Name: Care home CQC ratings by council, 2026
Creator: AskBart
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Of the 13,625 rated care homes in England, 82.5% are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC. Islington has the highest share (100% of 15 homes) and Slough the lowest (57.1% of 14), among 148 councils with at least 10 rated homes.

CQC data as at 2 November 2026, updated monthly · Download the data (CSV)

Rated care homes

13,625

Good or Outstanding, England

82.5%

Highest: Islington

100%

Lowest: Slough

57.1%

Share of rated care homes that are Good or Outstanding: top 15 councils

1Islington100%
2Merton100%
3Gateshead97.9%
4Bristol97.7%
5Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole96.1%
6South Gloucestershire96%
7Lewisham95.7%
8Sutton95.4%
9North Somerset95.4%
10Middlesbrough95.3%
11Waltham Forest95.3%
12Barking and Dagenham95.2%
13Richmond upon Thames95%
14Dorset94.3%
15Harrow93.9%

Every council

Rank	Council	Rated care homes	Good or Outstanding	Outstanding	Requires improvement or Inadequate
1	Islington	15	100%	6.7%	0%
2	Merton	35	100%	2.9%	0%
3	Gateshead	48	97.9%	4.2%	2.1%
4	Bristol	87	97.7%	3.4%	2.3%
5	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	127	96.1%	6.3%	3.9%
6	South Gloucestershire	75	96%	14.7%	4%
7	Lewisham	46	95.7%	0%	4.3%
8	Sutton	65	95.4%	3.1%	4.6%
9	North Somerset	87	95.4%	0%	4.6%
10	Middlesbrough	43	95.3%	4.7%	4.7%
11	Waltham Forest	43	95.3%	2.3%	4.7%
12	Barking and Dagenham	21	95.2%	4.8%	4.8%
13	Richmond upon Thames	40	95%	2.5%	5%
14	Dorset	105	94.3%	5.7%	5.7%
15	Harrow	49	93.9%	6.1%	6.1%
16	South Tyneside	31	93.5%	3.2%	6.5%
17	Bromley	45	93.3%	4.4%	6.7%
18	Sunderland	87	93.1%	8%	6.9%
19	Wokingham	43	93%	11.6%	7%
20	County Durham	140	92.9%	6.4%	7.1%
21	Hartlepool	27	92.6%	0%	7.4%
22	Wandsworth	26	92.3%	7.7%	7.7%
23	Havering	52	92.3%	1.9%	7.7%
24	Newcastle upon Tyne	63	92.1%	9.5%	7.9%
25	Cambridgeshire	125	92%	7.2%	8%
26	Thurrock	25	92%	4%	8%
27	Brighton and Hove	84	91.7%	4.8%	8.3%
28	Northumberland	91	91.2%	4.4%	8.8%
29	Hillingdon	45	91.1%	0%	8.9%
30	Southend-on-Sea	78	91%	2.6%	9%
31	Camden	11	90.9%	0%	9.1%
32	Wigan	53	90.6%	7.5%	9.4%
33	Newham	21	90.5%	4.8%	9.5%
34	Stockton-on-Tees	52	90.4%	5.8%	9.6%
35	Wiltshire	157	90.4%	1.9%	9.6%
36	North Tyneside	40	90%	10%	10%
37	Croydon	120	90%	2.5%	10%
38	West Berkshire	40	90%	2.5%	10%
39	Solihull	60	90%	1.7%	10%
40	Tower Hamlets	10	90%	0%	10%
41	Hounslow	29	89.7%	10.3%	10.3%
42	Devon	286	89.5%	7.3%	10.5%
43	Kingston upon Thames	37	89.2%	8.1%	10.8%
44	Westmorland and Furness	54	88.9%	3.7%	11.1%
45	St. Helens	36	88.9%	2.8%	11.1%
46	Somerset	184	88.6%	4.9%	11.4%
47	Swindon	43	88.4%	9.3%	11.6%
48	Barnet	75	88%	1.3%	12%
49	Oxfordshire	128	87.5%	10.2%	12.5%
50	Peterborough	32	87.5%	6.3%	12.5%
51	Haringey	24	87.5%	0%	12.5%
52	Rotherham	77	87%	9.1%	13%
53	Gloucestershire	188	86.7%	6.4%	13.3%
54	Brent	45	86.7%	0%	13.3%
55	Trafford	51	86.3%	13.7%	13.7%
56	Bath and North East Somerset	51	86.3%	2%	13.7%
57	Darlington	29	86.2%	6.9%	13.8%
58	Bury	50	86%	6%	14%
59	North Yorkshire	191	85.9%	3.7%	14.1%
60	Redbridge	71	85.9%	0%	14.1%
61	Southampton	48	85.4%	2.1%	14.6%
62	Hampshire	443	85.3%	5.9%	14.7%
63	York	34	85.3%	5.9%	14.7%
64	Sheffield	107	85%	3.7%	15%
65	Redcar and Cleveland	40	85%	0%	15%
66	East Sussex	274	84.7%	1.8%	15.3%
67	North East Lincolnshire	52	84.6%	9.6%	15.4%
68	Hackney	13	84.6%	0%	15.4%
69	Worcestershire	161	84.5%	4.3%	15.5%
70	West Sussex	317	84.5%	3.8%	15.5%
71	Herefordshire	82	84.1%	7.3%	15.9%
72	Milton Keynes	44	84.1%	6.8%	15.9%
73	Nottinghamshire	256	84%	9.4%	16%
74	Bolton	56	83.9%	5.4%	16.1%
75	Essex	374	83.7%	1.9%	16.3%
76	Oldham	42	83.3%	0%	16.7%
77	Manchester	71	83.1%	4.2%	16.9%
78	Lancashire	391	82.9%	3.6%	17.1%
