Home Office · local authority: Leicester

Asylum seekers receiving support: Leicester

at 30 June 2026

1,333 people

Asylum seekers receiving support for Leicester was 1,333 people at 30 June 2026, down 2.7% (37) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D11
  3. all rows; Local Authority=Leicester
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 6 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2014 to June 2026

Asylum support by local authority: March 2014 to June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k2014201620182020202220242026March 2014: 657 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 776 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 832 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 865 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 836 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 851 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 877 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 918 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 928 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 933 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 934 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 926 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 927 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 899 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 903 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 911 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,087 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,041 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,016 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 993 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 975 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 975 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 935 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 915 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 897 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 949 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 957 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 938 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 914 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 916 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 895 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 906 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 879 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 935 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 947 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 1,380 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 1,397 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 1,596 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 1,704 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 1,596 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 1,660 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 1,527 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 1,513 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 1,527 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 1,538 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 1,559 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,579 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 1,512 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,370 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 1,333 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum support by local authority
March 2014657 people
June 2014776 people
September 2014832 people
December 2014865 people
March 2015836 people
June 2015851 people
September 2015877 people
December 2015918 people
March 2016928 people
June 2016933 people
September 2016934 people
December 2016926 people
March 2017927 people
June 2017899 people
September 2017903 people
December 2017911 people
March 20181,087 people
June 20181,041 people
September 20181,016 people
December 2018993 people
March 2019975 people
June 2019975 people
September 2019935 people
December 2019915 people
March 2020897 people
June 2020949 people
September 2020957 people
December 2020938 people
March 2021914 people
June 2021916 people
September 2021895 people
December 2021906 people
March 2022879 people
June 2022935 people
September 2022947 people
December 20221,380 people
March 20231,397 people
June 20231,596 people
September 20231,704 people
December 20231,596 people
March 20241,660 people
June 20241,527 people
September 20241,513 people
December 20241,527 people
March 20251,538 people
June 20251,559 people
September 20251,579 people
December 20251,512 people
March 20261,370 people
June 20261,333 people

What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by the local authority they are accommodated in. This is a stock, not a flow.

Refugees who have been granted status, people on resettlement or Ukraine schemes, or the share of a local authority's population; local authority names are as published and not mapped to official codes.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 d2207eed53afa18c
All values
Asylum seekers receiving support by local authority