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CQC care ratings across England

Aggregate figures across the 31,012 CQC-registered adult social care locations in our copy of the register, covering 497,069 registered care-home beds. These are counts only — no home is singled out here.

Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate — the Care Quality Commission's own four-point rating scale.
Source: Care Quality Commission register · Ratings are the CQC's own · Generated 4 Sept 2026

Overall CQC rating distribution

CQC ratingHomesShare of rated
Good18,59277%
Requires improvement3,40614%
Outstanding1,0794%
Not Rated7413%
Inadequate1591%
Inspected but not rated270%
Insufficient evidence to rate180%
No published rating40%

Share is of the 24,026 locations that carry a published CQC rating.

Registered locations by region

RegionLocations
South East5,658
London4,021
North West3,703
East3,657
West Midlands3,497
South West3,314
East Midlands3,043
Yorkshire & Humberside2,859
North East1,249
Wales2

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Contains public sector information published by the Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; last verified against the CQC register on 4 Sept 2026. Ratings shown are the CQC's own published ratings. CareGuard is an independent service and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Care Quality Commission.

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