Asylum claims: record highs and lows

The extremes of asylum claims as published by Home Office, across the 18 periods held here (2010 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

108,585Year ending June 2025

Lowest published

22,6442010

The full series

Asylum claims: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k20102015202020252010: 22,644 people · published 27 August 20262011: 25,898 people · published 27 August 20262012: 27,978 people · published 27 August 20262013: 29,875 people · published 27 August 20262014: 32,344 people · published 27 August 20262015: 39,968 people · published 27 August 20262016: 39,357 people · published 27 August 20262017: 34,435 people · published 27 August 20262018: 38,483 people · published 27 August 20262019: 45,537 people · published 27 August 20262020: 37,603 people · published 27 August 20262021: 57,942 people · published 27 August 20262022: 95,007 people · published 27 August 20262023: 87,427 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 108,585 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 85,891 people · published 27 August 2026

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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.