Asylum applications
Number of people applying for asylum in the UK each quarter.
100.6m
-4.0% vs 2024
As of 2025
Historical trend
Trend summary
The UK received approximately 84,000 asylum applications in 2024, a 16% decline from the 2023 peak.
Trend
- Applications rose from around 35,000 per year in the mid-2010s to a peak of around 100,000 in 2023.
- The 2024 decline reflects reduced small boat arrivals and tighter visa conditions.
Context
- Home Office publishes asylum statistics quarterly; figures cover main applicants only, excluding dependants.
- Applications include people arriving via all routes, not only small boat crossings.
Commentary contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
About this indicator
- Source
- Home Office
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
- Last updated
- 22 June 2026
- Next update
- 22 May 2025
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
Statistics
- Latest
- 100.6m
- Period high
- 104.8m
- Period low
- 100.6m
- Period average
- 102.7m