What care costs in Harrow

Typical prices in Harrow

The Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price for council-funded home care in England at £34.42 an hour for 2026/27. The spread around these averages is wide. Fees depend on the room, the level of care and whether nursing is needed. Councils usually pay less than self-funders for the same room.

How care in Harrow is rated

• Agencies: 93 on the register, 93% Good or Outstanding where inspected (better than 88% nationally), 32 still unrated.
• Homes: 52 on the register, 94% Good or Outstanding where inspected (better than 83% nationally), 3 still unrated.

Harrow in numbers

94% of rated care homes in Harrow are Good or Outstanding, above the England average of 83%. The area has 52 homes, 49 of them rated. Nursing homes make up 16 of the total, or 31%. Our modelled typical self-funder price for residential or nursing care in Harrow is £1,670 a week. The London figure is £1,670 and England's is £1,520. That splits into roughly £1,620 for residential places and £1,870 for nursing places.

The middle-sized care home in Harrow has 16 beds, and the 52 homes with a registered bed count total 1,456. Harrow has 3 Outstanding care homes; 6% of its rated care homes (3) sit below Good; England: 17%.

No single company leads in Harrow: Norwood and Stanmore Care Homes Limited run 3 services each. £37.50 an hour: that is our estimate of a typical private fee for a visiting carer locally, against a regional £37.50 (London) and £33.50 for England. It is not a quote.

Figures: CQC register, Oct 2026; fees: Care Fees and Quality Index, Q4 2026.

Pinning down the real cost

Ask each provider for a written price list: the hourly rate for weekdays, evenings, weekends and bank holidays, the shortest visit, mileage, and for care homes what the weekly fee includes and how often it rises. Then estimate a weekly total with our care cost calculator tool and what you would pay yourself with What will I pay?