UK Food Hygiene Map
Explore food hygiene ratings for restaurants, takeaways, cafés, pubs and other food businesses across the UK. Search for an establishment or zoom into the interactive map below to see the latest available food hygiene rating, or switch to Compare areas to see how local authorities stack up against each other.
Data last updated: 30 October 2026
Best & Worst UK Areas for Food Hygiene 2026
Figures correct as of the Food Standards Agency data sync on 30 October 2026. Feel free to cite, embed or link to this page.
A good review tells you the food was tasty. A food hygiene rating tells you what an inspector found when they looked behind the kitchen door, and that picture changes a lot depending on where you are.
Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, roughly 79% of rated food businesses hold the top score of 5 (“Very Good”). In the best-performing area, that rises to almost 98%. In the lowest, it's fewer than half.
To find out where standards are highest, Should I Eat Here ranked 329 local authorities using the Food Standards Agency's own published ratings. Between them, they cover around 489,373 numerically rated restaurants, takeaways, cafés, pubs and other food businesses. We compared each area on its average rating and the share of businesses scoring a 5, then broke the results down by nation, by city and for London.
Key facts
- The best areas for food hygiene are Bassetlaw, Dorset, Stockton On Tees, Thanet and Cotswold.
- The worst areas for food hygiene are Newham, Waltham Forest, Ealing, Bolton and Wigan.
- A 2.0x gap: 97.7% of rated businesses in Bassetlaw have a 5, about 2.0 times the share in Newham (48.6%).
- London dominates the bottom of the table. 6 of the 10 lowest-scoring areas are London boroughs, and only 2 of London's 33 local authorities make the top 100.
- Northern Ireland leads the three nations ranked here, with around 84% of rated businesses on a 5, ahead of England (78%) and Wales (76%).
- The UK's biggest food scene ranks near the bottom. Birmingham has more rated businesses than anywhere else (8,603) but ranks 320th of 329.
Main findings
No. 1 = best food hygiene. Ties (areas sharing the same average to two decimal places) are broken by the larger rated-business sample, then alphabetically — see methodology below.
Top 10 best-rated areas
| # | Area | Avg rating | Rated 5 | Rated businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bassetlaw | 4.96 | 97.7% | 1,003 |
| 2 | Dorset | 4.94 | 95.4% | 4,056 |
| 3 | Stockton On Tees | 4.94 | 95.8% | 1,453 |
| 4 | Thanet | 4.93 | 95.6% | 1,538 |
| 5 | Cotswold | 4.93 | 94.1% | 1,027 |
| 6 | West Oxfordshire | 4.93 | 94.9% | 1,016 |
| 7 | Redcar and Cleveland | 4.92 | 94.1% | 1,145 |
| 8 | Ipswich | 4.92 | 94.6% | 1,044 |
| 9 | Isles of Scilly | 4.92 | 93.3% | 105 |
| 10 | Wrexham | 4.91 | 94.7% | 1,184 |
Top 10 worst-rated areas
| # | Area | Avg rating | Rated 5 | Rated businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329 | Newham | 3.95 | 48.6% | 2,449 |
| 328 | Waltham Forest | 3.97 | 50.5% | 1,863 |
| 327 | Ealing | 4.15 | 57.3% | 3,206 |
| 326 | Bolton | 4.21 | 57.3% | 2,203 |
| 325 | Wigan | 4.21 | 54.6% | 2,335 |
| 324 | Barking and Dagenham | 4.22 | 56.1% | 1,238 |
| 323 | Blaenau Gwent | 4.24 | 50.3% | 591 |
| 322 | Camden | 4.24 | 58.6% | 3,357 |
| 321 | Enfield | 4.25 | 59.4% | 2,156 |
| 320 | Birmingham | 4.26 | 63.7% | 8,603 |
Share of businesses rated 5
Highest
- 1. Bassetlaw97.7%
- 2. Stockton On Tees95.8%
- 3. Thanet95.6%
- 4. Dorset95.4%
- 5. West Oxfordshire94.9%
Lowest
- 329. Newham48.6%
- 328. Blaenau Gwent50.3%
- 327. Waltham Forest50.5%
- 326. Wigan54.6%
- 325. Barking and Dagenham56.1%
Best vs worst: 2.0x difference (Bassetlaw vs Newham).
