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.
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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.