Statistics

Food hygiene statistics for England

How England rates for food hygiene, built from official Food Standards Agency open data across 298 local authorities.

499,509food businesses listed

439,406with a 0–5 rating

78.1%rated 5 (Very Good)

0.2%rated 0 (Urgent)

4.64average rating

298local authorities

Rating distribution in England

How England’s 439,406 rated food businesses are spread across the 0–5 Food Hygiene Rating scale.

Very Good343,355

Good57,803

Generally Satisfactory24,583

Improvement Necessary6,652

Major Improvement Necessary6,167

Urgent Improvement Necessary846

Local authorities in England

The 298 authorities that inspect food businesses in England, largest first, with the share of businesses rated 5 (Very Good).

Local authority	Region	Businesses	% rated 5	Avg
Birmingham	West Midlands	10,140	56.1%	4.29
Leeds	Yorkshire and Humberside	7,361	58.0%	4.67
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	7,048	76.0%	4.78
Manchester	North West	6,340	58.0%	4.5
Somerset	South West	6,063	79.6%	4.83
Westminster	London	5,658	64.2%	4.46
Cornwall	South West	5,310	83.6%	4.76
Dorset	South West	5,095	74.6%	4.94
Sheffield	Yorkshire and Humberside	4,867	67.5%	4.6
Bradford	Yorkshire and Humberside	4,624	63.3%	4.56
Durham	North East	4,620	66.6%	4.63
Buckinghamshire	South East	4,600	69.7%	4.72
Liverpool	North West	4,520	50.2%	4.38
Bristol	South West	4,466	63.1%	4.65
Camden	London	4,310	46.2%	4.24
Wiltshire	South West	4,171	57.1%	4.7
West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	4,057	63.2%	4.63
Kirklees	Yorkshire and Humberside	3,817	70.2%	4.61
Ealing	London	3,646	48.5%	4.17
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	3,509	73.6%	4.82
Northumberland	North East	3,471	80.5%	4.87
Leicester City	East Midlands	3,365	66.3%	4.52
Southwark	London	3,206	66.8%	4.58
Westmorland and Furness	North West	3,160	75.9%	4.81
Tower Hamlets	London	3,158	65.3%	4.54
East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	3,152	79.4%	4.76
Croydon	London	3,145	57.7%	4.48
Shropshire	West Midlands	3,111	80.8%	4.82
North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	3,080	77.6%	4.77
Coventry	West Midlands	3,079	60.6%	4.66
Cheshire East	North West	3,075	79.5%	4.83
Wakefield	Yorkshire and Humberside	3,044	69.6%	4.7
Brighton and Hove	South East	3,011	74.9%	4.74
Nottingham City	East Midlands	3,009	80.0%	4.83
Cheshire West and Chester	North West	2,972	71.6%	4.68
Wandsworth	London	2,894	64.6%	4.63
Barnet	London	2,863	49.6%	4.38
Doncaster	Yorkshire and Humberside	2,821	66.0%	4.53
Cumberland	North West	2,748	76.0%	4.77
Stockport	North West	2,729	63.5%	4.73
Newcastle Upon Tyne	North East	2,696	70.0%	4.55
Newham	London	2,664	45.4%	3.96
Dudley	West Midlands	2,660	50.5%	4.4
Sandwell	West Midlands	2,652	58.9%	4.46
Lambeth	London	2,635	56.1%	4.36
Hackney	London	2,618	55.8%	4.45
Wigan	North West	2,562	49.0%	4.19
Islington	London	2,535	60.3%	4.39
East Suffolk	East Counties	2,532	78.8%	4.79
Milton Keynes	South East	2,507	70.0%	4.68
Brent	London	2,479	66.8%	4.57
Bromley	London	2,454	67.5%	4.66
Lewisham	London	2,437	51.3%	4.42
Greenwich	London	2,388	70.0%	4.69
Bolton	North West	2,378	50.9%	4.18
Sefton	North West	2,376	75.3%	4.77
Enfield	London	2,356	52.7%	4.25
Wirral	North West	2,325	69.0%	4.57
Sunderland	North East	2,316	70.4%	4.74
Derby City	East Midlands	2,302	62.6%	4.56
Stoke-On-Trent	West Midlands	2,279	64.9%	4.65