Biggest food scenes
Best- and worst-ranked among the 10 areas with the most rated businesses.
Best-ranked
- Somerset (5,549) — rank 48
- North Yorkshire (6,283) — rank 96
- Cornwall (5,350) — rank 113
Worst-ranked
- Birmingham (8,603) — rank 320
- Westminster (5,344) — rank 290
- Manchester (5,251) — rank 284
In-depth look at the best areas for food hygiene
Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw is the best area in the UK for food hygiene, and it isn't especially close. Its average rating of 4.96 is the highest of any local authority in the ranking, and 97.7% of its 1,003 rated food businesses hold a 5, also the highest share anywhere.
Put another way, just 23 of Bassetlaw's rated businesses fall short of the top score. In Newham, at the other end of the table, it's more than half.
Dorset
Dorset ranks second, with an average of 4.94 and 95.4% of businesses rated 5. What makes that result stand out is scale. Dorset has 4,056 rated food businesses — far more than any other area near the top of the table.
2 areas share that 4.94 average: Dorset and Stockton On Tees. The gap between them comes down to their share of 5s and sample size, which is why the table above orders them by both.
Best in Wales and Northern Ireland
Wrexham is the top-rated area in Wales, ranked 10th overall, with an average of 4.91 and 94.7% of businesses rated 5. Mid and East Antrim leads Northern Ireland, ranked 11th overall, with an average of 4.91 and 93% rated 5.
How the nations, cities and London compare
By nation
| Nation | Areas ranked | Rated businesses | Rated 5 | Best area | Worst area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 15,504 | around 84% | Mid and East Antrim (11) | Belfast City (244) |
| England | 296 | 443,346 | around 78% | Bassetlaw (1) | Newham (329) |
| Wales | 22 | 30,523 | around 76% | Wrexham (10) | Blaenau Gwent (323) |
Every one of Northern Ireland's 11 council areas finishes inside the top 250, and its lowest-ranked area is Belfast, its biggest city. Wales and Northern Ireland are also the two nations where businesses are legally required to display their rating (since 2013 and 2016 respectively) — in England, display is still voluntary.
London vs the rest of the UK
| Areas | Rated businesses | Rated 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 33 | 71,717 | around 68% |
| Rest of England, Wales and NI | 296 | 417,656 | around 80% |
London's best performer is Kensington and Chelsea (50th), followed by City of London Corporation (100th) and Merton (125th). 17 of the 50 lowest-ranked areas in the whole table are London boroughs.
Major cities
| # | Area | Avg rating | Rated 5 | Rated businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Nottingham | 4.83 | 89.8% | 2,661 |
| 202 | Leeds | 4.67 | 75.2% | 5,598 |
| 210 | Bristol | 4.66 | 76.3% | 3,744 |
| 232 | Sheffield | 4.62 | 74.8% | 4,414 |
| 244 | Belfast | 4.59 | 72.7% | 2,906 |
| 260 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 4.57 | 76.4% | 2,549 |
| 284 | Manchester | 4.51 | 71.3% | 5,251 |
| 274 | Cardiff | 4.54 | 70.5% | 3,027 |
| 314 | Liverpool | 4.34 | 65.1% | 3,355 |
| 320 | Birmingham | 4.26 | 63.7% | 8,603 |
Nottingham is the clear outlier among the UK's big cities. It's the only one in the top 100, sitting 153 places above Leeds, the next-best.
What the rankings show
An area's average only means as much as the sample behind it. A 4.94 average across 4,056 rated businesses, as in Dorset, reflects thousands of individual inspections. A similar average from an area nearer this ranking's minimum of 50 rated businesses rests on a much smaller sample, so read it with a bit more caution. Isles of Scilly (9th, with 105 rated businesses) is the clearest example here.
Many of the highest-scoring areas are rural or semi-rural district councils, including Dorset, Stockton On Tees, Thanet, Cotswold and West Oxfordshire. They sit alongside larger towns such as Redcar and Cleveland, Ipswich, Isles of Scilly and Wrexham, so this isn't simply a countryside-versus-town split.
