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Food hygiene ratings statistics by local authority

Every food business in our data comes with its official Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. These free pages break the ratings down by local authority so you can see how areas compare, find the businesses that need improvement, and download the full list for any area.

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552,878
food businesses in 329 local authorities
68.9%
rated 5 (very good)
14,652
rated 0 to 2 (improvement required) (2.7%)
2026-08-24
data refreshed

Hygiene rating across all local authorities

5 (very good): 381,072 food businesses381,07254 (good): 64,153 food businesses64,15343 (generally satisfactory): 26,888 food businesses26,88832 (improvement necessary): 7,190 food businesses7,19021 (major improvement necessary): 6,561 food businesses6,56110 (urgent improvement necessary): 901 food businesses9010Awaiting inspection: 42,051 food businesses42,051AwaitingInspe…Exempt: 24,033 food businesses24,033ExemptAwaiting publication: 37 food businesses37AwaitingPubli…
Count of food businesses by hygiene rating, all areas in our data.
hygiene ratingCountShare
5 (very good)381,07268.9%
4 (good)64,15311.6%
3 (generally satisfactory)26,8884.9%
2 (improvement necessary)7,1901.3%
1 (major improvement necessary)6,5611.2%
0 (urgent improvement necessary)9010.2%
Awaiting inspection42,0517.6%
Exempt24,0334.3%
Awaiting publication370%

League table: local authorities ranked by share rated 5 (very good)

#local authorityfood businessesrated 5 (very good)rated 0 to 2 (improvement required)
1Thanet1,51394.3%9 (0.6%)
2Wrexham1,20792.9%6 (0.5%)
3Anglesey76389.9%10 (1.3%)
4Bassetlaw1,09789.2%1 (0.1%)
5Ipswich1,11888.6%8 (0.7%)
6North Kesteven97288%1 (0.1%)
7Stockton On Tees1,57887.3%1 (0.1%)
8Redcar and Cleveland1,23187%8 (0.6%)
9Hartlepool77087%2 (0.3%)
10Rother1,02586.8%5 (0.5%)
11Cotswold1,09886.7%2 (0.2%)
12Fenland71586.6%8 (1.1%)
13Harborough77485.7%3 (0.4%)
14West Oxfordshire1,13385.5%2 (0.2%)
15East Lindsey2,30085.3%24 (1%)
16Lincoln City1,11985.3%14 (1.3%)
17Chichester1,44185.1%9 (0.6%)
18Cheltenham1,07984.2%5 (0.5%)
19Hastings91183.9%11 (1.2%)
20Boston63983.9%9 (1.4%)
21Castle Point53783.8%5 (0.9%)
22Mole Valley78183.7%9 (1.2%)
23Cornwall5,39483.6%82 (1.5%)
24Chelmsford1,60383.5%18 (1.1%)
25North Norfolk1,50983.5%17 (1.1%)
26North Tyneside1,50083.5%26 (1.7%)
27Gwynedd2,10483.3%26 (1.2%)
28Tewkesbury80183.3%10 (1.2%)
29Lisburn and Castlereagh City1,00783.1%8 (0.8%)
30Mid Ulster1,37082.8%16 (1.2%)
31Broadland95982.7%12 (1.3%)
32South Ribble83282.5%7 (0.8%)
33Darlington91582%15 (1.6%)
34Gravesham82682%5 (0.6%)