Hull City	Yorkshire and Humberside	2,267	66.0%	4.57
Hounslow	London	2,262	59.5%	4.58
Hillingdon	London	2,256	57.4%	4.32
East Lindsey	East Midlands	2,255	85.2%	4.82
Trafford	North West	2,192	73.2%	4.68
Walsall	West Midlands	2,192	46.8%	4.25
Rotherham	Yorkshire and Humberside	2,171	82.1%	4.83
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	2,159	71.1%	4.56
Redbridge	London	2,141	54.8%	4.35
York	Yorkshire and Humberside	2,140	63.4%	4.6
Medway	South East	2,124	74.3%	4.71
Salford	North West	2,087	58.0%	4.41
South Gloucestershire	South West	2,078	66.7%	4.75
Havering	London	2,036	57.7%	4.58
Kensington and Chelsea	London	2,007	80.2%	4.83
Waltham Forest	London	1,989	47.8%	3.99
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,979	71.2%	4.65
Peterborough City	East Counties	1,960	78.7%	4.83
Haringey	London	1,953	74.7%	4.66
Oldham	North West	1,939	65.0%	4.56
Calderdale	Yorkshire and Humberside	1,905	67.7%	4.59
Barnsley	Yorkshire and Humberside	1,901	70.9%	4.7
Rochdale	North West	1,882	57.1%	4.47
Harrow	London	1,867	50.9%	4.38
Bath and North East Somerset	South West	1,848	67.9%	4.57
Portsmouth	South East	1,816	54.3%	4.37
City of London Corporation	London	1,804	82.0%	4.8
Plymouth City	South West	1,794	71.1%	4.61
Bexley	London	1,757	65.9%	4.55
Herefordshire	West Midlands	1,750	69.8%	4.67
North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	1,737	63.7%	4.75
Central Bedfordshire	East Counties	1,717	67.4%	4.66
West Suffolk	East Counties	1,713	78.6%	4.86
Southampton	South East	1,706	59.0%	4.5
Luton	East Counties	1,685	50.2%	4.41
Blackpool	North West	1,683	79.0%	4.66
Isle of Wight	South East	1,679	62.5%	4.56
Warrington	North West	1,679	69.2%	4.58
North Somerset	South West	1,667	69.6%	4.65
Bedford	East Counties	1,662	72.3%	4.73
Canterbury City	South East	1,660	69.9%	4.67
Colchester	East Counties	1,653	73.0%	4.82
Tameside	North West	1,651	71.6%	4.57
Swindon	South West	1,630	72.6%	4.74
Preston	North West	1,627	71.2%	4.68
Gateshead	North East	1,625	71.8%	4.75
Chelmsford	East Counties	1,600	83.1%	4.88
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	1,594	65.7%	4.69
New Forest	South East	1,567	72.8%	4.69
Norwich City	East Counties	1,560	56.9%	4.53
East Devon	South West	1,557	70.4%	4.74
Stockton On Tees	North East	1,556	86.4%	4.93
Richmond-Upon-Thames	London	1,555	65.0%	4.58
Oxford City	South East	1,548	77.2%	4.8
Thanet	South East	1,546	90.9%	4.93
Huntingdonshire	East Counties	1,528	63.4%	4.6
Merton	London	1,527	67.7%	4.73
Reading	South East	1,518	57.8%	4.38
Torbay	South West	1,517	61.2%	4.65
North Norfolk	East Counties	1,507	83.5%	4.8
North Tyneside	North East	1,497	82.8%	4.79
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East Counties	1,496	80.5%	4.83
Southend-On-Sea	East Counties	1,491	65.3%	4.52
Charnwood	East Midlands	1,488	70.2%	4.69
North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	1,472	72.7%	4.66
Cambridge City	East Counties	1,465	68.1%	4.67
North Devon	South West	1,464	76.0%	4.73
Maidstone	South East	1,459	77.4%	4.72
Telford and Wrekin Council	West Midlands	1,456	78.6%	4.75
Barking and Dagenham	London	1,433	46.3%	4.18
Chichester	South East	1,432	86.9%	4.92
Kingston-Upon-Thames	London	1,427	66.2%	4.57
Solihull	West Midlands	1,395	70.8%	4.62
Warwick	West Midlands	1,395	79.3%	4.84
Basildon	East Counties	1,383	67.4%	4.68
East Hertfordshire	East Counties	1,380	70.6%	4.77
Mid Sussex	South East	1,371	75.1%	4.71
