Care homes by council

Care is arranged council by council, and so are the rates. Each area below lists every registered home for older people, with the council’s own published rate where one exists.

12 councils publish a rate 4,373 homes 169,039 beds

Councils that publish their rates

These councils publish what they pay for a care home place, so every home in these areas carries a figure with its source and the date we checked it.

Hampshire334 homes · 13,128 bedsfrom £990 Essex285 homes · 11,628 beds£770/wk West Sussex268 homes · 9,777 beds£900/wk Norfolk247 homes · 8,966 beds£867/wk Hertfordshire176 homes · 8,939 beds£768/wk Nottinghamshire205 homes · 8,274 bedsfrom £776 Devon241 homes · 7,757 bedsfrom £915 Suffolk166 homes · 6,992 beds£912/wk Somerset153 homes · 5,771 beds£834/wk Sandwell58 homes · 2,019 beds£775/wk Bolton45 homes · 1,779 beds£754/wk Solihull38 homes · 1,724 beds£800/wk

Everywhere else

We have asked these councils for their rates under the Freedom of Information Act. Until they answer, their pages say so rather than showing an estimate.

Kent351 homes · 13,698 beds Lancashire343 homes · 12,538 beds Surrey286 homes · 11,728 bedsno standard rate exists Staffordshire199 homes · 7,929 bedsno standard rate exists North Yorkshire155 homes · 6,322 bedsno standard rate exists Croydon72 homes · 2,584 beds Barnet53 homes · 2,458 beds Enfield59 homes · 1,767 beds Havering49 homes · 1,695 beds Bromley40 homes · 1,542 beds Bexley26 homes · 1,301 beds Hillingdon34 homes · 1,289 beds Ealing24 homes · 1,278 beds Harrow33 homes · 1,157 beds Redbridge45 homes · 1,146 beds Kingston upon Thames31 homes · 1,143 beds Sutton46 homes · 1,050 beds Wandsworth17 homes · 1,002 beds Brent28 homes · 929 beds Greenwich30 homes · 894 beds Merton24 homes · 800 beds Richmond upon Thames23 homes · 737 beds Lewisham27 homes · 733 beds Barking and Dagenham17 homes · 632 beds Hounslow12 homes · 624 beds Lambeth16 homes · 617 beds Waltham Forest22 homes · 610 beds Newham13 homes · 535 beds Islington12 homes · 530 beds Southwark10 homes · 507 beds Hammersmith and Fulham6 homes · 436 beds Camden9 homes · 420 beds Tower Hamlets9 homes · 380 beds Westminster7 homes · 370 beds Kensington and Chelsea8 homes · 336 beds Haringey15 homes · 326 beds Hackney6 homes · 242 beds

How we source our numbers · What councils pay across England