UK Food Hygiene Rankings

615,393 establishments

Best and worst performers across UK councils, food chains, and business types. Ratings run from 0 to 5, where 5 is the highest. Find the highest-rated food businesses near you, free on the App Store.

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Food Chains Average Ratings

Lowest Rated Food Chains

#	Chain	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	Dixy Chicken	3.7 / 5	41%	153
2	Costcutter	4.2 / 5	48%	601
3	Budgens	4.4 / 5	62%	282
4	Chicken Cottage	4.4 / 5	62%	73
5	Kaspa's Desserts	4.4 / 5	59%	54
6	Londis	4.4 / 5	58%	1,462
7	Best Western	4.6 / 5	63%	43
8	Caffè Nero	4.6 / 5	66%	609
9	SPAR	4.7 / 5	64%	1,500
10	ibis Hotels	4.7 / 5	68%	65
11	Frankie & Benny's	4.7 / 5	69%	32
12	Morrisons	4.7 / 5	70%	1,877
13	Crowne Plaza	4.8 / 5	71%	31
14	Holiday Inn	4.8 / 5	77%	264
15	Subway	4.8 / 5	75%	2,117
16	Pizza Hut	4.8 / 5	75%	465
17	Honest Burgers	4.8 / 5	84%	38
18	Brewer's Fayre	4.8 / 5	75%	56
19	TGI Friday's	4.8 / 5	52%	46
20	Bella Italia	4.8 / 5	77%	77

Highest Rated Food Chains

#	Chain	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	itsu	5 / 5	95%	82
2	Five Guys	5 / 5	93%	185
3	Wagamama	5 / 5	91%	169
4	Domino's Pizza	5 / 5	90%	1,282
5	Wetherspoons	5 / 5	97%	62
6	Aldi	5 / 5	89%	1,062
7	ASK Italian	5 / 5	94%	47
8	Nando's	5 / 5	91%	488
9	All Bar One	5 / 5	84%	44
10	Waitrose	5 / 5	95%	497
11	M&S Food	5 / 5	88%	688
12	Zizzi	5 / 5	92%	133
13	Gail's Bakery	5 / 5	95%	64
14	Starbucks	5 / 5	85%	1,400
15	Greggs	5 / 5	84%	2,713
16	McDonald's	5 / 5	89%	1,517
17	Pizza Express	5 / 5	92%	340
18	Lidl	5 / 5	86%	1,052
19	Sainsbury's	5 / 5	88%	1,609
20	Travelodge	4.9 / 5	81%	464

Business Types by Average Rating

All FSA business types ranked by average rating.

#	Business Type	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	Schools, Colleges & Universities	4.9 / 5	81%	36,205
2	Farmers & Growers	4.9 / 5	40%	2,744
3	Other Catering Premises	4.8 / 5	69%	74,749
4	Hospitals, Childcare & Caring Premises	4.8 / 5	74%	43,525
5	Mobile Caterers	4.8 / 5	71%	31,029
6	Supermarkets & Hypermarkets	4.8 / 5	78%	16,015
7	Hotels, B&Bs & Guest Houses	4.8 / 5	64%	14,905
8	Manufacturers & Packers	4.8 / 5	56%	12,107
9	Distributors & Transporters	4.8 / 5	48%	4,649
10	Importers & Exporters	4.7 / 5	41%	884
11	Pubs, Bars & Nightclubs	4.7 / 5	68%	51,329
12	Restaurants, Cafes & Canteens	4.6 / 5	65%	142,062
13	Other Retailers	4.5 / 5	53%	120,882
14	Takeaways & Sandwich Shops	4.3 / 5	52%	64,308

Postcode Areas Average Ratings

Postcode outward areas (e.g. SW1A). Minimum 50 establishments and 30 FHRS-rated (0–5 star) to qualify.

Worst Rated Postcode Areas

#	Postcode Area	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	E13	3.4 / 5	29%	343
2	E12	3.5 / 5	34%	244
3	B11	3.6 / 5	41%	411
4	E7	3.7 / 5	37%	357
5	UB2	3.7 / 5	40%	301
6	B8	3.7 / 5	38%	349
7	E10	3.7 / 5	40%	428
8	IG11	3.7 / 5	36%	397
9	B19	3.8 / 5	39%	296
10	B5	3.8 / 5	47%	470
11	E6	3.8 / 5	39%	523
12	UB1	3.8 / 5	39%	375
13	B9	3.8 / 5	40%	217
14	B21	3.8 / 5	39%	257
15	UB3	3.8 / 5	44%	332
16	L7	3.9 / 5	37%	210
17	E17	3.9 / 5	44%	801
18	B10	3.9 / 5	46%	269
19	M46	3.9 / 5	40%	161
20	W9	3.9 / 5	44%	209

Best Rated Postcode Areas

#	Postcode Area	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	TA8	5 / 5	90%	196
2	M90	5 / 5	79%	114
3	BT26	5 / 5	91%	56
4	BH17	5 / 5	87%	101
5	DT10	5 / 5	79%	111
6	DN22	5 / 5	93%	272
7	CT12	5 / 5	95%	137
8	PR26	5 / 5	85%	73
9	SY12	5 / 5	93%	61
10	CA6	5 / 5	88%	94
11	TS16	5 / 5	90%	62
12	IP29	5 / 5	83%	59
13	DT1	5 / 5	77%	266
14	GL17	5 / 5	83%	77
15	TR26	5 / 5	97%	172
16	CT7	5 / 5	93%	88
17	TS17	5 / 5	91%	247
18	TS8	5 / 5	89%	87
19	BT42	5 / 5	76%	251
20	LL41	4.9 / 5	89%	82

Councils Average Ratings

Councils with fewer than 500 rated establishments excluded.