St Helens	North West	1,367	66.8%	4.53
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	1,364	78.3%	4.79
Wealden	South East	1,355	75.1%	4.71
Arun	South East	1,337	75.4%	4.74
Teignbridge	South West	1,320	78.6%	4.83
Cherwell	South East	1,319	73.1%	4.69
South Cambridgeshire	East Counties	1,318	79.8%	4.81
Blackburn	North West	1,309	55.8%	4.32
Sutton	London	1,296	66.9%	4.56
Horsham	South East	1,294	80.8%	4.85
Thurrock	East Counties	1,288	64.4%	4.59
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	1,284	74.6%	4.76
Basingstoke and Deane	South East	1,283	60.6%	4.65
Tendring	East Counties	1,281	60.4%	4.46
Braintree	East Counties	1,263	77.2%	4.78
Breckland	East Counties	1,263	80.4%	4.78
Dacorum	East Counties	1,260	67.9%	4.69
Ashford	South East	1,259	82.4%	4.85
West Berkshire	South East	1,253	74.3%	4.77
South Oxfordshire	South East	1,246	64.9%	4.57
Redcar and Cleveland	North East	1,232	86.9%	4.91
Swale	South East	1,226	80.0%	4.74
Bury	North West	1,220	67.9%	4.55
East Staffordshire	West Midlands	1,199	62.2%	4.56
Dover	South East	1,196	74.2%	4.71
South Kesteven	East Midlands	1,177	77.7%	4.73
Winchester City	South East	1,169	82.9%	4.86
Lancaster City	North West	1,164	73.5%	4.69
St Albans City	East Counties	1,163	70.6%	4.67
Middlesbrough	North East	1,152	75.3%	4.7
Guildford	South East	1,139	71.7%	4.75
Ipswich	East Counties	1,137	88.0%	4.93
Wokingham	South East	1,137	75.8%	4.69
Stafford	West Midlands	1,133	67.2%	4.7
Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	1,124	80.3%	4.77
West Oxfordshire	South East	1,123	84.6%	4.92
North Hertfordshire	East Counties	1,115	70.5%	4.68
South Hams	South West	1,112	69.2%	4.86
Lincoln City	East Midlands	1,108	84.8%	4.88
South Norfolk	East Counties	1,106	74.7%	4.76
Great Yarmouth	East Counties	1,105	65.5%	4.48
Elmbridge	South East	1,103	68.2%	4.6
Cotswold	South West	1,102	85.6%	4.91
Wychavon	West Midlands	1,102	56.9%	4.72
Exeter City	South West	1,101	78.6%	4.81
Amber Valley	East Midlands	1,099	72.3%	4.74
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	1,093	89.8%	4.96
Reigate and Banstead	South East	1,091	60.6%	4.53
Cheltenham	South West	1,086	84.2%	4.86
Test Valley	South East	1,080	79.5%	4.85
Tunbridge Wells	South East	1,077	79.9%	4.75
Stroud	South West	1,070	73.4%	4.69
Waverley	South East	1,069	70.6%	4.65
Dartford	South East	1,062	66.5%	4.65
Gloucester City	South West	1,060	78.3%	4.73
Epping Forest	East Counties	1,057	71.5%	4.74
Havant	South East	1,048	74.7%	4.89
East Hampshire	South East	1,046	76.8%	4.78
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	1,044	72.9%	4.7
South Tyneside	North East	1,043	68.9%	4.61
Eastbourne	South East	1,040	76.4%	4.78
Wyre	North West	1,039	54.2%	4.38
Vale of White Horse	South East	1,037	73.3%	4.73
Worthing	South East	1,023	73.9%	4.71
Rother	South East	1,022	85.8%	4.83
Slough	South East	1,001	53.0%	4.38
Watford	East Counties	991	69.0%	4.72
North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	984	65.1%	4.7
Chorley	North West	976	77.3%	4.83
North Kesteven	East Midlands	973	88.1%	4.92
Newcastle-Under-Lyme	West Midlands	972	80.3%	4.78
Eastleigh	South East	971	71.9%	4.68
Rugby	West Midlands	967	61.7%	4.49
Lewes	South East	966	77.0%	4.76
Broadland	East Counties	956	82.2%	4.82
Chesterfield	East Midlands	953	79.8%	4.81
Sevenoaks	South East	951	69.7%	4.67
Crawley	South East	947	77.6%	4.84
Ashfield	East Midlands	946	70.6%	4.57
West Lancashire	North West	940	70.2%	4.67