The lower end leans towards dense, urban authorities. Newham, Waltham Forest, Ealing, Bolton, Wigan and Barking and Dagenham (mostly London boroughs) are among the lowest scorers, alongside Blaenau Gwent, Camden, Enfield and Birmingham. That's worth reading as a pattern rather than a verdict on any one borough. Busy urban areas tend to have a larger mix of independent takeaways and small kitchens, which may be more likely to pick up a lower score on a given inspection. But no single explanation fits every area — Blaenau Gwent, far from London in every sense, sits on the same list.
None of this means a specific restaurant in a lower-scoring area is unsafe, or that every business in a top-ranked area is spotless. Each area's average counts every FHRS-rated business equally, whatever its size or type, so it smooths out a lot of individual variation. A business that's had a poor inspection and is waiting for a re-visit can sit in the same borough as dozens of long-established 5-rated regulars.
If you're checking somewhere specific, use this ranking as a starting point, not a substitute. Every business on Should I Eat Here has its own page showing its current rating, the date of its latest inspection and its rating history where available — that's the figure that matters before you book a table or order in. Use the map above to explore ratings street by street, or search for a business or postcode.
Detailed findings
Show the full detailed ranking — all 329 areas, with nation and rank-in-nation →
| # | Area | Nation | Rank in nation | Avg rating | Rated 5 | Rated businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bassetlaw | England | 1 | 4.96 | 97.7% | 1,003 |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 2 | 4.94 | 95.4% | 4,056 |
| 3 | Stockton On Tees | England | 3 | 4.94 | 95.8% | 1,453 |
| 4 | Thanet | England | 4 | 4.93 | 95.6% | 1,538 |
| 5 | Cotswold | England | 5 | 4.93 | 94.1% | 1,027 |
| 6 | West Oxfordshire | England | 6 | 4.93 | 94.9% | 1,016 |
| 7 | Redcar and Cleveland | England | 7 | 4.92 | 94.1% | 1,145 |
| 8 | Ipswich | England | 8 | 4.92 | 94.6% | 1,044 |
| 9 | Isles of Scilly | England | 9 | 4.92 | 93.3% | 105 |
| 10 | Wrexham | Wales | 1 | 4.91 | 94.7% | 1,184 |
| 11 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 1 | 4.91 | 93% | 1,023 |
| 12 | North Kesteven | England | 10 | 4.91 | 93.1% | 909 |
| 13 | Forest of Dean | England | 11 | 4.91 | 93.4% | 695 |
| 14 | Chichester | England | 12 | 4.90 | 94.2% | 1,362 |
| 15 | South Ribble | England | 13 | 4.90 | 94.7% | 742 |
| 16 | Broxbourne | England | 14 | 4.90 | 92.2% | 689 |
| 17 | Tandridge | England | 15 | 4.90 | 94.4% | 622 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | England | 16 | 4.89 | 93.4% | 1,016 |
| 19 | Lisburn and Castlereagh City | Northern Ireland | 2 | 4.89 | 91.6% | 861 |
| 20 | Mole Valley | England | 17 | 4.89 | 93.8% | 692 |
| 21 | Northumberland | England | 18 | 4.88 | 91% | 3,156 |
| 22 | Chelmsford | England | 19 | 4.88 | 91.9% | 1,459 |
| 23 | Cheltenham | England | 20 | 4.88 | 89.9% | 1,017 |
| 24 | Gedling | England | 21 | 4.88 | 92.4% | 712 |
| 25 | Horsham | England | 22 | 4.87 | 90.6% | 1,167 |
