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Best rated care homes in Croydon (2026)

109 of the 121 care homes in Croydon with a CQC rating are rated Good or Outstanding. Here they are, best first: Outstanding, then Good, with the most recently inspected ahead. Nobody pays to be on this list.

Register data · Data as of 19 October 2026

At a glance

  • Croydon has 128, and 90% of the inspected ones reach Good or above.
  • 3 rated Outstanding; 12 rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
  • Inspected within 24 months: 21%.
  • Private payers: about £1,620 a week (our model).

Citation: "Best rated care homes in Croydon (2026)", published by The Care Panel (Oct 2026).

The 25 highest rated care homes in Croydon

Ordered by grade, then by inspection date. Our method. The first 25 of 109 are shown.

  1. Chestnut Lodge Care Home Croydon · Nursing · 42 beds · Dementia Outstanding
  2. Amberley Lodge - Purley Purley · Nursing · 60 beds · Dementia Outstanding
  3. Acorn House - Croydon Croydon · Residential · 31 beds · Dementia Good
  4. Beulah Road Thornton Heath · Residential · 7 beds Good
  5. Brighton Road Purley · Residential · 15 beds Good
  6. Callum House Coulsdon · Residential · 8 beds Good
  7. Chestnut Gardens Care Home Purley · Residential · 72 beds · Dementia Good
  8. Croham Place South Croydon · Nursing · 35 beds Good
  9. Heathercroft Purley · Residential · 6 beds Good
  10. Highfield House Purley · Nursing · 45 beds Good
  11. Liberty Lodge Purley · Residential · 5 beds Good
  12. Mary's Home South Croydon · Residential · 49 beds · Dementia Good
  13. Oak Field West Croydon · Residential · 7 beds Good
  14. Parkview Nursing Home Croydon · Nursing · 88 beds · Dementia Good
  15. Purley Gardens Care Home Purley · Nursing · 119 beds · Dementia Good
  16. Purley Gardens Care Home Purley · Nursing · 119 beds · Dementia Good
  17. R-H-P Outreach Services - South Norwood Hill Croydon · Residential · 5 beds Good
  18. Rokewood Court Kenley · Residential · 64 beds · Dementia Good
  19. Smitham Downs Road Purley · Residential · 9 beds Good
  20. The Manse Residential Care Home Croydon · Residential · 35 beds · Dementia Good
  21. Warren Court Purley · Nursing · 19 beds · Dementia Good
  22. 7 Birdhurst Rise South Croydon · Residential · 9 beds Good
  23. 95 Parchmore Road Thornton Heath · Residential · 5 beds Good
  24. Abbey Lodge - Coulsdon Coulsdon · Residential · 9 beds Good
  25. Barrington Lodge Croydon · Nursing · 44 beds · Dementia Good

Care homes by town in Croydon

Croydon in numbers

The middle-sized care home in Croydon has 14 beds, and the 128 homes with a registered bed count total 3,427. Ratings for care homes in Croydon are a median 45 months old, against 47 across England, and 22% were given in the last two years.

Croydon has 3 Outstanding care homes; 10% of its rated care homes (12) sit below Good, compared with 17% nationally. 17 of 121 care homes in Croydon are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate for Well-led, the weakest of CQC's five areas locally. The strongest area is Responsive, where 3 of 121 care homes are Outstanding.

No single company leads in Croydon: Achieve Together Limited and Care Expertise Group Limited run 4 services each. Over the last 12 months CQC published 30 ratings for services in Croydon (5 moved to a higher rating, 1 went down, 4 were first ratings), most recently on 23 September 2026.

Source: our analysis of CQC data (Oct 2026).

Checks before choosing

Grades never tell the whole story. Check when the inspection happened, read what it found on safety and management, then compare at least a couple of providers question by question. Questions to ask: printable list.

London Borough of Croydon will assess needs at no charge, whatever your savings, and may share the cost if capital is less than £23,250. How care is paid for in Croydon · How much care costs in Croydon

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Use it to compare up to three homes on the same questions, from CQC reports and staffing to the room, fees and contract terms.

Your questions

Which care homes in Croydon are rated Outstanding?

The regulator gives its top grade to 2 local care homes: Chestnut Lodge Care Home, Amberley Lodge - Purley.

How well rated are care homes in Croydon?

Good or Outstanding: 109 of 121 (90%). Not yet inspected: 7.

How much do care homes cost in Croydon?

Around £1,620 a week for private payers, on our model; treat it as a guide rather than a quote, and get written prices. With capital below £23,250, the council may contribute once it has assessed finances.

Can providers pay to be listed higher?

First by the regulator's overall grade, then by inspection date, with Outstanding grades over five years old placed alongside Good. Payment plays no part.

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Source for provider details: CQC, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). The Care Panel is a comparison site, not a care company.

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