Home care in the PE postcode area

Postcode districts in PE

• PE1 62
• PE2 46
• PE29 25
• PE7 15
• PE30 13
• PE11 11
• PE12 9
• PE21 9
• PE10 8
• PE6 8
• PE13 8
• PE15 7
• PE19 7
• PE4 6
• PE3 5
• PE37 4
• PE16 4
• PE22 3
• PE25 3
• PE9 3
• PE31 3
• PE27 3
• PE26 3
• PE38 3
• PE33 2
• PE28 2
• PE23 1
• PE8 1
• PE14 1
• PE36 1

Towns in PE

• Peterborough 143
• Huntingdon 30
• Spalding 20
• Boston 12
• King's Lynn 11
• Wisbech 9
• Bourne 8
• March 7
• St. Neots 6
• Kings Lynn 6
• Swaffham 4
• Chatteris 4
• Skegness 3
• Stamford 3
• St. Ives 3
• Downham Market 3
• Spilsby 1
• Castle Rising 1
• St Neots 1
• Hunstanton 1

Home care in PE postcodes: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in the PE postcode area?

Agencies in the PE postcode area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. The Homecare Association calculates that a provider needs to charge at least £34.42 an hour in 2026-27 to pay careworkers the statutory minimum for all their working time and run a compliant business. Two half-hour visits a day at that rate is roughly £481.88 a week.

Will the council pay for home care in the PE postcode area?

Your council can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can ask for. What you pay towards it depends on a separate financial assessment of income and capital. Councils in England paid independent providers an average of £25.05 an hour in 2026-27, against a minimum sustainable price of £34.42, which is why council-funded hours and privately bought hours are often priced differently.

Which home care services in the PE postcode area are rated best?

137 of the 276 services in the PE postcode area carry a published CQC rating and 123 of those, 90%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 10 are rated Outstanding, the top grade, among them Royal Mencap Society - Lincolnshire Domiciliary Care Agency, Wright Care at Home and Bluebird Care Stamford, Rutland, Peterborough & Oundle. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.

How do I choose a home care agency in the PE postcode area?

Start with what the regulator publishes, then ask what it cannot tell you: who would actually visit, whether it is the same carer each time, what happens when that person is ill, and how long a call really lasts. 139 of the 276 services in the PE postcode area carry no published verdict at all, so for those the questions are the only evidence you have. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.