Listz area intelligence

Registered care provision for older residents

Name: English council registered care-location rankings
Creator: Listz
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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+

4,459 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: Care-home locations

Highest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Surrey Heath	10.66	21	19,705	17
2	Kingston upon Thames	9.39	25	26,622	18
3	Reigate and Banstead	9.08	27	29,736	20
4	Waverley	8.49	26	30,622	16
5	Eastbourne	8.33	22	26,399	14
6	Worthing	8.29	22	26,544	17
7	Tandridge	8.10	16	19,749	9
8	Mole Valley	8.08	18	22,282	13
9	West Oxfordshire	7.19	20	27,800	8
10	Preston	7.14	17	23,825	15
11	Windsor and Maidenhead	6.81	21	30,854	9
12	Lincoln	6.80	11	16,171	8
13	Bolsover	6.77	12	17,714	9
14	Cherwell	6.72	21	31,273	10
15	Bromsgrove	6.61	16	24,209	10
16	Tunbridge Wells	6.53	16	24,503	8
17	South Oxfordshire	6.43	22	34,197	8
18	Ashfield	6.38	17	26,650	13
19	Newcastle upon Tyne	6.19	30	48,474	24
20	Hastings	6.17	12	19,444	11

Lowest registered-location rate: Care-home locations

Lowest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Basildon	0.60	2	33,442	1
2	Waltham Forest	0.64	2	31,338	2
3	Haringey	0.64	2	31,069	2
4	Melton	0.75	1	13,341	1
5	Blaby	0.89	2	22,554	2
6	Tower Hamlets	0.98	2	20,317	2
7	Southwark	1.00	3	29,969	2
8	Broxbourne	1.11	2	18,051	1
9	Redditch	1.17	2	17,174	2
10	Crawley	1.17	2	17,135	2
11	Ribble Valley	1.18	2	16,979	1
12	Hackney	1.27	3	23,716	2
13	Castle Point	1.28	3	23,502	2
14	High Peak	1.38	3	21,824	3
15	Harlow	1.38	2	14,490	2
16	East Riding of Yorkshire	1.41	14	99,256	9
17	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1.42	6	42,344	3
18	Gravesham	1.60	3	18,809	3
19	Maldon	1.62	3	18,541	2
20	Harborough	1.63	4	24,509	4

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.