Home care in Leicester
Compare 274 home care agencies in Leicester, all registered with CQC, over 1 town. Choose a town to see each one's rating, specialisms and last inspection.
Get local care prices274 home care agencies in Leicester are on the CQC register and listed here, covering 1 town. Of the 152 that CQC has rated, 82% are Good or Outstanding, below the England figure of 88%; 5 hold an Outstanding rating.
Dementia is a listed specialism for 225 agencies. The same agency can be listed under several towns: most visit clients within several miles of their office.
Council-funded care here is organised by Leicester Council. It must assess the needs of any adult who may need care and support, at no cost.
Council help with care: Leicester.
Leicester in figures
Typical 2026 prices across England: visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.
Earliest CQC registration among them: Bluewood Healthcare, 2010. 14 of the 15 home care agencies registered within the past 12 months have yet to receive a CQC rating.
Specialisms named by home care agencies in Leicester, with the number naming each: caring for adults over 65 years (259), caring for adults under 65 years (250), physical disabilities (238) and dementia (225).
Of 274 agencies here, 225 say they specialise in dementia care: 82%, where the national share is 79%.
Bluewood Recruitment Ltd (2) runs more home care agencies here than any other registered provider, followed by Elderflower Care Services Ltd (2) and Fosse Healthcare Limited (2).
How home care agencies in Leicester are rated
Out of 152 home care agencies with a published rating, 28 fall below Good (27 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate), or 18% compared with 12% in England. 5 reach Outstanding, which is 3% (England: 5%), and 119 are Good.
19 new CQC ratings for home care agencies in Leicester came out over the past year. Up: 3. Down: 0. First ratings: 9. Domiciliary Care Services (UK) Limited in Leicester is the last to change: Requires improvement before, Good from 20 October 2026. The Leicester CQC ratings log.
35 of these ratings (23%) were published in the last two years, compared with 24% across England. 76 (50%) are more than four years old; the national figure is 54%.
Towns in Leicester
| Town | Home care agencies | With a top-two rating |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 265 | 119 |
Home care agencies by postcode district in Leicester
Register information from CQC as at Oct 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0 applies. We do not deliver care ourselves.