Trend
+58 Latest quarter change
-493 Change across series
32 Official data points
Glasgow City
3,835 on asylum support. Rank 1 nationally, 1 in Scotland. Rate: 58.97 per 10,000 (100th percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
2025-12-31 Scotland region
Summary
Glasgow City has 3,835 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 1 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 58.97 per 10,000 residents places it around the 100th percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Glasgow City
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 3,426
Initial accommodation 257
Subsistence only 152
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 574
Afghan programme 189
Resettlement cumulative 109
Population context
All pathways total 4,598
Share of local population 0.71%
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
3,835 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
58.97 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Scotland by supported asylum.