People in the programme in Hampshire as at 31 March 2026. This is a population, counted at a point in time.
Asylum seekers in Hampshire
Updated 30 Jun 2026 ยท Home Office 1,247 people were on asylum support in Hampshire
That is the position as at 31 March 2026, counted across the 13 local authorities that make up Hampshire. It works out at 6.5 per 10,000 residents. It counts people receiving asylum support at that date, which is not the same as the number waiting for a decision, and not the number of people who passed through support over the year.
Refugees in Hampshire: the resettlement routes
People who arrive through a resettlement route are refugees with status, which is a different thing from an asylum seeker waiting for a decision. The two are published as different kinds of figure and are shown separately here for that reason.
Arrivals recorded in Hampshire, counted since the scheme opened. This is an arrivals count, not a headcount of who lives here now, and it excludes super sponsor arrivals.
These two figures and the asylum support figure above measure different things, so adding them together would not give a meaningful total.
Local authorities in Hampshire, by asylum seekers on support
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Portsmouth
660 2 Southampton
315 3 Rushmoor
76 4 Winchester
67 5 Fareham
24 6 Gosport
23 7 Test Valley
22 8 Basingstoke and Deane
20 9 Havant
15 10 Eastleigh
10 11 East Hampshire
8 12 New Forest
7 13 Hart
0 Click any authority for its full profile. Figures are people on asylum support at 31 March 2026.
Common questions about Hampshire
How many asylum seekers are there in Hampshire?
1,247 people were receiving asylum support in Hampshire as at 31 March 2026, across its 13 local authorities. That is 6.5 per 10,000 residents and makes it the 19th highest of 47 English counties on this measure. The figure counts people on support at that date, which is not the same as the number waiting for a decision.
How many refugees are there in Hampshire?
Two resettlement routes are published for Hampshire. 726 people were in the Afghan Resettlement Programme as at 31 March 2026, which is a population counted at a point in time. Separately, 4,666 Homes for Ukraine arrivals have been recorded there since the scheme opened, which is a running count of arrivals rather than of who lives there now. The two measure different things and should not be added together.
Which part of Hampshire has the most asylum seekers?
Portsmouth has the most, with 660 people on asylum support, followed by Southampton with 315. Every authority in the county is listed on this page.
How this county is defined
Hampshire here means the ceremonial county, the one people mean in ordinary speech, so it includes any unitary authority sitting inside its boundary even though that authority runs its own services. The narrower administrative definition counts only two-tier districts, and using it would leave out 24,764 of the 85,162 people on asylum support in England, just over 29 per cent, without saying so.
Three boundaries do not divide cleanly and are handled the same way on every page. Stockton-on-Tees straddles the historic Durham and North Yorkshire boundary and is counted whole within County Durham, because the published figures cannot be split. The Isles of Scilly are grouped with Cornwall. Inner and Outer London are shown together as Greater London.
Every figure on this page is the sum of figures published for the individual local authorities. Nothing is modelled or estimated. Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics, regional and local authority data, released 21 May 2026, covering the position as at 31 March 2026.