Rank 131 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 13.52 per 10,000 puts Derry City and Strabane in the 68th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 206 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.0M a year.
Estimates based on 206 people on asylum support in Derry City and Strabane(0.22% 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.
206 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in Derry City and Strabane at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 131st 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.
13.52 per 10,000 residents, which places Derry City and Strabane in the 68th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries more people on asylum support per head than 68% 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.
Not on the published figures. Derry City and Strabane recorded nobody in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, which is the category that includes hotels. The 206 people on asylum support there are recorded in dispersal housing or on subsistence-only support.
Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region Derry City and Strabane 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 2022 | 9 |
| Sept 2022 | 14 |
| Dec 2022 | 98 |
| Mar 2023 | 107 |
| Jun 2023 | 185 |
| Sept 2023 | 172 |
| Dec 2023 | 194 |
| Mar 2024 | 204 |
| Jun 2024 | 230 |
| Sept 2024 | 266 |
| Dec 2024 | 245 |
| Mar 2025 | 271 |
| Jun 2025 | 255 |
| Sept 2025 | 239 |
| Dec 2025 | 254 |
| Mar 2026 | 228 |
| Jun 2026 | 206 |
National distribution.
Per 10,000 residents.
Hotel and contingency placements.
Top 5 in Northern Ireland by supported asylum.