| 26 | South Hams | England | 23 | 4.87 | 90.9% | 864 |
| 27 | Havant | England | 24 | 4.87 | 90.7% | 860 |
| 28 | Fenland | England | 25 | 4.87 | 92.5% | 676 |
| 29 | Castle Point | England | 26 | 4.87 | 91.8% | 476 |
| 30 | Colchester | England | 27 | 4.86 | 90.7% | 1,401 |
| 31 | Hartlepool | England | 28 | 4.86 | 89.8% | 737 |
| 32 | Harborough | England | 29 | 4.86 | 90.2% | 714 |
| 33 | Boston | England | 30 | 4.86 | 91.8% | 600 |
| 34 | Gwynedd | Wales | 2 | 4.85 | 90.4% | 1,973 |
| 35 | Mid Ulster | Northern Ireland | 3 | 4.85 | 89% | 1,299 |
| 36 | Ashford | England | 31 | 4.85 | 89.5% | 1,170 |
| 37 | Crawley | England | 32 | 4.85 | 90.1% | 838 |
| 38 | High Peak | England | 33 | 4.85 | 88.9% | 837 |
| 39 | Anglesey | Wales | 3 | 4.85 | 90.4% | 774 |
| 40 | Gravesham | England | 34 | 4.85 | 88.5% | 772 |
| 41 | Uttlesford | England | 35 | 4.85 | 89.4% | 653 |
| 42 | Ribble Valley | England | 36 | 4.85 | 89.3% | 596 |
| 43 | Cheshire East | England | 37 | 4.84 | 89.4% | 2,825 |
| 44 | Winchester City | England | 38 | 4.84 | 88.5% | 1,090 |
| 45 | Rother | England | 39 | 4.84 | 87.8% | 1,022 |
| 46 | Darlington | England | 40 | 4.84 | 90.2% | 828 |
| 47 | Maldon | England | 41 | 4.84 | 89.7% | 593 |
| 48 | Somerset | England | 42 | 4.83 | 87.4% | 5,549 |
| 49 | Nottingham City | England | 43 | 4.83 | 89.8% | 2,661 |
| 50 | Kensington and Chelsea | England | 44 | 4.83 | 88% | 1,827 |
| 51 | Peterborough City | England | 45 | 4.83 | 88.9% | 1,787 |
| 52 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 4 | 4.83 | 88.6% | 1,599 |
| 53 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | England | 46 | 4.83 | 89% | 1,359 |
| 54 | Warwick | England | 47 | 4.83 | 89.7% | 1,247 |
| 55 | Flintshire | Wales | 4 | 4.83 | 87.7% | 1,227 |
| 56 | Teignbridge | England | 48 | 4.83 | 90.2% | 1,164 |
| 57 | Broadland | England | 49 | 4.83 | 88.7% | 921 |
| 58 | Erewash | England | 50 | 4.83 | 88.9% | 858 |
| 59 | North East Derbyshire | England | 51 | 4.83 | 87.6% | 761 |
| 60 | Stevenage | England | 52 | 4.83 | 90.3% | 493 |
| 61 | Adur | England | 53 | 4.83 | 90.6% | 425 |
| 62 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England | 54 | 4.82 | 87.8% | 2,944 |
| 63 | Shropshire | England | 55 | 4.82 | 87.9% | 2,906 |
| 64 | Westmorland and Furness | England | 56 | 4.82 | 87.6% | 2,772 |
| 65 | East Lindsey | England | 57 | 4.82 | 88.8% | 2,297 |
| 66 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 5 | 4.82 | 87.6% | 1,351 |
| 67 | South Cambridgeshire | England | 58 | 4.82 | 86.8% | 1,239 |
| 68 | Exeter City | England | 59 | 4.82 | 87.7% | 1,007 |
| 69 | Test Valley | England | 60 | 4.82 | 88% | 991 |
| 70 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 6 | 4.82 | 87.1% | 986 |
| 71 | Hastings | England | 61 | 4.82 | 91% | 857 |
| 72 | Rotherham | England | 62 | 4.81 | 88.4% | 2,003 |
| 73 | West Suffolk | England | 63 | 4.81 | 89.5% | 1,420 |
| 74 | Chesterfield | England | 64 | 4.81 | 87.1% | 879 |
| 75 | Cannock Chase | England | 65 | 4.81 | 86.3% | 724 |
| 76 | South Holland | England | 66 | 4.81 | 87.3% | 724 |
| 77 | West Devon | England | 67 | 4.81 | 86.1% | 552 |
| 78 | North Norfolk | England | 68 | 4.80 | 86.4% | 1,448 |
