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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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14,940

care homes in the imported dataset

55.2%

rated Good or Outstanding

1,229

rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (8.2%)

2026-10-04

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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	481	3.2%
Good	7,759	51.9%
Requires improvement	1,216	8.1%
Inadequate	13	0.1%
Not yet rated or not published	5,447	36.5%
Inspected but not rated	14	0.1%
Insufficient evidence to rate	9	0.1%
No published rating	1	0%

The total and full download include all 14,940 matching records in this import. Type charts show up to eight categories; date charts use the displayed period and exclude missing or future dates. The area directory covers 14,930 records in 151 named local authorities with at least 8 records each.

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	77.6%	2 (4.1%)
4	Hackney	13	76.9%	2 (15.4%)
5	Wokingham	45	75.6%	2 (4.4%)
6	Sunderland	87	74.7%	0 (0%)
7	Solihull	63	74.6%	2 (3.2%)
8	Hartlepool	27	74.1%	0 (0%)
9	West Berkshire	45	73.3%	4 (8.9%)
10	Redcar and Cleveland	44	72.7%	4 (9.1%)
11	Wigan	61	72.1%	0 (0%)
12	Waltham Forest	46	71.7%	1 (2.2%)
13	Westmorland and Furness	59	71.2%	1 (1.7%)
14	Haringey	24	70.8%	1 (4.2%)
15	North Lincolnshire	59	69.5%	7 (11.9%)
16	Harrow	52	69.2%	1 (1.9%)
17	Cambridgeshire	139	69.1%	5 (3.6%)
18	Redbridge	77	68.8%	9 (11.7%)
19	Middlesbrough	48	68.8%	0 (0%)
20	Brent	47	68.1%	2 (4.3%)
21	Sefton	112	67.9%	16 (14.3%)
22	County Durham	145	67.6%	1 (0.7%)
23	Greenwich	43	67.4%	7 (16.3%)
24	Bury	55	67.3%	5 (9.1%)
25	Barnet	80	66.3%	5 (6.3%)
26	Croydon	129	65.9%	5 (3.9%)
27	Darlington	32	65.6%	1 (3.1%)
28	Cumberland	78	65.4%	2 (2.6%)
29	Wandsworth	26	65.4%	0 (0%)
30	Thurrock	26	65.4%	1 (3.8%)
31	Salford	46	65.2%	5 (10.9%)
32	Devon	310	64.8%	17 (5.5%)
33	Plymouth	88	64.8%	8 (9.1%)
34	Richmond upon Thames	42	64.3%	0 (0%)
35	Gloucestershire	200	64%	14 (7%)
36	Lancashire	424	63.9%	49 (11.6%)
37	North Yorkshire	205	63.9%	13 (6.3%)
38	Cornwall	200	63.5%	21 (10.5%)
39	Blackpool	68	63.2%	6 (8.8%)
40	Lambeth	35	62.9%	5 (14.3%)
41	South Gloucestershire	82	62.2%	0 (0%)
42	North East Lincolnshire	55	61.8%	4 (7.3%)
43	South Tyneside	34	61.8%	0 (0%)
44	Havering	60	61.7%	1 (1.7%)
45	Southwark	13	61.5%	0 (0%)
46	Warrington	57	61.4%	4 (7%)
47	Islington	18	61.1%	0 (0%)
48	St. Helens	41	61%	1 (2.4%)
49	Birmingham	283	60.8%	36 (12.7%)
50	Trafford	56	60.7%	4 (7.1%)
