Home Office · local authority: Oldham

Asylum seekers receiving support: Oldham

at 30 June 2026

733 people

Asylum seekers receiving support for Oldham was 733 people at 30 June 2026, down 6.1% (48) on the period before.

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

March 2014 to June 2026

Asylum support by local authority: March 2014 to June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02505007502014201620182020202220242026March 2014: 506 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 539 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 587 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 620 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 626 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 637 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 660 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 682 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 692 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 684 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 683 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 693 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 718 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 699 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 715 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 762 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 848 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 865 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 870 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 853 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 847 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 801 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 777 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 720 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 756 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 780 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 777 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 760 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 684 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 649 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 595 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 631 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 657 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 726 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 739 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 914 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 910 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 836 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 856 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 717 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 721 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 829 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 843 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 841 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 740 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 779 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 795 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 796 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 781 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 733 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum support by local authority
March 2014506 people
June 2014539 people
September 2014587 people
December 2014620 people
March 2015626 people
June 2015637 people
September 2015660 people
December 2015682 people
March 2016692 people
June 2016684 people
September 2016683 people
December 2016693 people
March 2017718 people
June 2017699 people
September 2017715 people
December 2017762 people
March 2018848 people
June 2018865 people
September 2018870 people
December 2018853 people
March 2019847 people
June 2019801 people
September 2019777 people
December 2019720 people
March 2020756 people
June 2020780 people
September 2020777 people
December 2020760 people
March 2021684 people
June 2021649 people
September 2021595 people
December 2021631 people
March 2022657 people
June 2022726 people
September 2022739 people
December 2022914 people
March 2023910 people
June 2023836 people
September 2023856 people
December 2023717 people
March 2024721 people
June 2024829 people
September 2024843 people
December 2024841 people
March 2025740 people
June 2025779 people
September 2025795 people
December 2025796 people
March 2026781 people
June 2026733 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