Data study
How long since your local care homes were last rated?
The typical age of care homes’ current CQC ratings, and the share rated more than three years ago, for every council in England.
64.4% of the 13,625 rated care homes in England have a CQC rating more than three years old, and 71.8% more than two. Ratings are oldest in Wokingham, where the typical home's rating is 7.5 years old.
CQC data as at 2 November 2026, updated monthly · Download the data (CSV)
Rated care homes
13,625
Typical rating age, England
4 years
Rated 3+ years ago
64.4%
Rated 2+ years ago
71.8%
Every council
| Rank | Council | Rated care homes | Median age of rating | Rated 3+ years ago | Rated 2+ years ago | Most recent rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wokingham | 43 | 7.5 years | 83.7% | 83.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 2 | West Berkshire | 40 | 7.1 years | 90% | 95% | Oct 2026 |
| 3 | Reading | 29 | 7 years | 82.8% | 86.2% | Sept 2026 |
| 4 | Tower Hamlets | 10 | 7 years | 80% | 100% | Feb 2024 |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | 125 | 6.9 years | 79.2% | 80% | Oct 2026 |
| 6 | Sandwell | 79 | 6.7 years | 83.5% | 88.6% | Sept 2026 |
| 7 | Birmingham | 251 | 6.7 years | 79.3% | 83.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 8 | Lewisham | 46 | 6.6 years | 80.4% | 87% | Sept 2026 |
| 9 | Hackney | 13 | 6.6 years | 76.9% | 92.3% | Aug 2025 |
| 10 | Shropshire | 105 | 6.5 years | 69.5% | 81% | Oct 2026 |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire | 120 | 6.3 years | 70.8% | 75.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 12 | Stoke-on-Trent | 77 | 5.9 years | 72.7% | 76.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 30 | 5.7 years | 73.3% | 76.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 14 | Peterborough | 32 | 5.6 years | 71.9% | 78.1% | Apr 2026 |
| 15 | Bracknell Forest | 15 | 5.5 years | 73.3% | 80% | Apr 2026 |
| 16 | Islington | 15 | 5.5 years | 73.3% | 80% | Aug 2026 |
| 17 | Oxfordshire | 128 | 5.5 years | 72.7% | 77.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 18 | Thurrock | 25 | 5.5 years | 68% | 72% | Sept 2026 |
| 19 | Telford and Wrekin | 35 | 5.5 years | 65.7% | 74.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 20 | Hertfordshire | 220 | 5.4 years | 74.5% | 81.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 21 | Westmorland and Furness | 54 | 5.4 years | 72.2% | 75.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 22 | Greenwich | 41 | 5.3 years | 87.8% | 87.8% | Sept 2025 |
| 23 | Sefton | 107 | 5.3 years | 76.6% | 86.9% | Jun 2026 |
| 24 | Devon | 286 | 5.3 years | 75.5% | 79.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 25 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 39 | 5.3 years | 61.5% | 61.5% | Aug 2026 |
| 26 | Redcar and Cleveland | 40 | 5.2 years | 80% | 85% | May 2026 |
| 27 | Bristol | 87 | 5.1 years | 86.2% | 88.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 28 | Solihull | 60 | 5.1 years | 76.7% | 76.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 29 | Staffordshire | 237 | 5.1 years | 74.7% | 86.1% | Sept 2026 |
| 30 | St. Helens | 36 | 5.1 years | 66.7% | 77.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 31 | Dudley | 84 | 4.9 years | 71.4% | 77.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 32 | Herefordshire | 82 | 4.9 years | 70.7% | 80.5% | Sept 2026 |
| 33 | Lancashire | 391 | 4.8 years | 75.2% | 83.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 34 | North Yorkshire | 191 | 4.8 years | 74.9% | 78.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 35 | Gloucestershire | 188 | 4.8 years | 73.4% | 77.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 36 | North East Lincolnshire | 52 | 4.8 years | 71.2% | 76.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 37 | Warrington | 53 | 4.8 years | 66% | 73.6% | Sept 2026 |
| 38 | Isle of Wight | 60 | 4.8 years | 60% | 61.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 39 | North Lincolnshire | 56 | 4.6 years | 82.1% | 85.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 40 | Norfolk | 294 | 4.6 years | 71.4% | 75.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 41 | Coventry | 68 | 4.5 years | 69.1% | 76.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 42 | Essex | 374 | 4.5 years | 64.4% | 73.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 43 | Halton | 24 | 4.5 years | 62.5% | 62.5% | Aug 2026 |
| 44 | Plymouth | 84 | 4.4 years | 76.2% | 83.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 45 | Enfield | 74 | 4.4 years | 75.7% | 81.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 46 | Kent | 461 | 4.4 years | 67% | 72.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 47 | Kingston upon Hull | 73 | 4.3 years | 78.1% | 83.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 48 | Manchester | 71 | 4.3 years | 77.5% | 85.9% | Sept 2026 |
| 49 | Wigan | 53 | 4.3 years | 73.6% | 79.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 50 | York | 34 | 4.3 years | 73.5% | 82.4% | Jul 2026 |
