107,003 on asylum support at end-2025. 20% are in just 10 councils.

Ten councils carry a fifth of the national asylum caseload. Dozens carry nothing.

Council	Supported	Rate per 10K
Glasgow City	3,835	59.0
Birmingham	2,637	22.3
Liverpool	2,189	43.0
Hillingdon	2,133	64.8
Manchester	1,846	31.3
Leeds	1,772	21.0
Belfast	1,749	49.6
Hounslow	1,720	57.4
Coventry	1,719	46.6
Nottingham	1,605	48.5

21,205 people. 19.8% of the 107,003 on support at 31 December 2025. In 10 councils out of 400+.

Hillingdon: 64.8 per 10,000 residents. The national average is approximately 18. Hillingdon carries 3.6 times the average load. It is also the borough containing Heathrow Airport.

The “dispersal” system was supposed to spread asylum seekers across the country. It has not. The Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract gives three prime providers the job. They place people where housing is cheap and available. That means the same deprived councils, over and over.

The councils at the top of this table are also the councils with the highest deprivation, the highest crime rates, the fastest demographic change, and the most stretched public services. The pressure compounds.

Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics, local authority asylum support data, year ending December 2025.