Home care in West Sussex
West Sussex: 298 registered home care agencies in 24 towns. Each town page sets out CQC ratings, inspection dates and specialisms side by side.
Get local care prices View on MapWe list 298 home care agencies registered with CQC in West Sussex, spread over 24 towns; Shoreham-by-Sea, Crawley and Crawley Down have the most. 92% of the 215 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (above 88% for England). Outstanding: 8.
Dementia is a listed specialism for 226 agencies. The same agency can be listed under several towns: most visit clients within several miles of their office.
Council-funded care is arranged by Arun, Horsham and West Sussex, depending on where the person lives. Each must offer a free care needs assessment.
Council help with care: West Sussex.
West Sussex: ratings compared with England
In the last two years CQC has published ratings for 68 of them, 32% of the rated total (England: 25%). For 124, the latest rating is over four years old: 58% here, 54% in England.
Rating changes over 12 months in West Sussex: 0 up, 2 down and 10 first-time ratings, out of 29 new ratings published. Most recent: Bright Care Recruitment Ltd (Haywards Heath), Good, published 27 October 2026. Rating changes in West Sussex.
Across the 215 rated home care agencies, CQC gives 8 Outstanding, 189 Good, 17 Requires improvement and 1 Inadequate. That makes 4% Outstanding, against 5% in England, and 8% below Good, against 12%.
Home care agencies in West Sussex at a glance
Specialisms named by home care agencies in West Sussex, with the number naming each: caring for adults over 65 years (265), caring for adults under 65 years (254), physical disabilities (236) and dementia (226).
226 of the 298 agencies (76%) list dementia among their specialisms, compared with 79% of home care agencies across England.
Typical 2026 prices in West Sussex: visiting care £28–£38 an hour and live-in care £1,400–£1,700 a week.
The longest-registered of them is Britannia Homecare Limited, on the CQC register since 2010. 20 registered in the last 12 months and 17 of those have no rating yet.
Some providers run more than one agency in West Sussex: Alina Homecare Ltd (5), All Care (GB) Limited (4) and London Care Limited (4).
By town, the largest numbers of home care agencies in West Sussex are in Shoreham-by-Sea (92), Crawley (77), Crawley Down (76), Hassocks (66) and Worthing (61). Share rated Good or better: highest in Haywards Heath at 82% (22 listed), lowest in East Grinstead at 46%.
Compare West Sussex town by town
OutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequateNot yet ratedMap © OpenFreeMap © OpenStreetMap
| Town | Home care agencies | Good or better |
|---|---|---|
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 92 | 60 |
| Crawley | 77 | 45 |
| Crawley Down | 76 | 39 |
| Hassocks | 66 | 44 |
| Worthing | 61 | 44 |
| Steyning | 58 | 39 |
| Bognor Regis | 57 | 41 |
| Littlehampton | 57 | 42 |
| Rustington | 57 | 44 |
| Wick | 47 | 36 |
| Findon | 46 | 32 |
| Chichester | 42 | 27 |
| East Grinstead | 41 | 19 |
| Yapton | 41 | 31 |
| Arundel | 38 | 29 |
| Selsey | 35 | 24 |
| Barnham | 32 | 24 |
| Horsham | 31 | 22 |
| Burgess Hill | 25 | 20 |
| Haywards Heath | 22 | 18 |
| Billingshurst | 19 | 13 |
| Bramber | 19 | 14 |
| Storrington | 17 | 13 |
| West Chiltington Common | 10 | 7 |
Home care agencies by postcode district in West Sussex
CQC register data (Nov 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.