The cost of care in Peterborough

Price ranges for care in Peterborough

Expect more variation from agency to agency than from region to region; request the whole price list, covering weekends and bank holidays. 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. 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.

What the data shows for Peterborough

Of Peterborough's 37 care homes, 33 have a CQC rating; 88% of those are Good or Outstanding, against 83% for England. Of these, 11 provide nursing, which is 30% of homes in the area. The largest provider company in Peterborough by number of services is Atlas Care Services Ltd, with 4 home care agencies. Next is Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited with 3.

£32.00 an hour: that is our estimate of a typical private fee for agency care at home locally. The East of England figure is £33.50 and England's is £33.50. It is not a quote. Our modelled typical self-funder price for a room in a care home in Peterborough is £1,500 a week, against a regional £1,500 (East of England) and £1,520 for England. By type: residential about £1,460, nursing about £1,690.

Together the 37 care homes that report their size have 1,582 beds; the typical home has 36. At the other end of the scale from the 2 Outstanding care homes, 4 of the area's rated care homes (12%) are Requires improvement or Inadequate, compared with 17% nationally.

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

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 care cost calculator tool for a weekly figure and What will I pay? for your likely share.

How Peterborough's services score with the regulator

CQC registers 37 residential and nursing homes and 126 domiciliary agencies in Peterborough. Among homes with an inspection result, 88% score Good or better, higher than the national 83%. Agencies reach 94%, higher than the 88% seen nationally. Awaiting a first verdict: 4 homes, 73 agencies.