Trend
+189 Latest quarter change
+811 Change across series
32 Official data points
Aberdeen City
813 on asylum support. Rank 31 nationally, 2 in Scotland. Rate: 35.08 per 10,000 (91st percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
Summary
Aberdeen City has 813 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 31 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 35.08 per 10,000 residents places it around the 91st percentile. 424 are in contingency accommodation (52.2% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Aberdeen City
Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 383
Initial accommodation 2
Subsistence only 4
Contingency accommodation 424
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 334
Afghan programme 126
Resettlement cumulative 124
Population context
All pathways total 1,273
Share of local population 0.55%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
813 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
35.08 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
424 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Scotland by supported asylum.