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Care homes by local authority

Name: Care Homes by Local Authority: CQC Ratings and Lists (2026)
Creator: DataScoop
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Browse care homes in our imported CQC directory by local authority. See a sample of homes across rating groups, compare published ratings and service types, then download the matching organisational records as a spreadsheet. Coverage is England only. Each area uses the local authority recorded by CQC, which can differ from the wider county. Ratings are shown where published; check an individual home's CQC profile for its latest status.

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14,879

care homes in 151 local authorities

56.4%

rated Good or Outstanding

1,240

rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (8.3%)

2026-09-02

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CQC rating across all local authorities

Count of care homes by CQC rating, all areas in our data.

CQC rating	Count	Share
Outstanding	490	3.3%
Good	7,907	53.1%
Requires improvement	1,227	8.2%
Inadequate	14	0.1%
Not yet rated or not published	5,231	35.2%
Inspected but not rated	14	0.1%
Insufficient evidence to rate	6	0%
No published rating	1	0%

League table: local authorities ranked by share rated Good or Outstanding

#	local authority	care homes	rated Good or Outstanding	rated Requires improvement or Inadequate
1	Tower Hamlets	10	90%	1 (10%)
2	Bristol, City of	92	81.5%	0 (0%)
3	Lewisham	49	79.6%	2 (4.1%)
4	Hackney	13	76.9%	2 (15.4%)
5	Sunderland	87	75.9%	0 (0%)
6	Wokingham	45	75.6%	2 (4.4%)
7	Solihull	63	74.6%	2 (3.2%)
8	Hartlepool	27	74.1%	0 (0%)
9	Waltham Forest	46	73.9%	1 (2.2%)
10	West Berkshire	45	73.3%	4 (8.9%)
11	Wigan	59	72.9%	0 (0%)
12	Redcar and Cleveland	44	72.7%	4 (9.1%)
13	Westmorland and Furness	59	71.2%	1 (1.7%)
14	Haringey	24	70.8%	1 (4.2%)
15	Redbridge	78	70.5%	9 (11.5%)
16	Harrow	53	69.8%	1 (1.9%)
17	North Lincolnshire	59	69.5%	7 (11.9%)
18	Cambridgeshire	140	69.3%	6 (4.3%)
19	Thurrock	26	69.2%	1 (3.8%)
20	Middlesbrough	48	68.8%	0 (0%)
21	Darlington	32	68.8%	1 (3.1%)
22	Lambeth	35	68.6%	5 (14.3%)
23	County Durham	146	68.5%	1 (0.7%)
24	Barnet	79	68.4%	5 (6.3%)
25	Brent	47	68.1%	2 (4.3%)
26	Bury	53	67.9%	5 (9.4%)
27	Sefton	111	67.6%	16 (14.4%)
28	Croydon	129	67.4%	5 (3.9%)
29	Greenwich	43	67.4%	7 (16.3%)
30	Gloucestershire	201	66.7%	14 (7%)
31	Cumberland	78	66.7%	2 (2.6%)
32	Salford	44	65.9%	5 (11.4%)
33	North Yorkshire	204	65.7%	13 (6.4%)
34	Devon	308	65.6%	17 (5.5%)
35	Wandsworth	26	65.4%	0 (0%)
36	Plymouth	88	64.8%	8 (9.1%)
37	South Tyneside	34	64.7%	0 (0%)
38	South Gloucestershire	82	64.6%	0 (0%)
39	Lancashire	423	64.5%	48 (11.3%)
40	Cornwall	200	64.5%	21 (10.5%)
41	North East Lincolnshire	56	64.3%	5 (8.9%)
