Care homes in Devon
Devon: 259 registered care homes in 35 towns. Each town page sets out CQC ratings, inspection dates and specialisms side by side.
Find available careWe list 259 care homes registered with CQC in Devon, spread over 35 towns; Exeter, Exmouth and Newton Abbot have the most. 91% of the 241 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (above 83% for England). Outstanding: 18.
Of these, 51 provide nursing care and 142 support people living with dementia. Look for a home whose CQC registration covers what your relative needs at present and what may come later. Another move can be unsettling.
Devon Council must assess, free of charge, anyone here who may need care and support, and arranges council-funded care.
Council help with care: Devon.
Devon: ratings compared with England
How recent are the ratings? 21% date from the past two years (51 services; England 28%), while 144, or 60%, go back more than four years (England 49%).
In the last 12 months CQC has published 37 new ratings for care homes in Devon: 1 improved, 6 downgraded and 2 rated for the first time. The latest was The Yelverton Residential Home in Yelverton, rated Good on 30 September 2026. All recent CQC ratings in Devon.
Rating breakdown for Devon, with 241 services rated: Outstanding 18, Good 202, Requires improvement 19, Inadequate 2. Outstanding makes up 7% here and 5% across England; the two lower ratings make up 9% here and 17% nationwide.
Care homes in Devon at a glance
The largest operators by number of care homes in Devon are Stonehaven (Healthcare) Ltd (6), Devon County Council (5) and The Community of St Antony & St Elias (5).
Budget guide for Devon (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West): residential care home £1,349 a week and nursing home £1,546 a week.
20% of care homes here can provide nursing care (51 homes out of 259), against 30% nationally. Bed numbers for the 259 homes that report them: 7,285 in total, 28 on average, and a maximum of 95 at Ilford Park Polish Home.
Most common specialisms among the 259 care homes: caring for adults over 65 years (207), dementia (142), physical disabilities (134) and caring for adults under 65 years (128).
On registration dates, The Lawns Care Home goes back furthest (2010). New to the register in the last 12 months: 12, of which 7 not yet rated.
Exeter has more care homes than anywhere else in Devon, with 31; the largest are Exeter (31), Exmouth (22), Newton Abbot (16), Teignmouth (14) and Dawlish (10).
Where the care homes in Devon are
| Town | Care homes | Rated Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Exeter | 31 | 27 |
| Exmouth | 22 | 18 |
| Newton Abbot | 16 | 16 |
| Teignmouth | 14 | 11 |
| Dawlish | 10 | 9 |
| Seaton | 10 | 10 |
| Sidmouth | 10 | 9 |
| Tavistock | 10 | 8 |
| Barnstaple | 9 | 8 |
| Topsham | 9 | 4 |
| Axminster | 8 | 7 |
| Ilfracombe | 8 | 5 |
| Totnes | 8 | 8 |
| Westward Ho! | 8 | 7 |
| Bideford | 7 | 6 |
| Honiton | 7 | 7 |
| Cullompton | 6 | 4 |
| Northam | 6 | 5 |
| Crediton | 5 | 5 |
| Ivybridge | 5 | 5 |
| Budleigh Salterton | 4 | 3 |
| Chudleigh | 4 | 4 |
| Kingsteignton | 4 | 4 |
| Lyme Regis | 4 | 2 |
| Tiverton | 4 | 2 |
| Bovey Tracey | 3 | 1 |
| Braunton | 3 | 2 |
| Cranbrook | 3 | 3 |
| Dartmouth | 3 | 2 |
| Great Torrington | 3 | 3 |
| Holsworthy | 3 | 1 |
| Kingsbridge | 3 | 3 |
| Okehampton | 3 | 3 |
| Ottery St Mary | 3 | 3 |
| Willand | 3 | 3 |
Search Devon by postcode area
- EX8 Exmouth 22
- TQ12 Newton Abbot 22
- EX39 Bideford 21
- TQ14 Teignmouth 15
- EX2 Exeter 14
- EX4 Exeter 12
- EX10 Sidmouth 12
- EX7 Dawlish 10
- EX16 Tiverton 10
- PL19 Tavistock 10
- EX1 Exeter 9
- EX17 Crediton 9
- EX12 Seaton 8
- EX13 Axminster 8
- EX15 Cullompton 8
- EX32 Barnstaple 8
- EX34 Ilfracombe 8
- PL20 Yelverton 8
- TQ9 Totnes 8
- TQ13 Newton Abbot 8
- EX6 Exeter 7
- EX14 Honiton 7
- EX20 Okehampton 6
- EX22 Holsworthy 6
- EX5 Exeter 5
- PL21 Ivybridge 5
Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.