79	Ealing	35	82.9%	0%	17.1%
80	Greenwich	41	82.9%	0%	17.1%
81	Enfield	74	82.4%	1.4%	17.6%
82	Barnsley	67	82.1%	7.5%	17.9%
83	Rutland	11	81.8%	9.1%	18.2%
84	Surrey	347	81.6%	4.3%	18.4%
85	Cornwall	192	81.3%	2.6%	18.8%
86	Blackburn with Darwen	32	81.3%	0%	18.8%
87	Suffolk	170	81.2%	12.4%	18.8%
88	Warrington	53	81.1%	3.8%	18.9%
89	Derbyshire	220	80.9%	5.5%	19.1%
90	North Northamptonshire	103	80.6%	6.8%	19.4%
91	Leicester	93	80.6%	1.1%	19.4%
92	Stoke-on-Trent	77	80.5%	3.9%	19.5%
93	North Lincolnshire	56	80.4%	10.7%	19.6%
94	Warwickshire	158	80.4%	2.5%	19.6%
95	Shropshire	105	80%	4.8%	20%
96	Telford and Wrekin	35	80%	2.9%	20%
97	Leicestershire	150	80%	2%	20%
98	Plymouth	84	79.8%	10.7%	20.2%
99	Torbay	69	79.7%	2.9%	20.3%
100	Cumberland	78	79.5%	3.8%	20.5%
101	Sefton	107	79.4%	2.8%	20.6%
102	Doncaster	75	78.7%	5.3%	21.3%
103	Kent	461	78.5%	3.7%	21.5%
104	Knowsley	23	78.3%	4.3%	21.7%
105	Staffordshire	237	78.1%	3.4%	21.9%
106	Calderdale	41	78%	7.3%	22%
107	Kirklees	123	78%	2.4%	22%
108	Nottingham	72	77.8%	13.9%	22.2%
109	Blackpool	63	77.8%	9.5%	22.2%
110	Leeds	142	77.5%	2.8%	22.5%
111	Salford	40	77.5%	0%	22.5%
112	East Riding of Yorkshire	133	77.4%	9%	22.6%
113	Birmingham	251	77.3%	1.6%	22.7%
114	Bedford	70	77.1%	7.1%	22.9%
115	Cheshire East	96	77.1%	4.2%	22.9%
116	Southwark	13	76.9%	0%	23.1%
117	Bradford	103	76.7%	3.9%	23.3%
118	Lincolnshire	261	76.6%	6.5%	23.4%
119	Hertfordshire	220	76.4%	4.1%	23.6%
120	Reading	29	75.9%	6.9%	24.1%
121	Bexley	29	75.9%	3.4%	24.1%
122	Lambeth	33	75.8%	3%	24.2%
123	Halton	24	75%	0%	25%
124	Derby	67	74.6%	3%	25.4%
125	Buckinghamshire	120	74.2%	4.2%	25.8%
126	Wakefield	89	74.2%	2.2%	25.8%
127	Sandwell	79	73.4%	0%	26.6%
128	Bracknell Forest	15	73.3%	13.3%	26.7%
129	Portsmouth	30	73.3%	0%	26.7%
130	Cheshire West and Chester	74	73%	0%	27%
131	Luton	33	72.7%	6.1%	27.3%
132	Kingston upon Hull	73	72.6%	0%	27.4%
133	Stockport	61	72.1%	1.6%	27.9%
134	Central Bedfordshire	57	71.9%	3.5%	28.1%
135	Windsor and Maidenhead	39	71.8%	12.8%	28.2%
136	Medway	60	71.7%	0%	28.3%
137	Tameside	35	71.4%	0%	28.6%
138	Wirral	103	70.9%	0%	29.1%
139	Dudley	84	70.2%	0%	29.8%
140	Isle of Wight	60	70%	3.3%	30%
141	West Northamptonshire	95	69.5%	10.5%	30.5%
142	Liverpool	77	67.5%	3.9%	32.5%
143	Walsall	58	67.2%	3.4%	32.8%
144	Norfolk	294	66.7%	6.1%	33.3%
145	Coventry	68	66.2%	1.5%	33.8%
146	Wolverhampton	67	65.7%	6%	34.3%
147	Rochdale	54	64.8%	1.9%	35.2%
148	Slough	14	57.1%	0%	42.9%
—	Westminster	7	100%	0%	0%
—	Kensington and Chelsea	9	88.9%	11.1%	11.1%
—	Hammersmith and Fulham	8	87.5%	12.5%	12.5%
—	Isles of Scilly	1	0%	0%	100%

4 councils with too few care homes to rank are listed at the end, unranked.

Methodology

Source: the Care Quality Commission's monthly “Latest ratings” file, taken from CQC's database (Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers every active care home in England registered with CQC, whether or not it is listed on AskBart, grouped by the council CQC records for the home. The date shown at the top is the date CQC's data is “as at”.

A home counts as rated when its current overall CQC rating is Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate. Homes with no published rating, or with an assessment that didn't give one (for example “insufficient evidence to rate”), are left out of the percentages.

Councils are ranked by the share of rated homes that are Good or Outstanding, then by the share that are Outstanding. Councils with fewer than 10 rated care homes are listed but not ranked, because a single home moves their figure too much.

A rating is the CQC's most recent published rating, whatever its date. Many were given several years ago: see our study of rating ages.

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