Councils with the Lowest Average Ratings

#	Local Authority	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	Newham	3.9 / 5	46%	2,712
2	Waltham Forest	4 / 5	49%	2,061
3	Ealing	4.2 / 5	50%	3,616
4	Barking and Dagenham	4.2 / 5	49%	1,402
5	Bolton	4.2 / 5	53%	2,372
6	Wigan	4.2 / 5	50%	2,556
7	Blaenau Gwent	4.2 / 5	46%	669
8	Camden	4.2 / 5	48%	4,336
9	Enfield	4.2 / 5	55%	2,518
10	Walsall	4.3 / 5	50%	2,270
11	Birmingham	4.3 / 5	56%	10,202
12	Hillingdon	4.3 / 5	59%	2,261
13	Blackburn	4.3 / 5	60%	1,339
14	Reading	4.3 / 5	57%	1,630
15	Portsmouth	4.3 / 5	57%	1,873
16	Lambeth	4.3 / 5	57%	2,707
17	Harrow	4.4 / 5	53%	1,877
18	Barnet	4.4 / 5	52%	2,869
19	Redbridge	4.4 / 5	58%	2,114
20	Liverpool	4.4 / 5	52%	4,544

Councils with the Highest Average Ratings

#	Local Authority	Avg Rating	% Rated 5	Establishments
1	Bassetlaw	5 / 5	91%	1,118
2	Forest of Dean	4.9 / 5	84%	795
3	Dorset	4.9 / 5	77%	5,094
4	Thanet	4.9 / 5	94%	1,540
5	Wrexham	4.9 / 5	93%	1,237
6	Stockton On Tees	4.9 / 5	89%	1,575
7	West Oxfordshire	4.9 / 5	87%	1,136
8	Ipswich	4.9 / 5	92%	1,130
9	North Kesteven	4.9 / 5	90%	987
10	Chichester	4.9 / 5	89%	1,466
11	Cotswold	4.9 / 5	88%	1,117
12	Redcar and Cleveland	4.9 / 5	90%	1,245
13	Lisburn and Castlereagh City	4.9 / 5	85%	1,024
14	South Ribble	4.9 / 5	87%	835
15	Mid and East Antrim	4.9 / 5	82%	1,183
16	Harborough	4.9 / 5	84%	831
17	Havant	4.9 / 5	77%	1,048
18	Lincoln City	4.9 / 5	88%	1,116
19	Castle Point	4.9 / 5	87%	526
20	Chelmsford	4.9 / 5	86%	1,628

Slowest Inspection Cadence

How long ago food businesses were last inspected by the FSA, ranked by council. Higher numbers mean inspections are less frequent.

#	Local Authority	Average time since last inspection	Longest gap without a new inspection
1	Highland	7.4 years	20.5 years
2	Fife	6.4 years	20.6 years
3	Dumfries and Galloway	6.2 years	12.3 years
4	Aberdeen City	6.2 years	19.9 years
5	Argyll and Bute	5.5 years	19.2 years
6	Glasgow City	5.1 years	20.4 years
7	East Lothian	5.1 years	17.2 years
8	Aberdeenshire	4.5 years	20.6 years
9	Birmingham	4.1 years	20.3 years
10	Stirling	4 years	19.1 years
11	North Kesteven	4 years	19.9 years
12	Edinburgh (City of)	3.9 years	20.6 years
13	Liverpool	3.9 years	14.1 years
14	Scottish Borders	3.9 years	11 years
15	Rochford	3.7 years	15.2 years
16	North Devon	3.6 years	20.6 years
17	South Lanarkshire	3.5 years	10.4 years
18	East Hertfordshire	3.5 years	20.5 years
19	Dudley	3.5 years	19 years
20	Denbighshire	3.5 years	13.8 years

Most Unrated Establishments

Establishments awaiting their first FSA inspection or awaiting publication of results.

#	Local Authority	% Awaiting	Awaiting	Total
1	Liverpool	22.4%	1,018	4,544
2	Stevenage	19.7%	137	694
3	Epsom and Ewell	18.1%	108	598
4	Pembrokeshire	18.0%	417	2,314
5	Coventry	17.4%	532	3,057
6	Leeds	16.6%	1,212	7,300
7	Camden	16.3%	707	4,336
8	North East Lincolnshire	16.2%	285	1,762
9	Luton	15.0%	258	1,719
10	West Northamptonshire	14.8%	589	3,978
11	Uttlesford	14.7%	123	836
12	Manchester	14.0%	909	6,492
13	Windsor and Maidenhead	13.2%	215	1,631
14	North West Leicestershire	12.7%	124	977
15	Oadby and Wigston	12.6%	50	398
16	Walsall	12.4%	281	2,270
17	Hounslow	11.3%	255	2,258
18	Lewisham	11.2%	278	2,485
19	Bristol	11.0%	497	4,522
20	Harrow	10.9%	205	1,877

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