	+34	+154.5%	0.14%
Basildon	319	352	+33	+10.3%	0.13%
Coventry	1,733	1,700	−33	−1.9%	0.13%
West Suffolk	5	38	+33	+660.0%	0.13%
Thanet	126	94	−32	−25.4%	0.13%
Winchester	35	67	+32	+91.4%	0.13%
Chesterfield	80	49	−31	−38.8%	0.13%
Falkirk	98	67	−31	−31.6%	0.13%
North Tyneside	466	436	−30	−6.4%	0.12%
Oxford	214	184	−30	−14.0%	0.12%
Antrim and Newtownabbey	170	199	+29	+17.1%	0.12%
North Lincolnshire	58	87	+29	+50.0%	0.12%
South Holland	47	76	+29	+61.7%	0.12%
Lincoln	2	30	+28	+1,400.0%	0.11%
Middlesbrough	699	671	−28	−4.0%	0.11%
Swale	49	77	+28	+57.1%	0.11%
Bassetlaw	170	197	+27	+15.9%	0.11%
Hertsmere	32	58	+26	+81.3%	0.11%
Buckinghamshire	155	180	+25	+16.1%	0.10%
Dartford	16	41	+25	+156.3%	0.10%
Flintshire	53	78	+25	+47.2%	0.10%
West Lindsey	39	64	+25	+64.1%	0.10%
Dover	60	83	+23	+38.3%	0.09%
Lewisham	233	210	−23	−9.9%	0.09%
Mansfield	169	192	+23	+13.6%	0.09%
Teignbridge	19	42	+23	+121.1%	0.09%
West Northamptonshire	455	478	+23	+5.1%	0.09%
Crawley	279	301	+22	+7.9%	0.09%
Harlow	78	56	−22	−28.2%	0.09%
Herefordshire, County of	3	25	+22	+733.3%	0.09%
Preston	429	407	−22	−5.1%	0.09%
Staffordshire Moorlands	14	36	+22	+157.1%	0.09%
West Dunbartonshire	27	49	+22	+81.5%	0.09%
Canterbury	184	205	+21	+11.4%	0.09%
Carmarthenshire	39	60	+21	+53.8%	0.09%
Cheshire West and Chester	675	654	−21	−3.1%	0.09%
Chorley	218	239	+21	+9.6%	0.09%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	52	72	+20	+38.5%	0.08%
Spelthorne	90	70	−20	−22.2%	0.08%
Darlington	232	214	−18	−7.8%	0.07%
Neath Port Talbot	46	64	+18	+39.1%	0.07%
Boston	91	108	+17	+18.7%	0.07%
Haringey	171	154	−17	−9.9%	0.07%
Redcar and Cleveland	260	243	−17	−6.5%	0.07%
Rossendale	255	238	−17	−6.7%	0.07%
Runnymede	11	28	+17	+154.5%	0.07%
Blackburn with Darwen	744	760	+16	+2.2%	0.07%
East Cambridgeshire	4	20	+16	+400.0%	0.07%
East Dunbartonshire	1	17	+16	+1,600.0%	0.07%
Wirral	717	701	−16	−2.2%	0.07%
Castle Point	10	25	+15	+150.0%	0.06%
Denbighshire	51	66	+15	+29.4%	0.06%
Fylde	73	88	+15	+20.5%	0.06%
Greenwich	138	153	+15	+10.9%	0.06%
Mid Suffolk	11	26	+15	+136.4%	0.06%
Sefton	426	411	−15	−3.5%	0.06%
Eastbourne	54	40	−14	−25.9%	0.06%
Lancaster	224	238	+14	+6.3%	0.06%
North East Derbyshire	46	60	+14	+30.4%	0.06%
Scottish Borders	24	38	+14	+58.3%	0.06%
South Gloucestershire	137	151	+14	+10.2%	0.06%
Thurrock	141	155	+14	+9.9%	0.06%
Torbay	45	31	−14	−31.1%	0.06%
Watford	10	24	+14	+140.0%	0.06%
Wigan	1,207	1,193	−14	−1.2%	0.06%
Kingston upon Thames	75	62	−13	−17.3%	0.05%
Knowsley	322	309	−13	−4.0%	0.05%
Ribble Valley	37	24	−13	−35.1%	0.05%
Test Valley	9	22	+13	+144.4%	0.05%
Blaby	22	34	+12	+54.5%	0.05%
Elmbridge	25	13	−12	−48.0%	0.05%
Sunderland	811	823	+12	+1.5%	0.05%
Bromley	155	144	−11	−7.1%	0.04%