35City of London Corporation1,84681.9%46 (2.5%)
36Newry, Mourne and Down1,72681.9%22 (1.3%)
37Ashford1,25581.7%13 (1%)
38Swale1,22781.7%17 (1.4%)
39High Peak90281.7%6 (0.7%)
40Flintshire1,30781.5%18 (1.4%)
41Rotherham2,20581.3%30 (1.4%)
42Breckland1,26181.3%16 (1.3%)
43Forest of Dean80781.3%0 (0%)
44South Cambridgeshire1,31781.2%10 (0.8%)
45Mansfield89481.2%18 (2%)
46Tandridge69681.2%9 (1.3%)
47Winchester City1,18481.1%11 (0.9%)
48Mid and East Antrim1,15981%3 (0.3%)
49North East Derbyshire81481%4 (0.5%)
50Shropshire3,12480.8%41 (1.3%)
51Kensington and Chelsea1,99880.7%16 (0.8%)
52King's Lynn and West Norfolk1,50580.7%19 (1.3%)
53Gosport60880.6%11 (1.8%)
54Test Valley1,07080.5%17 (1.6%)
55Adur46380.3%11 (2.4%)
56Northumberland3,51280.2%19 (0.5%)
57South Staffordshire74480%15 (2%)
58Tunbridge Wells1,07979.8%16 (1.5%)
59Chesterfield95579.7%20 (2.1%)
60Causeway Coast and Glens1,46879.6%13 (0.9%)
61Newcastle-Under-Lyme97879.6%27 (2.8%)
62Staffordshire Moorlands85779.6%14 (1.6%)
63East Riding of Yorkshire3,17279.4%44 (1.4%)
64Cheshire East3,10479.4%33 (1.1%)
65Horsham1,33279.3%13 (1%)
66Blackpool1,68379.2%39 (2.3%)
67Warwick1,39779.2%27 (1.9%)
68Bolsover74179.2%11 (1.5%)
69Gedling83379.1%7 (0.8%)
70Somerset6,08079%59 (1%)
71Nottingham City3,03579%49 (1.6%)
72Maidstone1,45079%23 (1.6%)
73Teignbridge1,32079%20 (1.5%)
74Erewash94479%8 (0.8%)
75Nuneaton and Bedworth91978.8%21 (2.3%)
76Exeter City1,11778.7%11 (1%)
77Peterborough City1,99978.6%19 (1%)
78Westmorland and Furness3,09178.5%27 (0.9%)
79North Northamptonshire3,05978.5%59 (1.9%)
80Newark and Sherwood1,15178.5%27 (2.3%)
81Fermanagh and Omagh1,44578.2%17 (1.2%)
82Gloucester City1,07278.2%18 (1.7%)
83Stratford-on-Avon1,37778.1%15 (1.1%)
84South Kesteven1,18478.1%22 (1.9%)
85East Suffolk2,51277.9%37 (1.5%)
86Oxford City1,54677.9%26 (1.7%)
87Babergh88877.9%15 (1.7%)
88Ribble Valley65177.9%5 (0.8%)
89Telford and Wrekin Council1,49177.8%39 (2.6%)
90Fareham79977.6%10 (1.3%)
91Antrim and Newtownabbey1,09977.4%6 (0.5%)
92Lewes94377.4%13 (1.4%)
93South Holland79877.4%9 (1.1%)
94Eastbourne1,03777.3%15 (1.4%)
95West Suffolk1,65777.1%25 (1.5%)
96Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon1,88376.9%13 (0.7%)
97Braintree1,27476.6%18 (1.4%)
98Crawley96576.6%14 (1.5%)
99Maldon68376.6%4 (0.6%)
100Fylde84476.3%11 (1.3%)
101Brighton and Hove3,00176.2%38 (1.3%)
102Tamworth55876.2%7 (1.3%)
103Chorley98976.1%10 (1%)
104North Yorkshire7,08476%116 (1.6%)
105Wokingham1,12076%15 (1.3%)
106Sefton2,39275.8%34 (1.4%)
107Torridge76875.8%18 (2.3%)
108Folkestone and Hythe1,30275.7%8 (0.6%)
109Hart63475.7%3 (0.5%)
110Wealden1,37575.6%4 (0.3%)
111Mid Sussex1,34075.6%37 (2.8%)
112Cumberland2,76775.5%32 (1.2%)
113Middlesbrough1,16175.4%39 (3.4%)
