Dataset Card
Dataset Description
This dataset contains monthly immigration statistics for the United Kingdom from January 2011 to December 2020. It includes immigration counts across major visa categories including Work, Study, Family, and Asylum routes. The dataset provides monthly totals and category-specific arrivals, making it suitable for trend analysis, forecasting, policy research, migration studies, and time-series modelling.
Dataset Summary
This dataset provides structured CSV data for analysis, reporting, research, dashboards and machine learning workflows.
Dataset Structure
The file is available in CSV format and can be used with Python, R, Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI or other data analysis tools.
Data Preview
| Date | Year | Month | Year_Month | Work | Study | Family | Asylum | Total | Brexit_Flag | Covid_Flag | Post_Brexit_Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-01 | 2011 | 1 | 2011-01 | 4880 | 10970 | 2584 | 1325 | 19759 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-02-01 | 2011 | 2 | 2011-02 | 5098 | 10465 | 2438 | 1187 | 19188 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-03-01 | 2011 | 3 | 2011-03 | 5238 | 9774 | 2455 | 1229 | 18696 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-04-01 | 2011 | 4 | 2011-04 | 5448 | 9743 | 2503 | 1122 | 18816 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-05-01 | 2011 | 5 | 2011-05 | 5521 | 10234 | 2684 | 1209 | 19648 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-06-01 | 2011 | 6 | 2011-06 | 5665 | 10723 | 2663 | 1230 | 20281 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-07-01 | 2011 | 7 | 2011-07 | 5276 | 12809 | 2714 | 1303 | 22102 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-08-01 | 2011 | 8 | 2011-08 | 5132 | 14052 | 2765 | 1331 | 23280 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-09-01 | 2011 | 9 | 2011-09 | 5057 | 14511 | 2830 | 1476 | 23874 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-10-01 | 2011 | 10 | 2011-10 | 4916 | 12572 | 2744 | 1434 | 21666 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
License
cc-by-nc-2.0
Citation
Immigration Extensions Historical Register. UK Immigration Data Research Collection, Version 4.4, 2023.