Care prices in Leicester

What care usually costs in Leicester

Expect more variation from agency to agency than from region to region; request the whole price list, covering weekends and bank holidays. According to the Homecare Association, councils in England need to pay at least £34.42 an hour in 2026/27 for home care to be sustainable. An average conceals big differences. Room type, care needs and nursing are the three things that move the price. The council rate for a room is normally below the private rate.

How Leicester's services score with the regulator

CQC registers 103 residential and nursing homes and 184 domiciliary agencies in Leicester. Among homes with an inspection result, 81% score Good or better, in line with the national 83%. Agencies reach 81%, below the 88% seen nationally. Awaiting a first verdict: 10 homes, 82 agencies.

How to get a reliable quote

A written tariff from each provider beats a phone quote. Look for differences between weekday and unsocial-hours rates, the shortest booking allowed and mileage; with homes, check inclusions and the timing of annual increases. Next, use the weekly cost calculator for a weekly figure and What will I pay? for your likely share.

Local picture: Leicester

£1,290 a week: that is our estimate of a typical private fee for a care home bed locally, compared with £1,290 regionally and £1,520 nationally. It is not a quote. By type: residential about £1,290, nursing about £1,540. The largest provider company in Leicester by number of services is Prime Life Limited, with 8 care homes. Leicestershire County Care Limited follows with 4 services.

81% of rated care homes in Leicester are Good or Outstanding, short of the England average of 83%. The area has 103 homes, 93 of them rated. 16% (16) are registered to provide nursing care. Our modelled typical self-funder price for an hour of home care in Leicester is £33.50 an hour (East Midlands: £33.50; England: £33.50).

Care homes in Leicester reporting a bed count offer 2,934 beds between them, with 24 beds in the middle-sized home. 1 care home in Leicester is rated Outstanding, and 18 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (19% of those rated, compared with 17% nationally).

Based on the register as of Oct 2026, with Q4 2026 fee estimates from our index.