Trend
— Latest quarter change
+0 Change across series
1 Official data points
Sheffield
1,264 on asylum support. Rank 19 nationally, 3 in Yorkshire and The Humber. Rate: 21.7 per 10,000 (80th percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
Summary
Sheffield has 1,264 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 19 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 21.7 per 10,000 residents places it around the 80th percentile. 328 are in contingency accommodation (25.9% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Sheffield
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.
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 816
Initial accommodation 65
Subsistence only 55
Contingency accommodation 328
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 834
Afghan programme 279
Resettlement cumulative 0
Population context
All pathways total 2,377
Share of local population 0.41%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
1,264 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
21.7 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
328 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Yorkshire and The Humber by supported asylum.