114East Hampshire1,09475.3%11 (1%)
115Dover1,20675%32 (2.7%)
116South Norfolk1,11475%19 (1.7%)
117Vale of White Horse1,04475%12 (1.1%)
118Dorset5,14774.7%9 (0.2%)
119North Devon1,48274.6%37 (2.5%)
120Mid Devon78774.6%22 (2.8%)
121Havant1,06274.5%4 (0.4%)
122West Devon62874.5%6 (1%)
123Conwy1,60574.3%24 (1.5%)
124North Warwickshire67074.3%18 (2.7%)
125Rutland46074.3%5 (1.1%)
126Colchester1,64174.2%14 (0.9%)
127Melton53774.1%9 (1.7%)
128Cannock Chase83274%8 (1%)
129Ards and North Down1,28973.9%9 (0.7%)
130Brentwood75473.9%6 (0.8%)
131Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole3,52373.8%33 (0.9%)
132Worthing1,01773.8%33 (3.2%)
133Eastleigh97773.8%24 (2.5%)
134Bedford1,65473.7%15 (0.9%)
135New Forest1,58273.7%25 (1.6%)
136Lancaster City1,17373.5%21 (1.8%)
137Stroud1,08173.5%20 (1.9%)
138Haringey1,94073.4%55 (2.8%)
139Cherwell1,33173.4%24 (1.8%)
140Harlow68573.4%11 (1.6%)
141Cheshire West and Chester2,95673.3%68 (2.3%)
142West Berkshire1,27473.2%18 (1.4%)
143Hinckley and Bosworth91973.2%6 (0.7%)
144Bracknell Forest79672.9%9 (1.1%)
145Tonbridge and Malling1,05772.8%20 (1.9%)
146East Cambridgeshire79072.8%21 (2.7%)
147Three Rivers65172.8%2 (0.3%)
148Medway2,13072.7%32 (1.5%)
149Arun1,35072.7%29 (2.1%)
150Uttlesford80172.7%11 (1.4%)
151Blaby67472.7%11 (1.6%)
152Epping Forest1,04272.6%19 (1.8%)
153Trafford2,20272.5%80 (3.6%)
154Rossendale69072.5%26 (3.8%)
155Carmarthenshire2,17772.3%14 (0.6%)
156North Lincolnshire1,47872.3%51 (3.5%)
157Rushcliffe92272.3%20 (2.2%)
158Mid Suffolk85972.2%16 (1.9%)
159Preston1,62872.1%24 (1.5%)
160Rochford66672.1%21 (3.2%)
161Swindon1,65672%27 (1.6%)
162Plymouth City1,77971.7%61 (3.4%)
163Sevenoaks95071.6%20 (2.1%)
164South Derbyshire88571.6%11 (1.2%)
165Tameside1,68671.5%51 (3%)
166Amber Valley1,07871.5%12 (1.1%)
167Runnymede70271.5%7 (1%)
168Barnsley1,88971.4%61 (3.2%)
169Gateshead1,64671.4%12 (0.7%)
170Monmouthshire1,10571.2%12 (1.1%)
171South Hams1,10071.2%7 (0.6%)
172West Lancashire93671.2%15 (1.6%)
173Milton Keynes2,51371.1%40 (1.6%)
174Sunderland2,32271.1%40 (1.7%)
175Wolverhampton2,15671.1%100 (4.6%)
176East Devon1,54871.1%26 (1.7%)
177Denbighshire1,15671.1%16 (1.4%)
178Guildford1,14470.9%8 (0.7%)
179Buckinghamshire4,58570.7%75 (1.6%)
180Broxbourne86870.6%4 (0.5%)
181Ashfield96670.5%54 (5.6%)
182Solihull1,40270.4%51 (3.6%)
183Greenwich2,39170.2%53 (2.2%)
184Canterbury City1,64870.2%21 (1.3%)
185Waverley1,06470.2%35 (3.3%)
186St Albans City1,16270.1%19 (1.6%)
187Newcastle Upon Tyne2,70570%135 (5%)
188Hertsmere84170%21 (2.5%)
189Kirklees3,85569.9%111 (2.9%)
190North Hertfordshire1,12769.9%23 (2%)
191Hammersmith and Fulham2,01669.8%43 (2.1%)
192Isles of Scilly13269.7%0 (0%)
193Charnwood1,48869.6%32 (2.2%)