51	Kingston upon Hull, City of	78	60.3%	13 (16.7%)
52	Shropshire	117	59.8%	11 (9.4%)
53	Enfield	82	59.8%	8 (9.8%)
54	Stoke-on-Trent	84	59.5%	12 (14.3%)
55	Reading	32	59.4%	6 (18.8%)
56	Herefordshire, County of	86	59.3%	10 (11.6%)
57	Milton Keynes	49	59.2%	3 (6.1%)
58	Oxfordshire	149	59.1%	7 (4.7%)
59	Kirklees	127	59.1%	13 (10.2%)
60	Staffordshire	274	58.8%	33 (12%)
61	Brighton and Hove	86	58.1%	4 (4.7%)
62	Isle of Wight	62	58.1%	2 (3.2%)
63	Tameside	43	58.1%	3 (7%)
64	Bolton	59	57.6%	0 (0%)
65	Oldham	47	57.4%	5 (10.6%)
66	York	42	57.1%	3 (7.1%)
67	Hertfordshire	257	56.8%	29 (11.3%)
68	North Northamptonshire	111	56.8%	10 (9%)
69	Peterborough	37	56.8%	2 (5.4%)
70	Portsmouth	30	56.7%	4 (13.3%)
71	Northumberland	94	56.4%	0 (0%)
72	North Somerset	96	56.3%	1 (1%)
73	Worcestershire	178	56.2%	13 (7.3%)
74	Cheshire East	105	56.2%	12 (11.4%)
75	Hampshire	484	56%	26 (5.4%)
76	Essex	409	56%	27 (6.6%)
77	Sutton	68	55.9%	0 (0%)
78	Manchester	88	55.7%	10 (11.4%)
79	Cheshire West and Chester	87	55.2%	11 (12.6%)
80	Wakefield	98	55.1%	13 (13.3%)
81	Sandwell	98	55.1%	18 (18.4%)
82	Bexley	31	54.8%	4 (12.9%)
83	Camden	11	54.5%	1 (9.1%)
84	Kent	503	54.3%	48 (9.5%)
85	Suffolk	197	54.3%	13 (6.6%)
86	Stockport	70	54.3%	7 (10%)
87	Merton	35	54.3%	0 (0%)
88	Blackburn with Darwen	35	54.3%	3 (8.6%)
89	Torbay	74	54.1%	7 (9.5%)
90	Somerset	200	54%	13 (6.5%)
91	Southampton	52	53.8%	4 (7.7%)
92	North Tyneside	43	53.5%	0 (0%)
93	Wiltshire	163	52.8%	5 (3.1%)
94	Bracknell Forest	19	52.6%	1 (5.3%)
95	Barking and Dagenham	23	52.2%	0 (0%)
96	Nottinghamshire	282	52.1%	16 (5.7%)
97	Leicestershire	165	52.1%	13 (7.9%)
98	Surrey	393	51.9%	27 (6.9%)
99	East Sussex	300	51.7%	20 (6.7%)
100	East Riding of Yorkshire	151	51.7%	16 (10.6%)
101	Knowsley	29	51.7%	2 (6.9%)
102	Newcastle upon Tyne	74	51.4%	1 (1.4%)
103	Luton	35	51.4%	2 (5.7%)
104	Coventry	77	50.6%	15 (19.5%)
105	West Sussex	343	50.4%	31 (9%)
106	Norfolk	319	50.2%	64 (20.1%)
107	Derbyshire	248	50%	29 (11.7%)
108	Dudley	92	50%	18 (19.6%)
109	Rochdale	62	50%	10 (16.1%)
110	Stockton-on-Tees	60	50%	2 (3.3%)
111	Central Bedfordshire	63	49.2%	6 (9.5%)
112	Bromley	53	49.1%	2 (3.8%)
113	Windsor and Maidenhead	43	48.8%	3 (7%)
114	Dorset	119	48.7%	1 (0.8%)
115	Leeds	160	48.1%	16 (10%)
116	Halton	25	48%	3 (12%)
117	Newham	23	47.8%	0 (0%)
118	Buckinghamshire	136	47.1%	23 (16.9%)
119	Bedford	73	46.6%	7 (9.6%)
120	Telford and Wrekin	39	46.2%	7 (17.9%)

Care homes checked per month

Records by the month they were checked, all areas.

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