UK Care Home League Table

Name: UK Care Home League Table
Creator: OpenScore

Compare regional care home scores, fees and data coverage. Report updated October 2026.

90 counties and 325 local authorities with at least 11 care homes. 10,210 care homes represented; 63.5% publish an OpenScore; OpenScore dataset UK average 7.03.

Counties ranked by average OpenScore
Rank	County	Country	Average OpenScore	Published OpenScores	Care homes
1	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	8.58	13 of 14	14
2	Oxfordshire	England	8.13	99 of 118	118
3	Cambridgeshire	England	8.06	82 of 115	115
4	Berkshire	England	7.97	68 of 93	93
5	Hertfordshire	England	7.91	100 of 146	146
6	Surrey	England	7.85	166 of 208	208
7	Middlesex	England	7.83	8 of 11	11
8	Buckinghamshire	England	7.75	79 of 104	104
9	Wiltshire	England	7.72	83 of 109	109
10	County Down	Northern Ireland	7.66	5 of 64	64
11	Cheshire	England	7.64	104 of 193	193
12	Suffolk	England	7.57	92 of 143	143
13	Avon	England	7.49	51 of 91	91
14	County Londonderry	Northern Ireland	7.48	1 of 15	15
15	Warwickshire	England	7.48	65 of 105	105
16	County Antrim	Northern Ireland	7.47	15 of 122	122
17	Norfolk	England	7.46	136 of 199	199
18	County Tyrone	Northern Ireland	7.41	4 of 21	21
19	Greater London	England	7.39	366 of 523	523
20	Tyne and Wear	England	7.39	94 of 184	184
21	County Armagh	Northern Ireland	7.37	3 of 26	26
22	Somerset	England	7.36	161 of 211	211
23	Kent	England	7.31	212 of 297	297
24	Dorset	England	7.30	115 of 182	182
25	East Sussex	England	7.28	150 of 216	216
26	North Yorkshire	England	7.28	94 of 157	157
27	Gloucestershire	England	7.26	74 of 107	107
28	West Sussex	England	7.26	167 of 233	233
29	Hampshire	England	7.25	226 of 320	320
30	Worcestershire	England	7.25	60 of 88	88
31	Essex	England	7.22	219 of 282	282
32	West Lothian	Scotland	7.22	13 of 18	18
33	Renfrewshire	Scotland	7.20	24 of 35	35
34	South Yorkshire	England	7.17	85 of 193	193
35	County Durham	England	7.16	63 of 115	115
36	Perthshire	Scotland	7.14	32 of 38	38
37	Cleveland	England	7.13	48 of 98	98
38	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	7.12	12 of 15	15
39	Angus	Scotland	7.10	37 of 49	49
40	East Lothian	Scotland	7.08	13 of 16	16
41	Midlothian	Scotland	7.07	46 of 67	67
42	Stirlingshire	Scotland	7.04	27 of 35	35
43	Bedfordshire	England	7.02	51 of 90	90
44	West Yorkshire	England	6.99	189 of 315	315
45	Lanarkshire	Scotland	6.91	69 of 101	101
46	Greater Manchester	England	6.90	232 of 373	373
47	Herefordshire	England	6.90	29 of 47	47
48	Northamptonshire	England	6.89	58 of 102	102
49	Derbyshire	England	6.83	103 of 187	187
50	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	6.82	18 of 26	26
51	West Midlands	England	6.82	236 of 405	405
52	Leicestershire	England	6.79	112 of 172	172
53	Northumberland	England	6.76	41 of 69	69
54	Nottinghamshire	England	6.74	117 of 199	199
55	Lincolnshire	England	6.72	154 of 258	258
56	Staffordshire	England	6.71	118 of 173	173
57	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	6.70	47 of 69	69
58	Cornwall	England	6.69	90 of 126	126
59	Ayrshire	Scotland	6.63	31 of 41	41
60	East Ayrshire	Scotland	6.59	17 of 19	19
61	Fife	Scotland	6.55	42 of 75	75
62	Merseyside	England	6.55	151 of 231	231
63	Devon	England	6.54	200 of 323	323
64	Humberside	England	6.52	84 of 134	134
65	Isle of Wight	England	6.43	16 of 37	37
66	Lancashire	England	6.43	199 of 352	352
67	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	6.38	14 of 15	15
68	Powys	Wales	6.35	20 of 30	30
69	Torfaen	Wales	6.34	8 of 14	14
70	Shropshire	England	6.32	53 of 93	93
71	Cumbria	England	6.31	48 of 97	97
72	Highland	Scotland	6.21	26 of 50	50
73	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	6.13	15 of 25	25
74	Pembrokeshire	Wales	6.00	22 of 30	30
75	Gwent	Wales	5.97	9 of 16	16
76	Moray	Scotland	5.96	6 of 15	15
77	Monmouthshire	Wales	5.88	30 of 35	35
78	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	5.83	11 of 18	18
79	Glamorgan	Wales	5.78	94 of 137	137
80	Flintshire	Wales	5.74	22 of 26	26
81	Dyfed	Wales	5.73	10 of 14	14
82	Rhondda Cynon Taff	Wales	5.69	20 of 30	30
83	Carmarthenshire	Wales	5.46	32 of 41	41
84	Roxburghshire	Scotland	5.44	11 of 22	22
85	Mid Glamorgan	Wales	5.38	15 of 24	24
86	Conwy	Wales	5.33	37 of 45	45
87	Denbighshire	Wales	5.08	38 of 58	58
88	Gwynedd	Wales	4.84	28 of 38	38
—	County Fermanagh	Northern Ireland	Not available	0 of 17	17
—	Londonderry	Northern Ireland	Not available	0 of 20	20

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