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North West Leicestershire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Amanda Hack
Amanda HackLabour · North West Leicestershire
101 people on asylum support in North West Leicestershire

Rank 179 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 8.92 per 10,000 puts North West Leicestershire in the 59th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 8 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 101 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.9M a year.

What asylum costs North West Leicestershire

£2.3Mestimated hotel costs/year
£258Ksubsistence payments/year
£121KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 101 people on asylum support in North West Leicestershire(0.11% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.

North West Leicestershire: asylum numbers still rising

Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.

96
3722481240Dec 2021Dec 2025Peak Sept 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Dec 2021128
Mar 202233
Jun 202226
Sept 202242
Dec 2022170
Mar 2023318
Jun 2023352
Sept 2023372
Dec 2023333
Mar 2024214
Jun 202411
Sept 20248
Dec 202420
Mar 202544
Jun 202564
Sept 202590
Dec 202596

Trend

+6Latest quarter change
-32Change across series
17Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation93
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only8
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
101
Homes for Ukraine
214
Afghan programme
5
Resettlement cumulative
32

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine214
Afghan programme5
Resettlement cumulative32

Population context

All pathways total320
Share of local population0.28%

Ethnic composition projection

North West Leicestershire: White British 92.1% (2021) to 85.3% (2051). 80% CI: 85.1, 87.8%.

Ethnic composition: North West Leicestershire

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 82% in 2061White Other 7% in 2061Mixed 5% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherMixed 80% CI

Each line shows one ethnic group's share of the local population. The shaded band is the 80% confidence range. Values after 2051 are illustrative only.

Ethnic composition: North West Leicestershire

Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.

2011
95%
2021
92%
2031proj
90%
2041proj
88%
2051proj
85%
2061proj
82%
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther
Model: Hamilton-Perry single-year CCRs, 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations, SNPP-constrained

Census 2011 to 2021 cohort change ratios. Shaded band = 80% confidence interval from stochastic perturbation. Not a forecast.

Scenario explorer

Under different assumptions, White British share in North West Leicestershire ranges from52.9% to 76.1%by 2051. That is a 23.2pp spread.

Fertility
Low~108k/yr
Principal~315k/yr
High~476k/yr
ConstantRates stay at current levels
Half convergenceMove halfway to national avg
Full convergenceConverge to national avg
Migration
Central scenario: WBI 61.0% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.4% (2021) → 1.0% (2051). Christian 51.8% → 10.4%.

Religion: North West Leicestershire

527497092%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 87% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

Religious affiliation projected from Census 2021 self-identification. Trends reflect demographic change in the existing population, not religious conversion.

Nativity

6.1% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.21). 97% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: North West Leicestershire

126507499%Census 2021UK-born 66% in 2051Foreign-born 34% in 20512021203120412051
UK-bornForeign-born

Share of the local population born outside the UK. Movement reflects both new arrivals and the UK-born children of existing residents reaching adulthood.

low immigration: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 8.8% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
other15.4% internal, 2.9% international
asian13.6% internal, 2.6% international
black14.7% internal, 1.3% international
white other13.2% internal, 2.8% international
mixed12.9% internal, 0.5% international
white british8.4% internal, 0.2% international

Why North West Leicestershire is changing

-3.3pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.2pp
Local migration
+4.3pp

White British change 2011-2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.

Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

Full demographic profileSchool pressure, housing demand, service demand scoring, economic profile, language projections, and more on UK Demographics.View North West Leicestershire on UK Demographics →