| 79 | Oxford City | England | 69 | 4.80 | 87.2% | 1,349 |
| 80 | Stratford-on-Avon | England | 70 | 4.80 | 86.1% | 1,278 |
| 81 | Breckland | England | 71 | 4.80 | 87.2% | 1,183 |
| 82 | East Hampshire | England | 72 | 4.80 | 85% | 991 |
| 83 | Chorley | England | 73 | 4.80 | 87% | 883 |
| 84 | Tewkesbury | England | 74 | 4.80 | 86.5% | 771 |
| 85 | Fareham | England | 75 | 4.80 | 86.2% | 725 |
| 86 | Tamworth | England | 76 | 4.80 | 86.6% | 501 |
| 87 | Rutland | England | 77 | 4.80 | 86.4% | 413 |
| 88 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 7 | 4.79 | 85.4% | 1,332 |
| 89 | Braintree | England | 78 | 4.79 | 85.1% | 1,175 |
| 90 | Folkestone and Hythe | England | 79 | 4.79 | 85.2% | 1,170 |
| 91 | Mansfield | England | 80 | 4.79 | 87.6% | 834 |
| 92 | Hinckley and Bosworth | England | 81 | 4.79 | 84.2% | 819 |
| 93 | Babergh | England | 82 | 4.79 | 87.2% | 811 |
| 94 | Fylde | England | 83 | 4.79 | 84.8% | 765 |
| 95 | Three Rivers | England | 84 | 4.79 | 83% | 570 |
| 96 | North Yorkshire | England | 85 | 4.78 | 85.9% | 6,283 |
| 97 | North Northamptonshire | England | 86 | 4.78 | 85.3% | 2,832 |
| 98 | Cumberland | England | 87 | 4.78 | 84.1% | 2,514 |
| 99 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | Northern Ireland | 8 | 4.78 | 83.6% | 1,759 |
| 100 | City of London Corporation | England | 88 | 4.78 | 87% | 1,726 |
| 101 | North Tyneside | England | 89 | 4.78 | 86.9% | 1,426 |
| 102 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 9 | 4.78 | 82.7% | 1,159 |
| 103 | East Hertfordshire | England | 90 | 4.78 | 83.8% | 1,153 |
| 104 | West Berkshire | England | 91 | 4.78 | 85.5% | 1,103 |
| 105 | South Norfolk | England | 92 | 4.78 | 85% | 1,005 |
| 106 | Eastbourne | England | 93 | 4.78 | 85.5% | 956 |
| 107 | Lewes | England | 94 | 4.78 | 85.1% | 854 |
| 108 | Staffordshire Moorlands | England | 95 | 4.78 | 85.3% | 809 |
| 109 | South Derbyshire | England | 96 | 4.78 | 85.5% | 764 |
| 110 | Mid Suffolk | England | 97 | 4.78 | 86.6% | 751 |
| 111 | South Staffordshire | England | 98 | 4.78 | 85.9% | 695 |
| 112 | Hart | England | 99 | 4.78 | 83.7% | 565 |
| 113 | Cornwall | England | 100 | 4.77 | 84.4% | 5,350 |
| 114 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 101 | 4.77 | 84.6% | 3,011 |
| 115 | Brighton and Hove | England | 102 | 4.77 | 83.4% | 2,793 |
| 116 | East Suffolk | England | 103 | 4.77 | 85.1% | 2,284 |
| 117 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 5 | 4.77 | 83.4% | 1,889 |
| 118 | Bedford | England | 104 | 4.77 | 83.8% | 1,478 |
| 119 | Swale | England | 105 | 4.77 | 84.2% | 1,205 |
| 120 | Newark and Sherwood | England | 106 | 4.77 | 85.9% | 1,066 |
| 121 | Bolsover | England | 107 | 4.77 | 85.4% | 694 |
| 122 | Harlow | England | 108 | 4.77 | 83.2% | 618 |
| 123 | Gosport | England | 109 | 4.77 | 86% | 572 |
| 124 | Sefton | England | 110 | 4.76 | 84% | 2,137 |
| 125 | Merton | England | 111 | 4.76 | 82.6% | 1,281 |
| 126 | Arun | England | 112 | 4.76 | 84.1% | 1,217 |
| 127 | Tunbridge Wells | England | 113 | 4.76 | 83.7% | 1,034 |
| 128 | Epping Forest | England | 114 | 4.76 | 84.8% | 919 |
| 129 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | England | 115 | 4.76 | 85.9% | 835 |
