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Independent data report · generated 6 September 2026

UK food hygiene ratings by town

Explore active published records across 73 Check Food Hygiene discovery areas. This is a transparent view of inspection-rating distributions—not a ranking of the cleanest, safest or best places to eat.

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439,263active records in this view
67.8%carry a current rating of 5
3.1%carry a current rating below 3

How to read this report

Each percentage uses active records currently assigned to a Check Food Hygiene area. The rating-5 share is the number of records rated 5 divided by all active records in that area, including awaiting-inspection or exempt records where present.

Start with an individual establishment and its inspection date. Follow its official record before making an important decision.

Why this is not a league table

Establishment mix, inspection timing, feed updates and geographic grouping vary. A high share does not guarantee an individual business, while a lower share does not prove a destination or council is less safe.

Ratings do not measure flavour, value, service or the overall customer experience.

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Current area distributions

Aberystwyth68.1% rated 51,453 rating-5 records2.7% below 32,133 active records
Bangor81.8% rated 52,313 rating-5 records1.4% below 32,829 active records
Bath67.7% rated 52,560 rating-5 records1.7% below 33,783 active records
Belfast70.7% rated 53,917 rating-5 records1.4% below 35,542 active records
Birmingham56.7% rated 58,703 rating-5 records6.9% below 315,340 active records
Blackpool74.8% rated 53,370 rating-5 records2.3% below 34,504 active records
Bolton56.7% rated 54,431 rating-5 records6.4% below 37,808 active records
Bournemouth74.1% rated 54,583 rating-5 records0.9% below 36,188 active records
Bradford66.4% rated 56,297 rating-5 records3% below 39,479 active records
Brighton75.1% rated 55,681 rating-5 records1.8% below 37,560 active records
Bristol68.2% rated 55,936 rating-5 records1.5% below 38,700 active records
Bromley60.1% rated 510,257 rating-5 records5% below 317,056 active records
Burslem68.6% rated 5367 rating-5 records3.6% below 3535 active records
Cambridge73.2% rated 53,373 rating-5 records2.1% below 34,608 active records
Canterbury79% rated 55,397 rating-5 records1.7% below 36,833 active records
Cardiff62.8% rated 56,117 rating-5 records2.9% below 39,742 active records
Chelmsford72% rated 57,879 rating-5 records2.2% below 310,946 active records
Cheltenham79% rated 53,128 rating-5 records1.4% below 33,962 active records
Chester73.6% rated 51,349 rating-5 records3% below 31,834 active records
Colchester74.8% rated 52,443 rating-5 records1.3% below 33,265 active records
Coventry68.6% rated 54,804 rating-5 records2.3% below 37,005 active records
Croydon64.2% rated 56,610 rating-5 records3.5% below 310,303 active records
Darlington80.8% rated 51,512 rating-5 records1.2% below 31,871 active records
Derby63.6% rated 53,097 rating-5 records3.4% below 34,866 active records
Derry74.9% rated 52,507 rating-5 records1% below 33,346 active records
Doncaster71.3% rated 53,437 rating-5 records3.3% below 34,823 active records
Durham69.5% rated 52,432 rating-5 records1.3% below 33,498 active records
Exeter73.2% rated 53,981 rating-5 records2.2% below 35,437 active records
Fenton72.6% rated 5170 rating-5 records1.7% below 3234 active records
Guildford66.6% rated 55,981 rating-5 records3.4% below 38,977 active records
Hanley72.2% rated 552 rating-5 records4.2% below 372 active records
Hull71.2% rated 55,397 rating-5 records3.1% below 37,583 active records
Ipswich77.3% rated 52,721 rating-5 records2.4% below 33,522 active records
Lancaster76.2% rated 53,472 rating-5 records1.5% below 34,557 active records
Leeds60.6% rated 56,092 rating-5 records1.9% below 310,057 active records
Leicester69.7% rated 54,254 rating-5 records3% below 36,104 active records
Lincoln79.9% rated 52,710 rating-5 records1.6% below 33,390 active records
Lisburn77.6% rated 52,058 rating-5 records1.3% below 32,652 active records
Liverpool57.7% rated 55,360 rating-5 records4.6% below 39,286 active records
London60.9% rated 529,461 rating-5 records5.5% below 348,357 active records
Longton72.2% rated 5855 rating-5 records1.8% below 31,184 active records
Luton65.3% rated 56,327 rating-5 records2% below 39,694 active records
Manchester62.9% rated 511,114 rating-5 records4.2% below 317,666 active records
Mansfield77.6% rated 52,362 rating-5 records2.7% below 33,043 active records
Middlesbrough82.2% rated 53,822 rating-5 records1.2% below 34,651 active records
Milton Keynes73% rated 53,072 rating-5 records1.5% below 34,208 active records
Newcastle upon Tyne73.5% rated 55,580 rating-5 records2.3% below 37,589 active records
Newcastle-under-Lyme77.6% rated 51,190 rating-5 records2.5% below 31,533 active records
Newport64.1% rated 52,812 rating-5 records2.3% below 34,387 active records
Newry77.6% rated 51,886 rating-5 records1% below 32,430 active records
Northampton68.5% rated 53,121 rating-5 records2.8% below 34,555 active records
Norwich70.9% rated 54,426 rating-5 records2.4% below 36,247 active records
Nottingham75.4% rated 54,085 rating-5 records2% below 35,420 active records
Oxford75.5% rated 52,822 rating-5 records1.9% below 33,739 active records
Peterborough76.7% rated 54,007 rating-5 records1.5% below 35,224 active records
Plymouth78.9% rated 55,483 rating-5 records2.1% below 36,946 active records
Portsmouth68.6% rated 54,092 rating-5 records3.3% below 35,969 active records
Preston73.8% rated 52,728 rating-5 records1.5% below 33,695 active records
Reading65.7% rated 54,188 rating-5 records3.1% below 36,374 active records
Sheffield71.5% rated 56,406 rating-5 records2.6% below 38,958 active records
Shrewsbury73.1% rated 51,854 rating-5 records3% below 32,535 active records
Southampton69% rated 53,628 rating-5 records2.3% below 35,261 active records
Stafford69.2% rated 51,198 rating-5 records1.3% below 31,730 active records
Stoke67.2% rated 5166 rating-5 records2% below 3247 active records
Sunderland70.5% rated 52,697 rating-5 records2.2% below 33,827 active records
Swansea66.3% rated 55,387 rating-5 records2.1% below 38,120 active records
Swindon72% rated 52,075 rating-5 records1.6% below 32,881 active records
Tunstall74.2% rated 51,125 rating-5 records2.5% below 31,517 active records
Warrington62.4% rated 53,561 rating-5 records4.8% below 35,706 active records
Wolverhampton61.2% rated 54,127 rating-5 records4.3% below 36,747 active records
Worcester62.4% rated 52,042 rating-5 records1.7% below 33,270 active records
Wrexham85.2% rated 51,940 rating-5 records1% below 32,276 active records
York66.9% rated 52,037 rating-5 records3.2% below 33,047 active records

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Check Food Hygiene, “UK Food Hygiene Ratings by Town”, generated 6 September 2026, checkfoodhygiene.co.uk/reports/food-hygiene-by-town.

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Source: Food Standards Agency ratings service. Area groupings are Check Food Hygiene discovery areas, not official local-authority boundaries.

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What the two measures mean

“Rated 5” counts records whose current published rating is exactly 5. “Below 3” counts current ratings of 0, 1 or 2. Awaiting and exempt records are not silently treated as poor ratings.

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