| 51 | Cheshire West and Chester | 74 | 4.3 years | 70.3% | 78.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 52 | Harrow | 49 | 4.3 years | 67.3% | 77.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 53 | Hampshire | 443 | 4.3 years | 65.7% | 70% | Oct 2026 |
| 54 | Middlesbrough | 43 | 4.2 years | 69.8% | 79.1% | Jul 2026 |
| 55 | Lambeth | 33 | 4.1 years | 78.8% | 81.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 56 | Barnet | 75 | 4.1 years | 70.7% | 76% | Oct 2026 |
| 57 | Milton Keynes | 44 | 4.1 years | 70.5% | 79.5% | Jul 2026 |
| 58 | Cheshire East | 96 | 4.1 years | 68.8% | 72.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 59 | Cumberland | 78 | 4.1 years | 66.7% | 70.5% | Sept 2026 |
| 60 | Central Bedfordshire | 57 | 4.1 years | 57.9% | 64.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 61 | Slough | 14 | 4.1 years | 50% | 50% | Jan 2026 |
| 62 | Cornwall | 192 | 4 years | 75.5% | 80.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 63 | Oldham | 42 | 4 years | 69% | 78.6% | Sept 2026 |
| 64 | Sunderland | 87 | 4 years | 66.7% | 77% | Oct 2026 |
| 65 | South Tyneside | 31 | 4 years | 64.5% | 71% | Sept 2026 |
| 66 | Camden | 11 | 4 years | 63.6% | 63.6% | Jun 2026 |
| 67 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 133 | 4 years | 63.2% | 69.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 68 | West Sussex | 317 | 4 years | 61.8% | 68.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 69 | Nottinghamshire | 256 | 4 years | 60.2% | 66.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 70 | Redbridge | 71 | 3.9 years | 74.6% | 88.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 71 | Haringey | 24 | 3.9 years | 66.7% | 70.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 72 | Bury | 50 | 3.9 years | 64% | 82% | Oct 2026 |
| 73 | Wakefield | 89 | 3.9 years | 62.9% | 71.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 74 | Southwark | 13 | 3.9 years | 61.5% | 76.9% | Aug 2025 |
| 75 | Wiltshire | 157 | 3.9 years | 56.7% | 65% | Oct 2026 |
| 76 | Medway | 60 | 3.9 years | 55% | 61.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 77 | Salford | 40 | 3.8 years | 77.5% | 87.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 78 | Croydon | 120 | 3.8 years | 71.7% | 80% | Sept 2026 |
| 79 | Hartlepool | 27 | 3.8 years | 70.4% | 77.8% | Sept 2026 |
| 80 | Darlington | 29 | 3.8 years | 69% | 79.3% | Sept 2026 |
| 81 | Southampton | 48 | 3.8 years | 66.7% | 77.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 82 | Suffolk | 170 | 3.8 years | 66.5% | 70.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 83 | Blackburn with Darwen | 32 | 3.8 years | 65.6% | 71.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 84 | Richmond upon Thames | 40 | 3.8 years | 65% | 65% | Oct 2026 |
| 85 | Kirklees | 123 | 3.8 years | 64.2% | 69.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 86 | Blackpool | 63 | 3.8 years | 63.5% | 76.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 87 | Surrey | 347 | 3.8 years | 63.4% | 70.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 88 | North Somerset | 87 | 3.8 years | 58.6% | 66.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 89 | County Durham | 140 | 3.7 years | 70.7% | 73.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 90 | South Gloucestershire | 75 | 3.7 years | 66.7% | 68% | Oct 2026 |
| 91 | Torbay | 69 | 3.7 years | 65.2% | 81.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 92 | Somerset | 184 | 3.7 years | 63.6% | 70.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 93 | Bexley | 29 | 3.7 years | 62.1% | 69% | Oct 2026 |
| 94 | Rochdale | 54 | 3.7 years | 61.1% | 74.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 95 | East Sussex | 274 | 3.7 years | 60.9% | 69.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 96 | North Northamptonshire | 103 | 3.7 years | 60.2% | 72.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 97 | Derbyshire | 220 | 3.7 years | 60% | 70.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 98 | Worcestershire | 161 | 3.7 years | 59.6% | 70.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 99 | Brighton and Hove | 84 | 3.7 years | 58.3% | 65.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 100 | Lincolnshire | 261 | 3.7 years | 56.3% | 66.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 101 | Havering | 52 | 3.6 years | 63.5% | 73.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 102 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 63 | 3.6 years | 54% | 61.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 103 | Leeds | 142 | 3.5 years | 57.7% | 66.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 104 | Leicestershire | 150 | 3.5 years | 56% | 64% | Oct 2026 |
| 105 | Wirral | 103 | 3.5 years | 55.3% | 62.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 106 | North Tyneside | 40 | 3.5 years | 55% | 57.5% | Sept 2026 |