42	Richmond upon Thames	42	64.3%	0 (0%)
43	Blackpool	69	63.8%	6 (8.7%)
44	Havering	60	63.3%	1 (1.7%)
45	Isle of Wight	62	62.9%	2 (3.2%)
46	Warrington	56	62.5%	4 (7.1%)
47	Enfield	82	62.2%	8 (9.8%)
48	Birmingham	282	62.1%	35 (12.4%)
49	Stoke-on-Trent	84	61.9%	12 (14.3%)
50	Herefordshire, County of	86	61.6%	10 (11.6%)
51	Southwark	13	61.5%	0 (0%)
52	Islington	18	61.1%	0 (0%)
53	St. Helens	41	61%	1 (2.4%)
54	Oldham	46	60.9%	5 (10.9%)
55	Oxfordshire	150	60.7%	7 (4.7%)
56	Shropshire	117	60.7%	11 (9.4%)
57	Trafford	56	60.7%	4 (7.1%)
58	Kingston upon Hull, City of	78	60.3%	13 (16.7%)
59	Reading	32	59.4%	6 (18.8%)
60	Brighton and Hove	86	59.3%	5 (5.8%)
61	Milton Keynes	49	59.2%	3 (6.1%)
62	Kirklees	127	59.1%	14 (11%)
63	Cheshire East	105	59%	11 (10.5%)
64	Staffordshire	273	58.6%	34 (12.5%)
65	North Northamptonshire	113	58.4%	10 (8.8%)
66	North Tyneside	43	58.1%	0 (0%)
67	Portsmouth	31	58.1%	5 (16.1%)
68	Peterborough	38	57.9%	2 (5.3%)
69	North Somerset	96	57.3%	1 (1%)
70	Essex	408	57.1%	27 (6.6%)
71	York	42	57.1%	3 (7.1%)
72	Tameside	35	57.1%	2 (5.7%)
73	Manchester	86	57%	8 (9.3%)
74	Hertfordshire	257	56.8%	30 (11.7%)
75	Worcestershire	178	56.7%	13 (7.3%)
76	Suffolk	196	56.6%	13 (6.6%)
77	Hampshire	483	56.5%	27 (5.6%)
78	Cheshire West and Chester	85	56.5%	10 (11.8%)
79	Sutton	69	56.5%	0 (0%)
80	Barking and Dagenham	23	56.5%	0 (0%)
81	Bolton	59	55.9%	0 (0%)
82	Kent	500	55.8%	49 (9.8%)
83	Northumberland	95	55.8%	0 (0%)
84	Southampton	52	55.8%	4 (7.7%)
85	Bracknell Forest	18	55.6%	1 (5.6%)
86	Somerset	197	55.3%	13 (6.6%)
87	Bexley	31	54.8%	4 (12.9%)
88	Camden	11	54.5%	1 (9.1%)
89	Merton	35	54.3%	0 (0%)
90	Blackburn with Darwen	35	54.3%	4 (11.4%)
91	Torbay	74	54.1%	7 (9.5%)
92	Stockport	67	53.7%	7 (10.4%)
93	Wakefield	97	53.6%	13 (13.4%)
94	Wiltshire	163	53.4%	6 (3.7%)
95	Surrey	392	53.3%	27 (6.9%)
96	Sandwell	94	53.2%	17 (18.1%)
97	Derbyshire	245	53.1%	30 (12.2%)
98	East Sussex	298	53%	21 (7%)
99	Nottinghamshire	285	53%	17 (6%)
100	East Riding of Yorkshire	151	52.3%	16 (10.6%)
101	Leicestershire	163	52.1%	13 (8%)
102	West Sussex	342	51.8%	31 (9.1%)
103	Stockton-on-Tees	60	51.7%	2 (3.3%)
104	Newcastle upon Tyne	74	51.4%	1 (1.4%)
105	Luton	35	51.4%	2 (5.7%)
106	Bromley	53	50.9%	2 (3.8%)
107	Norfolk	320	50.6%	65 (20.3%)
108	Dorset	119	50.4%	1 (0.8%)
109	Leeds	160	50%	15 (9.4%)
110	Dudley	92	50%	18 (19.6%)
111	Coventry	72	50%	14 (19.4%)
112	Central Bedfordshire	64	50%	6 (9.4%)
113	Hounslow	32	50%	0 (0%)
114	Buckinghamshire	134	49.3%	26 (19.4%)
115	Rochdale	61	49.2%	10 (16.4%)
116	Sheffield	114	49.1%	4 (3.5%)
117	Windsor and Maidenhead	43	48.8%	3 (7%)
118	Telford and Wrekin	39	48.7%	7 (17.9%)
119	Lincolnshire	284	48.2%	44 (15.5%)
120	Knowsley	27	48.1%	2 (7.4%)

Care homes checked per month

Records by the month they were checked, all areas.

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