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	934	71.5%	4.71
Erewash	East Midlands	927	80.3%	4.83
Hastings	South East	927	80.2%	4.84
Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	915	73.8%	4.79
Darlington	North East	912	82.4%	4.84
Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	907	76.1%	4.73
Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	904	58.4%	4.43
Halton	North West	900	68.6%	4.57
Mansfield	East Midlands	894	79.8%	4.79
High Peak	East Midlands	892	81.7%	4.83
Babergh	East Counties	883	79.3%	4.77
Burnley	North West	879	62.7%	4.57
West Lindsey	East Midlands	874	68.4%	4.7
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	865	79.2%	4.76
Lichfield	West Midlands	859	68.6%	4.65
South Derbyshire	East Midlands	858	73.2%	4.81
Broxbourne	East Counties	844	72.0%	4.87
Fylde	North West	841	75.6%	4.78
Mid Suffolk	East Counties	840	73.9%	4.77
Worcester City	West Midlands	839	55.3%	4.7
Cannock Chase	West Midlands	837	73.4%	4.79
Hertsmere	East Counties	837	69.3%	4.71
Gedling	East Midlands	836	78.0%	4.87
Broxtowe	East Midlands	825	66.2%	4.66
South Ribble	North West	823	83.8%	4.9
Gravesham	South East	821	80.4%	4.84
Uttlesford	East Counties	820	71.3%	4.84
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	808	80.5%	4.8
Pendle	North West	807	66.9%	4.49
Knowsley	North West	800	56.1%	4.36
Forest of Dean	South West	797	81.2%	4.94
Mole Valley	South East	795	81.6%	4.86
South Holland	East Midlands	794	75.9%	4.8
Tewkesbury	South West	792	83.1%	4.8
Harborough	East Midlands	788	86.4%	4.91
East Cambridgeshire	East Counties	787	73.7%	4.72
Fareham	South East	787	78.3%	4.8
Mid Devon	South West	784	75.1%	4.74
Bracknell Forest	South East	783	74.1%	4.76
Spelthorne	South East	775	69.7%	4.67
Torridge	South West	775	73.9%	4.75
Hartlepool	North East	772	86.5%	4.88
Woking	South East	769	63.2%	4.47
Hyndburn	North West	762	58.5%	4.47
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	754	52.8%	4.58
Brentwood	East Counties	752	72.9%	4.74
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	751	62.6%	4.73
Welwyn Hatfield	East Counties	749	67.7%	4.72
Bolsover	East Midlands	746	79.6%	4.77
South Staffordshire	West Midlands	738	80.8%	4.79
Malvern Hills	West Midlands	708	54.9%	4.68
Fenland	East Counties	705	87.7%	4.88
Tandridge	South East	705	80.0%	4.85
Rochford	East Counties	700	69.1%	4.7
Rushmoor	South East	700	64.6%	4.55
Rossendale	North West	697	74.5%	4.77
Stevenage	East Counties	694	67.2%	4.81
Runnymede	South East	690	73.6%	4.74
Blaby	East Midlands	681	73.0%	4.74
Harlow	East Counties	680	72.8%	4.72
Maldon	East Counties	679	76.1%	4.8
Surrey Heath	South East	675	67.0%	4.65
North Warwickshire	West Midlands	669	75.8%	4.69
Ribble Valley	North West	648	77.2%	4.83
Hart	South East	643	76.1%	4.81
Three Rivers	East Counties	638	73.8%	4.77
Boston	East Midlands	636	79.9%	4.79
West Devon	South West	634	72.2%	4.76
Gosport	South East	595	81.9%	4.76
Epsom and Ewell	South East	570	59.7%	4.69
Tamworth	West Midlands	553	75.8%	4.79
Melton	East Midlands	541	73.2%	4.77
Castle Point	East Counties	536	84.3%	4.88
Redditch	West Midlands	492	56.3%	4.59
Adur	South East	467	80.7%	4.8
Rutland	East Midlands	457	75.3%	4.79
Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	400	65.3%	4.75
Isles of Scilly	South West	131	68.7%	4.87
Hull and Goole Port	Yorkshire and Humberside	5	100.0%	5
River Tees	North East	3	100.0%	5

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