Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025
Quarterly statistics on people coming to the UK (including via illegal routes), extensions of stay, EUSS, citizenship, asylum, detentions, returns and stopping immigration crime.
- Other Summary of latest statistics
- Other How many people come to the UK each year?
- Other Why do people come to the UK? Work
- Other Why do people come to the UK? Study
- Other Why do people come to the UK? Family
- Other How many people come to the UK via safe and legal (humanitarian) routes?
- Other What is being done to stop organised immigration crime?
- Other How many people come to the UK via illegal entry routes?
- Other How many people claim asylum in the UK?
- Other How many people are granted asylum in the UK?
- Other How many people are in the UK asylum system?
- Other How many Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement and EUSS settled status) and Citizenship grants have been issued in the UK?
- Other How many people are detained under immigration powers in the UK?
- Other How many people are returned from the UK?
- Other About this release
- Other Pre-release access list for: Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025
This release presents immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering the period up to the end of December 2025. It includes data on the topics of:
- passenger arrivals and visitors
- work
- study
- family
- safe and legal routes
- stopping organised immigration crime
- illegal entry routes
- asylum claims
- granted asylum
- total cases in the asylum system
- settlement, EU Settlement Scheme and citizenship
- detention
- returns
Further information
User guide to Home Office Immigration statistics
Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK: timeline
Developments in migration statistics
Publishing detailed datasets in Immigration statistics
Migration analysis at the Home Office collection page
A range of key input and impact indicators are currently published by the Home Office on the Migration transparency data webpage.
If you have feedback or questions, our email address is MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.