Compare care homes, nursing homes, home-care agencies, supported living and dementia-support locations across English council areas.
294 councilsWith at least 10,000 residents aged 65+
17,857 locationsMatching this service selection
Per 10,000 aged 65+Population-normalised comparison
This measures registered locations—not beds, available places or quality. A higher rate may indicate more registered service locations, but it does not measure staffing, capacity, fees, waiting lists, inspection ratings or travel time. One location can appear in more than one service measure.
Highest registered-location rate: Older-adult care locations
Highest registered-location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population 65+
Checked within 5 years
1
Barking and Dagenham
78.46
161
20,520
61
2
Slough
45.89
77
16,780
17
3
Dartford
45.27
77
17,008
22
4
Milton Keynes
42.10
189
44,895
59
5
Peterborough
41.32
135
32,673
28
6
Nottingham
41.19
164
39,820
55
7
Leicester
40.86
195
47,719
75
8
Gloucester
37.64
90
23,910
37
9
Tower Hamlets
35.44
72
20,317
28
10
Greenwich
33.21
111
33,428
41
11
Wolverhampton
33.13
151
45,574
59
12
Thurrock
33.01
82
24,842
31
13
Redbridge
32.47
134
41,272
59
14
Newham
31.40
92
29,303
44
15
Coventry
31.33
162
51,703
47
16
Croydon
31.23
183
58,601
98
17
Preston
31.06
74
23,825
33
18
Southampton
29.84
108
36,191
31
19
Derby
29.52
134
45,389
62
20
Stevenage
29.37
43
14,643
19
Lowest registered-location rate: Older-adult care locations
Lowest registered-location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population 65+
Checked within 5 years
1
Ribble Valley
4.12
7
16,979
3
2
East Lindsey
4.45
21
47,193
12
3
North Norfolk
5.95
22
36,957
12
4
Melton
6.00
8
13,341
2
5
Mid Devon
6.47
14
21,642
7
6
North Lincolnshire
6.49
26
40,054
11
7
East Riding of Yorkshire
6.55
65
99,256
30
8
Great Yarmouth
6.67
17
25,483
6
9
West Lindsey
6.89
18
26,131
9
10
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
7.09
30
42,344
12
11
West Lancashire
7.10
20
28,179
13
12
Halton
7.36
19
25,817
12
13
Derbyshire Dales
7.42
16
21,563
7
14
South Norfolk
7.44
28
37,657
14
15
Staffordshire Moorlands
7.54
20
26,525
12
16
Maldon
7.55
14
18,541
6
17
Wyre
7.73
27
34,913
14
18
Forest of Dean
8.09
19
23,485
10
19
Breckland
8.37
32
38,254
15
20
East Devon
8.40
41
48,799
16
Methodology and limitations
Ranking measure
Current CQC care-directory locations mapped by postcode to current council geography, divided by the council's 2025 population aged 65+.
Eligibility threshold
Rankings require at least 10,000 residents aged 65+. This excludes two very small older populations whose rates would otherwise be unstable.
Service selection
Measures use CQC service-type and specialism labels. Care homes combine nursing-home and residential-home labels; dementia support also requires an older-adult specialism.
Geographic scope
CQC regulates England. Welsh care services are not included and require a separate Care Inspectorate Wales dataset.
Sources: Care Quality Commission care directory; Office for National Statistics population estimates via Nomis; ONS Postcode Directory. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.