Havering	197	186	−11	−5.6%	0.04%
Westmorland and Furness	229	240	+11	+4.8%	0.04%
Caerphilly	74	84	+10	+13.5%	0.04%
Isle of Anglesey	16	26	+10	+62.5%	0.04%
Northumberland	688	678	−10	−1.5%	0.04%
Pembrokeshire	6	16	+10	+166.7%	0.04%
Pendle	451	441	−10	−2.2%	0.04%
Wakefield	734	724	−10	−1.4%	0.04%
Wandsworth	63	73	+10	+15.9%	0.04%
Hyndburn	435	426	−9	−2.1%	0.04%
City of Edinburgh	189	181	−8	−4.2%	0.03%
Colchester	294	302	+8	+2.7%	0.03%
Wyre	369	361	−8	−2.2%	0.03%
Croydon	1,001	1,008	+7	+0.7%	0.03%
Lisburn and Castlereagh	23	16	−7	−30.4%	0.03%
North Norfolk	1	8	+7	+700.0%	0.03%
Plymouth	483	490	+7	+1.4%	0.03%
Rutland	1	8	+7	+700.0%	0.03%
Southampton	308	315	+7	+2.3%	0.03%
Broadland	7	13	+6	+85.7%	0.02%
East Renfrewshire	3	9	+6	+200.0%	0.02%
New Forest	1	7	+6	+600.0%	0.02%
Redditch	7	13	+6	+85.7%	0.02%
Sutton	22	28	+6	+27.3%	0.02%
Babergh	1	6	+5	+500.0%	0.02%
Bracknell Forest	17	12	−5	−29.4%	0.02%
Causeway Coast and Glens	201	206	+5	+2.5%	0.02%
East Riding of Yorkshire	60	55	−5	−8.3%	0.02%
Fareham	29	24	−5	−17.2%	0.02%
South Ayrshire	15	20	+5	+33.3%	0.02%
Woking	2	7	+5	+250.0%	0.02%
Blaenau Gwent	38	42	+4	+10.5%	0.02%
Bolsover	134	138	+4	+3.0%	0.02%
Burnley	475	471	−4	−0.8%	0.02%
Melton	12	16	+4	+33.3%	0.02%
South Ribble	389	385	−4	−1.0%	0.02%
West Berkshire	39	43	+4	+10.3%	0.02%
Westminster	46	42	−4	−8.7%	0.02%
Basingstoke and Deane	17	20	+3	+17.6%	0.01%
Bexley	112	115	+3	+2.7%	0.01%
Bridgend	44	41	−3	−6.8%	0.01%
Exeter	23	26	+3	+13.0%	0.01%
Halton	607	604	−3	−0.5%	0.01%
Oadby and Wigston	29	32	+3	+10.3%	0.01%
Rochford	144	141	−3	−2.1%	0.01%
Slough	315	318	+3	+1.0%	0.01%
South Oxfordshire	20	23	+3	+15.0%	0.01%
Stroud	10	13	+3	+30.0%	0.01%
Vale of White Horse	82	85	+3	+3.7%	0.01%
Worthing	16	19	+3	+18.8%	0.01%
Bath and North East Somerset	6	4	−2	−33.3%	0.01%
Bromsgrove	2	4	+2	+100.0%	0.01%
Cambridge	12	14	+2	+16.7%	0.01%
Cornwall	17	15	−2	−11.8%	0.01%
Epsom and Ewell	5	3	−2	−40.0%	0.01%
Fermanagh and Omagh	4	2	−2	−50.0%	0.01%
Guildford	3	1	−2	−66.7%	0.01%
Havant	13	15	+2	+15.4%	0.01%
High Peak	7	9	+2	+28.6%	0.01%
Lichfield	3	5	+2	+66.7%	0.01%
North Devon	4	6	+2	+50.0%	0.01%
Tandridge	18	16	−2	−11.1%	0.01%
Tonbridge and Malling	7	9	+2	+28.6%	0.01%
Wrexham	115	117	+2	+1.7%	0.01%
Brentwood	23	22	−1	−4.3%	0.00%
Cannock Chase	28	29	+1	+3.6%	0.00%
Conwy	21	22	+1	+4.8%	0.00%
Dorset	7	6	−1	−14.3%	0.00%
East Hampshire	9	8	−1	−11.1%	0.00%
Great Yarmouth	11	12	+1	+9.1%	0.00%
Harrow	344	343	−1	−0.3%	0.00%
Huntingdonshire	22	23	+1	+4.5%	0.00%
Lewes	3	2	−1	−33.3%	0.00%
Maidstone	45	46	+1	+2.2%	0.00%
Mid Devon	4	3	−1	−25.0%	0.00%
Richmond upon Thames	14	15	+1	+7.1%	0.00%
Sevenoaks	3	4	+1	+33.3%	0.00%
South Hams	17	18	+1	+5.9%	0.00%
Three Rivers	6	5	−1	−16.7%	0.00%
