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+
14,510 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 locations listing dementia support
Highest registered-location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population 65+
Checked within 5 years
1
Barking and Dagenham
65.79
135
20,520
53
2
Slough
40.52
68
16,780
15
3
Dartford
37.63
64
17,008
17
4
Milton Keynes
34.75
156
44,895
48
5
Leicester
34.37
164
47,719
64
6
Nottingham
33.90
135
39,820
46
7
Peterborough
32.75
107
32,673
25
8
Tower Hamlets
31.01
63
20,317
27
9
Gloucester
29.28
70
23,910
27
10
Harlow
27.61
40
14,490
17
11
Wolverhampton
27.21
124
45,574
47
12
Greenwich
26.92
90
33,428
32
13
Stevenage
26.63
39
14,643
18
14
Newham
26.28
77
29,303
38
15
Preston
26.02
62
23,825
28
16
Croydon
25.77
151
58,601
82
17
Thurrock
25.76
64
24,842
24
18
Redbridge
25.68
106
41,272
48
19
Crawley
25.68
44
17,135
21
20
Coventry
25.14
130
51,703
36
Lowest registered-location rate: Care locations listing dementia support
Lowest registered-location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population 65+
Checked within 5 years
1
East Lindsey
3.18
15
47,193
8
2
Ribble Valley
3.53
6
16,979
2
3
Melton
3.75
5
13,341
1
4
Great Yarmouth
4.32
11
25,483
3
5
Mid Devon
4.62
10
21,642
4
6
North Norfolk
4.87
18
36,957
9
7
Forest of Dean
5.11
12
23,485
5
8
North Lincolnshire
5.24
21
40,054
8
9
East Riding of Yorkshire
5.54
55
99,256
29
10
Teignbridge
5.62
22
39,172
9
11
West Lindsey
5.74
15
26,131
8
12
South Norfolk
5.84
22
37,657
10
13
East Devon
5.94
29
48,799
10
14
Kensington and Chelsea
5.96
14
23,486
10
15
Wyre
6.02
21
34,913
11
16
Derbyshire Dales
6.03
13
21,563
6
17
West Lancashire
6.03
17
28,179
11
18
Halton
6.20
16
25,817
10
19
Breckland
6.27
24
38,254
12
20
Folkestone and Hythe
6.42
19
29,584
8
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.