Free headline figures · October 2026

Leicester care market

Leicester's population aged 85+ grows 34% by 2035, slower than England. It has more care home beds per person aged 85+ as England overall, and the council pays £1,044 a week for residential care.

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Care homes1022,874 beds

Home care and community services192registered with CQC

People aged 85+5,6957,613 by 2035, +34% (England +45%)

Beds per 1,000 aged 85+505England 304

Rated Good or better80%of rated care homes

Council residential fee£1,044a week, 56th highest of 152 (England £956)

Council nursing fee£1,195a week, 38th highest of 152 (England £1,089)

Council home care rate£23.11an hour, 97th highest of 152 (England £25.05)

Beds the council funds44%England 43%

Dementia diagnosis rate77%England 66%

In the full reportDistrict by district supply and demand, every care home of 20 beds or more, operators and ownership, who lends to them, how the council pays, what the council says it wants, and our view of the opportunities.

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Sources: CQC active locations, 1 October 2026 (dual registrations counted once); ONS subnational population projections, 2022 based; DHSC Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund fee reporting 2025 to 2026 (provisional, self reported); DHSC Adult social care finance report 2024 to 2025; NHS England Primary Care Dementia Data, June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.