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Care homes in Leicester

There are 103 registered care homes in Leicester, 16 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,934 registered beds, an average of 28 a home. 93 have a CQC rating, and 81% of those are Good or Outstanding (1 Outstanding). 18 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Leicester 16Residential care homes in Leicester 87Dementia care homes in Leicester 63

Listed by the regulator’s verdict, then size. Nobody pays to appear higher.

The homes

What Leicester pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,062 a week£94 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 50th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,306 a week£221 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 18th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared