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Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Updated 31 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson DUP · East Antrim

3 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Antrim and Newtownabbey.

212 people housed on asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey

Rank 136 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.31 per 10,000 puts Antrim and Newtownabbey in the 68th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 127 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £12M per year for this area alone.

What asylum costs Antrim and Newtownabbey

£4.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£542Ksubsistence payments/year
£254KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 212 people on asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey (0.20% of 107,003 nationally). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend (2024/25 average, NAO). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person. Nationally, the hotel bill alone costs £62 per taxpayer per year.

Antrim and Newtownabbey: asylum numbers still rising

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.

202
202 135 67 0 Jun 2020 Dec 2025 Peak Dec 2025 Rwanda scheme Albania deal Bibby Stockholm Rwanda scrapped

Trend

+37 Latest quarter change
+199 Change across series
23 Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation 85
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 0
Contingency accommodation 127

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
212
Homes for Ukraine
121
Afghan programme
30
Resettlement cumulative
254

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine 121
Afghan programme 30
Resettlement cumulative 254

Population context

All pathways total 363
Share of local population 0.25%
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