Answered from official statistics · ONS

Is immigration falling?

2025

813,000people

Immigration was 813,000 people in 2025, down 19.7% (199,000) from 1,012,000 in 2024.

  1. ONS
  2. Long-term international migration, provisional
  3. Table 1
  4. published 21 May 2026
  5. full metric page

Immigration: 813,000 people, 2025

The estimated number of people who moved to the UK intending to stay for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.

Immigration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0500k1m2015202020252012: 643,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 713,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 778,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 797,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 772,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 752,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 825,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 788,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 662,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 947,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 1,398,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 1,441,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 1,012,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 813,000 people · published 21 May 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Net migration: 171,000 people, 2025

The estimated number of people who moved to the UK intending to stay at least 12 months, minus the number who left the UK for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.

Net migration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250k500k750k2015202020252012: 195,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 244,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 284,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 303,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 249,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 208,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 276,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 184,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 93,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 467,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 891,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 848,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 331,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 171,000 people · published 21 May 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Work visas granted: 234,841 visas, Year ending June 2026

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas granted on work routes in a 12-month period, counting main applicants and their dependants.

Work visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k20142016201820202022202420262014: 167,146 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 165,900 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 163,922 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 164,943 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 175,812 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 192,559 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 114,528 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 239,193 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 421,565 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 613,627 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 285,763 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 234,841 visas · published 27 August 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Study visas granted: 385,974 visas, Year ending June 2026

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas granted on study routes in a 12-month period, counting main applicants and their dependants.

Study visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k20142016201820202022202420262014: 293,648 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 272,919 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 294,454 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 330,101 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 354,878 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 404,410 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 250,121 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 435,110 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 623,698 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 604,253 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 435,468 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 385,974 visas · published 27 August 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Since the current government took office

MetricInheritedLatestChange
Immigration1,299,000Year ending June 2024813,0002025 37.4%
Net migration649,000Year ending June 2024171,0002025 73.7%
Work visas granted613,6272023234,841Year ending June 2026 61.7%
Study visas granted604,2532023385,974Year ending June 2026 36.1%

Changes during a government do not by themselves show what it caused. Method.

Breakdowns

What these figures don’t measure

Immigration: Short-term visitors, tourists, or people who stay less than a year.

Net migration: Short-term visitors, people who stay less than a year, the total number of foreign-born people living in the UK, or people who arrived without being counted.

Work visas granted: People who actually arrived in the UK, extensions of stay or switches into work routes granted to people already in the UK, or the number of people working in the UK.

Study visas granted: People who actually arrived in the UK, extensions of stay granted to students already in the UK, or the number of international students enrolled at UK institutions.