Trend
+15 Latest quarter change
+245 Change across series
15 Official data points
Derry City and Strabane
254 on asylum support. Rank 123 nationally, 2 in Northern Ireland. Rate: 16.67 per 10,000 (71st percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
2025-12-31 Northern Ireland region
Summary
Derry City and Strabane has 254 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 123 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 16.67 per 10,000 residents places it around the 71st percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Derry City and Strabane
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 248
Initial accommodation 5
Subsistence only 1
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 153
Afghan programme 34
Resettlement cumulative 94
Population context
All pathways total 441
Share of local population 0.29%
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
254 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
16.67 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Northern Ireland by supported asylum.