194South Tyneside1,03969.6%25 (2.4%)
195East Hertfordshire1,40169.5%13 (0.9%)
196Warrington1,71569.4%55 (3.2%)
197Spelthorne77769.1%20 (2.6%)
198Watford1,02169%8 (0.8%)
199Wirral2,31368.9%68 (2.9%)
200Herefordshire1,78268.9%28 (1.6%)
201Derry City and Strabane1,35668.7%6 (0.4%)
202Stafford1,12168.7%19 (1.7%)
203Bath and North East Somerset1,84768.5%41 (2.2%)
204Dacorum1,29168.5%13 (1%)
205Halton90368.4%34 (3.8%)
206South Gloucestershire2,12068.3%35 (1.7%)
207Pendle80568.3%43 (5.3%)
208North Somerset1,70868.2%26 (1.5%)
209Wakefield3,06468.1%67 (2.2%)
210Calderdale1,90268%80 (4.2%)
211Central Bedfordshire1,71268%28 (1.6%)
212Basildon1,40668%38 (2.7%)
213Bromley2,47567.9%33 (1.3%)
214Welwyn Hatfield76267.8%6 (0.8%)
215Sheffield4,87967.7%116 (2.4%)
216Leicester City3,36967.7%120 (3.6%)
217St Helens1,37167.7%61 (4.4%)
218North West Leicestershire95967.7%20 (2.1%)
219West Lindsey88467.6%25 (2.8%)
220Elmbridge1,10867.4%46 (4.2%)
221Doncaster2,80766.9%128 (4.6%)
222Cambridge City1,48766.9%35 (2.4%)
223Broxtowe81666.7%11 (1.3%)
224Bury1,22666.6%49 (4%)
225Durham4,63166.5%73 (1.6%)
226Dartford1,08266.5%27 (2.5%)
227Belfast City3,17866.4%66 (2.1%)
228Stoke-On-Trent2,23866.4%56 (2.5%)
229Oldham1,92266.4%95 (4.9%)
230Great Yarmouth1,09866.4%61 (5.6%)
231Merton1,56666.3%26 (1.7%)
232Brent2,49366.1%113 (4.5%)
233Stevenage69166.1%9 (1.3%)
234Newport1,36266%20 (1.5%)
235Powys2,61865.9%66 (2.5%)
236Hull City2,28765.8%105 (4.6%)
237Sutton1,32965.8%40 (3%)
238Lichfield88765.6%11 (1.2%)
239Southend-On-Sea1,48065.5%48 (3.2%)
240Richmond-Upon-Thames1,57865.4%33 (2.1%)
241Huntingdonshire1,52765.4%23 (1.5%)
242Torfaen78465.4%28 (3.6%)
243Rushmoor70665.3%26 (3.7%)
244Tower Hamlets3,17265%158 (5%)
245Southwark3,29964.9%73 (2.2%)
246Wandsworth2,89764.9%86 (3%)
247Neath Port Talbot1,19364.9%45 (3.8%)
248South Oxfordshire1,26164.8%23 (1.8%)
249Westminster5,71264.6%348 (6.1%)
250Kingston-Upon-Thames1,43664.6%47 (3.3%)
251Rugby92864.5%49 (5.3%)
252Bexley1,77064.4%56 (3.2%)
253Bridgend1,36764.4%20 (1.5%)
254Ceredigion1,08864.4%40 (3.7%)
255Windsor and Maidenhead1,62864.3%39 (2.4%)
256Pembrokeshire2,28164.2%37 (1.6%)
257Surrey Heath68864.1%11 (1.6%)
258North East Lincolnshire1,72464%33 (1.9%)
259Oadby and Wigston40763.9%2 (0.5%)
260Woking77963.7%29 (3.7%)
261Bradford4,65963.6%153 (3.3%)
262Bristol4,48263.4%71 (1.6%)
263West Northamptonshire4,05863.3%88 (2.2%)
264Thurrock1,31063.3%22 (1.7%)
265York2,16563.2%65 (3%)
266Burnley88063.2%22 (2.5%)
267Stockport2,73663.1%40 (1.5%)
268Vale of Glamorgan1,32162.9%21 (1.6%)
269Torbay1,51662.8%43 (2.8%)
270Bromsgrove74562.8%4 (0.5%)
271Derby City2,28462.4%72 (3.2%)
272Rhondda Cynon Taf2,02661.6%53 (2.6%)
273Epsom and Ewell56161.5%3 (0.5%)
