Home care in West Northamptonshire
198 CQC-registered home care agencies across 3 towns in West Northamptonshire. Pick a town to compare ratings, specialisms and inspection dates.
Get local care pricesAcross 3 towns, this site lists 198 CQC-registered home care agencies in West Northamptonshire. Northampton, Brixworth and Daventry have the largest numbers. CQC has rated 106 of them: 71% Good or Outstanding, below England's 88%, and 2 are Outstanding.
148 agencies list dementia as a specialism. Because most agencies work across several miles around their base, you may see the same one listed in more than one town.
West Northamptonshire Council arranges council-funded care here. If someone seems to need care and support, it has to assess their needs, free of charge.
Council help with care: West Northamptonshire.
Size, specialisms and cost in West Northamptonshire
Budget guide for West Northamptonshire (typical 2026 prices across England): visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.
The longest-registered of them is Age UK Northamptonshire, on the CQC register since 2011. 7 registered in the last 12 months and 7 of those have no rating yet.
Some providers run more than one agency in West Northamptonshire: Creative Support Limited (2) and West Northamptonshire Council (2).
Most common specialisms among the 198 home care agencies: caring for adults over 65 years (181), caring for adults under 65 years (180), physical disabilities (159) and dementia (148).
148 of the 198 agencies (75%) list dementia among their specialisms, compared with 79% of home care agencies across England.
Counting home care agencies town by town, the biggest totals in West Northamptonshire are Northampton (150), Brixworth (119) and Daventry (11). Northampton trails at 37% Good or Outstanding, while Daventry leads with 45% of its 11.
CQC ratings across West Northamptonshire
Across the 106 rated home care agencies, CQC gives 2 Outstanding, 73 Good, 28 Requires improvement and 3 Inadequate. That makes 2% Outstanding, against 5% in England, and 29% below Good, against 12%.
Rating changes over 12 months in West Northamptonshire: 0 up, 0 down and 4 first-time ratings, out of 16 new ratings published. Most recent: Prestige Nursing Northampton (Northampton), Good, published 22 October 2026. Every new rating in West Northamptonshire.
In the last two years CQC has published ratings for 23 of them, 22% of the rated total (England: 24%). For 49, the latest rating is over four years old: 46% here, 54% in England.
Home care agencies by town in West Northamptonshire
| Town | Home care agencies | Good / Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 150 | 56 |
| Brixworth | 119 | 47 |
| Daventry | 11 | 5 |
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Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.