3 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Antrim and Newtownabbey.
Rank 134 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 13.44 per 10,000 puts Antrim and Newtownabbey in the 67th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 138 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 199 people at £107 per person per day is about £7.8M a year.
Estimates based on 199 people on asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey(0.21% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.
199 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 134th of 361 UK local authorities. It counts people on support at that date, which is not the number who claimed asylum there and not the number waiting for a decision.
13.44 per 10,000 residents, which places Antrim and Newtownabbey in the 67th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries more people on asylum support per head than 67% of the country. Rate is the fair comparison between areas, because a large city carries more people than a small district at the same pressure per head.
The Home Office does not say. 138 people in Antrim and Newtownabbey were in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, and contingency accommodation is the category that includes hotels. No site in the area has been named in council papers, a parliamentary answer or published reporting, so the buildings are not identifiable.
Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region Antrim and Newtownabbey sits in, under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. The contract covers a whole region rather than a single council, and the Home Office does not publish a council-by-council split of which properties sit under it.
Quarter-end stock series to Jun 2026. 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.
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 2020 | 3 |
| Sept 2020 | 6 |
| Dec 2020 | 6 |
| Mar 2021 | 6 |
| Jun 2021 | 9 |
| Sept 2021 | 31 |
| Dec 2021 | 168 |
| Mar 2022 | 83 |
| Jun 2022 | 106 |
| Sept 2022 | 94 |
| Dec 2022 | 153 |
| Mar 2023 | 161 |
| Jun 2023 | 144 |
| Sept 2023 | 127 |
| Dec 2023 | 153 |
| Mar 2024 | 162 |
| Jun 2024 | 144 |
| Sept 2024 | 164 |
| Dec 2024 | 196 |
| Mar 2025 | 159 |
| Jun 2025 | 170 |
| Sept 2025 | 165 |
| Dec 2025 | 202 |
| Mar 2026 | 212 |
| Jun 2026 | 199 |
National distribution.
Per 10,000 residents.
Hotel and contingency placements.
Top 5 in Northern Ireland by supported asylum.