Torfaen	9	10	+1	+11.1%	0.00%
Tunbridge Wells	2	1	−1	−50.0%	0.00%
West Lancashire	419	420	+1	+0.2%	0.00%
Adur	1	1	0	0.0%	0.00%
Arun	3	3	0	0.0%	0.00%
City of London	1	1	0	0.0%	0.00%
Forest of Dean	6	6	0	0.0%	0.00%
Gosport	23	23	0	0.0%	0.00%
Harborough	1	1	0	0.0%	0.00%
Hart	2	2	0	0.0%	0.00%
Maldon	1	1	0	0.0%	0.00%
Newry, Mourne and Down	29	29	0	0.0%	0.00%
Powys	5	5	0	0.0%	0.00%
South Cambridgeshire	1	1	0	0.0%	0.00%
Tewkesbury	4	4	0	0.0%	0.00%
Torridge	6	6	0	0.0%	0.00%
Vale of Glamorgan	21	21	0	0.0%	0.00%
Waverley	6	6	0	0.0%	0.00%
Argyll and Bute	12026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Barnsley	2762026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Breckland	562026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Ceredigion	12019 Q1	no figure published a year earlier
Clackmannanshire	202026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
East Hertfordshire	12026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Eastleigh	102026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Fenland	32026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Highland	12014 Q3	no figure published a year earlier
Malvern Hills	72026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Mid Ulster	12025 Q1	no figure published a year earlier
Mole Valley	12026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Monmouthshire	12026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Moray	22026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Rother	62026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Sheffield	1,0342026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
Stirling	62026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier
West Devon	12026 Q2	no figure published a year earlier

What this establishes

It establishes how much of one year’s movement in these published figures sits in how few councils, and which councils those are. It does not establish why any council moved, and a large share is not a finding about a council: the councils with the largest populations and budgets hold the largest shares of most totals, in both directions.

Each council’s change is its own newest figure against its own figure a year earlier by period end; a council without both is listed with the reason and is left out of the shares. Councils that publish on different schedules therefore appear against slightly different periods, which the row states.

Of the movement in asylum seekers supported in each council area across 336 local authorities in the year to 2026 Q2, 23.7% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 36.

Civometry, from Home Office

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