Trend
-30 Latest quarter change
+1,270 Change across series
48 Official data points
Belfast
1,749 on asylum support. Rank 7 nationally, 1 in Northern Ireland. Rate: 49.63 per 10,000 (99th percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
2025-12-31 Northern Ireland region
Summary
Belfast has 1,749 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 7 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 49.63 per 10,000 residents places it around the 99th percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Belfast
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 1,682
Initial accommodation 59
Subsistence only 8
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 302
Afghan programme 62
Resettlement cumulative 419
Population context
All pathways total 2,113
Share of local population 0.6%
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
1,749 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
49.63 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Northern Ireland by supported asylum.