274Isle of Wight1,70161.2%41 (2.4%)
275Tendring1,30261.1%53 (4.1%)
276Cardiff3,48061%114 (3.3%)
277Coventry3,10160.5%56 (1.8%)
278East Staffordshire1,20460.5%47 (3.9%)
279Swansea2,44260.4%51 (2.1%)
280Havering2,02160.4%69 (3.4%)
281Southampton1,71259.9%47 (2.7%)
282Islington2,59159.8%132 (5.1%)
283Basingstoke and Deane1,29559.8%19 (1.5%)
284Hackney2,44858.7%102 (4.2%)
285Salford2,09058.6%105 (5%)
286Wiltshire4,21558.2%53 (1.3%)
287Rochdale1,90058.1%111 (5.8%)
288Blackburn1,31257.9%113 (8.6%)
289Wychavon1,09757.9%12 (1.1%)
290Derbyshire Dales91357.9%38 (4.2%)
291Hyndburn76057.6%22 (2.9%)
292Manchester6,42257.5%245 (3.8%)
293Sandwell2,71257.5%100 (3.7%)
294Leeds7,41057.4%89 (1.2%)
295Croydon3,15857.4%132 (4.2%)
296Hounslow2,33757.4%55 (2.4%)
297Reigate and Banstead1,10457.4%39 (3.5%)
298Hillingdon2,23757.3%161 (7.2%)
299Reading1,50357%89 (5.9%)
300Norwich City1,57356.8%26 (1.7%)
301Caerphilly1,55356.6%63 (4.1%)
302Redditch48256.6%6 (1.2%)
303Worcester City83056%8 (1%)
304Redbridge2,15855.7%124 (5.7%)
305Knowsley81955.6%65 (7.9%)
306Lambeth2,64455.5%149 (5.6%)
307Wyre1,03155.1%48 (4.7%)
308Birmingham10,12354.9%875 (8.6%)
309Malvern Hills71854.9%11 (1.5%)
310Portsmouth1,80054.3%126 (7%)
311Merthyr Tydfil58454.3%11 (1.9%)
312Slough1,01753%40 (3.9%)
313Enfield2,39352.4%206 (8.6%)
314Bolton2,41551.8%191 (7.9%)
315Wyre Forest75251.7%18 (2.4%)
316Luton1,69250.6%53 (3.1%)
317Lewisham2,48250.4%67 (2.7%)
318Barnet2,88250.1%132 (4.6%)
319Dudley2,67350.1%86 (3.2%)
320Harrow1,90350.1%96 (5%)
321Liverpool4,57749.5%264 (5.8%)
322Walsall2,18749.2%119 (5.4%)
323Wigan2,58248.4%188 (7.3%)
324Ealing3,73348.1%397 (10.6%)
325Waltham Forest1,97847.7%217 (11%)
326Camden4,26046.4%261 (6.1%)
327Barking and Dagenham1,45945.6%102 (7%)
328Newham2,65944.6%342 (12.9%)
329Blaenau Gwent67044.5%37 (5.5%)

Food businesses rated per month

2024-08: 7,162 food businesses2024-09: 9,314 food businesses2024-10: 10,905 food businesses2024-11: 11,071 food businesses2024-12: 7,589 food businesses2025-01: 13,961 food businesses2025-02: 15,343 food businesses2025-03: 17,606 food businesses2025-04: 11,947 food businesses2025-05: 14,178 food businesses2025-06: 15,731 food businesses2025-07: 16,241 food businesses2025-08: 13,789 food businesses2025-09: 19,449 food businesses2025-10: 18,871 food businesses2025-11: 18,859 food businesses2025-12: 13,126 food businesses2026-01: 19,608 food businesses2026-02: 20,506 food businesses2026-03: 24,144 food businesses2026-04: 15,390 food businesses2026-05: 16,410 food businesses2026-06: 18,802 food businesses2026-07: 15,929 food businesses2026-08: 4,165 food businesses2024-082024-122025-042025-082025-122026-042026-084,165
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