Trend
+25 Latest quarter change
+224 Change across series
48 Official data points
City of Edinburgh
232 on asylum support. Rank 130 nationally, 4 in Scotland. Rate: 4.37 per 10,000 (41st percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
Summary
City of Edinburgh has 232 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 130 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 4.37 per 10,000 residents places it around the 41st percentile. 172 are in contingency accommodation (74.1% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in City of Edinburgh
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 27
Initial accommodation 4
Subsistence only 29
Contingency accommodation 172
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 1,018
Afghan programme 569
Resettlement cumulative 694
Population context
All pathways total 1,819
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
232 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
4.37 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
172 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Scotland by supported asylum.