Trend
+19 Latest quarter change
+338 Change across series
11 Official data points
Aberdeenshire
377 on asylum support. Rank 95 nationally, 3 in Scotland. Rate: 14.22 per 10,000 (67th percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
Summary
Aberdeenshire has 377 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 95 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 14.22 per 10,000 residents places it around the 67th percentile. 327 are in contingency accommodation (86.7% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Aberdeenshire
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 47
Initial accommodation 3
Subsistence only 0
Contingency accommodation 327
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 488
Afghan programme 25
Resettlement cumulative 300
Population context
All pathways total 890
Share of local population 0.34%
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
377 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
14.22 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
327 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Scotland by supported asylum.