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CQC care ratings across England

Aggregate figures across the 30,800 CQC-registered adult social care locations in our copy of the register, covering 494,825 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 20 Jul 2026

Overall CQC rating distribution

CQC ratingHomesShare of rated
Good18,49578%
Requires improvement3,35614%
Outstanding1,0725%
Not Rated6123%
Inadequate1731%
Inspected but not rated330%
Insufficient evidence to rate180%
No published rating50%
Not applicable20%

Share is of the 23,766 locations that carry a published CQC rating.

Registered locations by region

RegionLocations
South East5,608
London3,998
North West3,670
East3,624
West Midlands3,473
South West3,293
East Midlands3,023
Yorkshire & Humberside2,844
North East1,237
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 20 Jul 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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