| 107 | Bolton | 56 | 3.5 years | 51.8% | 60.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 108 | Waltham Forest | 43 | 3.4 years | 69.8% | 81.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 109 | Wandsworth | 26 | 3.4 years | 61.5% | 65.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 110 | Knowsley | 23 | 3.4 years | 60.9% | 65.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 111 | Stockton-on-Tees | 52 | 3.4 years | 57.7% | 63.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 112 | Trafford | 51 | 3.4 years | 56.9% | 74.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 113 | West Northamptonshire | 95 | 3.4 years | 56.8% | 63.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 114 | Barnsley | 67 | 3.4 years | 50.7% | 59.7% | Aug 2026 |
| 115 | Brent | 45 | 3.3 years | 64.4% | 77.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 116 | Northumberland | 91 | 3.3 years | 54.9% | 60.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 117 | Merton | 35 | 3.3 years | 54.3% | 68.6% | May 2026 |
| 118 | Leicester | 93 | 3.2 years | 58.1% | 68.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 119 | Luton | 33 | 3.2 years | 54.5% | 60.6% | Sept 2026 |
| 120 | Stockport | 61 | 3.2 years | 54.1% | 72.1% | Sept 2026 |
| 121 | Bath and North East Somerset | 51 | 3.2 years | 52.9% | 60.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 122 | Bradford | 103 | 3.2 years | 51.5% | 58.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 123 | Tameside | 35 | 3.1 years | 54.3% | 65.7% | Sept 2026 |
| 124 | Hounslow | 29 | 3.1 years | 51.7% | 62.1% | Sept 2026 |
| 125 | Bedford | 70 | 3.1 years | 51.4% | 65.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 126 | Dorset | 105 | 3.1 years | 51.4% | 57.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 127 | Sutton | 65 | 3 years | 49.2% | 61.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 128 | Calderdale | 41 | 3 years | 48.8% | 56.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 129 | Bromley | 45 | 2.9 years | 48.9% | 57.8% | Oct 2026 |
| 130 | Warwickshire | 158 | 2.9 years | 47.5% | 56.3% | Oct 2026 |
| 131 | Walsall | 58 | 2.9 years | 46.6% | 62.1% | Sept 2026 |
| 132 | Derby | 67 | 2.9 years | 46.3% | 67.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 133 | Barking and Dagenham | 21 | 2.9 years | 42.9% | 61.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 134 | Nottingham | 72 | 2.7 years | 47.2% | 59.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 135 | Wolverhampton | 67 | 2.7 years | 41.8% | 56.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 136 | Sheffield | 107 | 2.6 years | 44.9% | 54.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 137 | Ealing | 35 | 2.4 years | 42.9% | 65.7% | Oct 2026 |
| 138 | Liverpool | 77 | 2.3 years | 48.1% | 53.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 139 | Southend-on-Sea | 78 | 2.3 years | 43.6% | 55.1% | Oct 2026 |
| 140 | Newham | 21 | 2.2 years | 47.6% | 52.4% | Oct 2026 |
| 141 | Rutland | 11 | 2.1 years | 36.4% | 54.5% | Jun 2026 |
| 142 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 127 | 2 years | 37.8% | 49.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 143 | Gateshead | 48 | 1.9 years | 45.8% | 47.9% | Oct 2026 |
| 144 | Kingston upon Thames | 37 | 1.9 years | 40.5% | 48.6% | Oct 2026 |
| 145 | Hillingdon | 45 | 1.9 years | 35.6% | 48.9% | Aug 2026 |
| 146 | Rotherham | 77 | 1.7 years | 33.8% | 44.2% | Oct 2026 |
| 147 | Swindon | 43 | 1.6 years | 39.5% | 39.5% | Oct 2026 |
| 148 | Doncaster | 75 | 1.4 years | 37.3% | 42.7% | Oct 2026 |
| — | Isles of Scilly | 1 | 3.8 years | 100% | 100% | Feb 2023 |
| — | Hammersmith and Fulham | 8 | 1.5 years | 25% | 37.5% | Mar 2026 |
| — | Westminster | 7 | 1.2 years | 28.6% | 42.9% | May 2026 |
| — | Kensington and Chelsea | 9 | 1.1 years | 33.3% | 33.3% | Feb 2026 |
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”.
For each rated home we take the date its current overall rating was published. A home may have been inspected or assessed more recently without getting a new rating (for example “insufficient evidence to rate”); those visits are not counted here, so this measures how old the rating families see is, not how long since CQC last visited.
Councils are ranked by the median age of their care homes' ratings, oldest first. Councils with fewer than 10 rated care homes are listed but not ranked.
See also how AskBart's data is sourced and this month's CQC rating changes and closures.
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The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: please credit AskBart with a link to this page. It contains public sector information from the CQC licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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AskBart (2026). How long since your local care homes were last rated?. Analysis of Care Quality Commission ratings data as at 2 November 2026. https://www.askbart.org/insights/care-home-rating-age-by-council
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