| 130 | Bracknell Forest | England | 116 | 4.76 | 83% | 699 |
| 131 | Sunderland | England | 117 | 4.75 | 83.9% | 1,928 |
| 132 | Gateshead | England | 118 | 4.75 | 81.5% | 1,437 |
| 133 | Swindon | England | 119 | 4.75 | 83.8% | 1,437 |
| 134 | Maidstone | England | 120 | 4.75 | 83.2% | 1,401 |
| 135 | Telford and Wrekin Council | England | 121 | 4.75 | 85.2% | 1,356 |
| 136 | South Kesteven | England | 122 | 4.75 | 83.9% | 1,127 |
| 137 | Gloucester City | England | 123 | 4.75 | 82.4% | 1,029 |
| 138 | Newcastle-Under-Lyme | England | 124 | 4.75 | 86.3% | 911 |
| 139 | Watford | England | 125 | 4.75 | 81.4% | 864 |
| 140 | Melton | England | 126 | 4.75 | 85% | 473 |
| 141 | East Devon | England | 127 | 4.74 | 84.3% | 1,319 |
| 142 | Guildford | England | 128 | 4.74 | 80.7% | 1,008 |
| 143 | Brentwood | England | 129 | 4.74 | 83% | 693 |
| 144 | Torridge | England | 130 | 4.74 | 85% | 688 |
| 145 | Mid Devon | England | 131 | 4.74 | 85.6% | 686 |
| 146 | Blaby | England | 132 | 4.74 | 83.2% | 591 |
| 147 | Oadby and Wigston | England | 133 | 4.74 | 82.4% | 336 |
| 148 | Buckinghamshire | England | 134 | 4.73 | 81.2% | 4,076 |
| 149 | South Gloucestershire | England | 135 | 4.73 | 83.2% | 1,752 |
| 150 | Conwy | Wales | 6 | 4.73 | 82.2% | 1,456 |
| 151 | Windsor and Maidenhead | England | 136 | 4.73 | 82.7% | 1,329 |
| 152 | North East Lincolnshire | England | 137 | 4.73 | 83.2% | 1,277 |
| 153 | Vale of White Horse | England | 138 | 4.73 | 81.8% | 970 |
| 154 | North West Leicestershire | England | 139 | 4.73 | 83.3% | 822 |
| 155 | Rushcliffe | England | 140 | 4.73 | 83.7% | 805 |
| 156 | Wiltshire | England | 141 | 4.72 | 81.6% | 2,993 |
| 157 | Stockport | England | 142 | 4.72 | 81.2% | 2,125 |
| 158 | Medway | England | 143 | 4.72 | 80.6% | 1,970 |
| 159 | New Forest | England | 144 | 4.72 | 81.5% | 1,446 |
| 160 | North Devon | England | 145 | 4.72 | 83.5% | 1,346 |
| 161 | Wealden | England | 146 | 4.72 | 78.6% | 1,343 |
| 162 | Cherwell | England | 147 | 4.72 | 80.9% | 1,226 |
| 163 | Dacorum | England | 148 | 4.72 | 78.8% | 1,145 |
| 164 | Denbighshire | Wales | 7 | 4.72 | 81.9% | 993 |
| 165 | Stroud | England | 149 | 4.72 | 82.2% | 986 |
| 166 | Amber Valley | England | 150 | 4.72 | 79.7% | 956 |
| 167 | Eastleigh | England | 151 | 4.72 | 85.1% | 861 |
| 168 | Wychavon | England | 152 | 4.72 | 81.6% | 779 |
| 169 | Bromsgrove | England | 153 | 4.72 | 80.4% | 582 |
| 170 | Wokingham | England | 154 | 4.71 | 81.2% | 1,056 |
| 171 | Middlesbrough | England | 155 | 4.71 | 85% | 1,018 |
| 172 | Stafford | England | 156 | 4.71 | 78.7% | 963 |
| 173 | West Lindsey | England | 157 | 4.71 | 84.3% | 705 |
| 174 | East Cambridgeshire | England | 158 | 4.71 | 83% | 700 |
| 175 | Welwyn Hatfield | England | 159 | 4.71 | 78.1% | 661 |
| 176 | Runnymede | England | 160 | 4.71 | 82.1% | 608 |
| 177 | Preston | England | 161 | 4.70 | 79.3% | 1,483 |
| 178 | Cambridge City | England | 162 | 4.70 | 78.8% | 1,306 |
| 179 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 10 | 4.70 | 76.1% | 1,229 |
| 180 | Basildon | England | 163 | 4.70 | 81% | 1,197 |
| 181 | Dover | England | 164 | 4.70 | 82% | 1,110 |
| 182 | Tonbridge and Malling | England | 165 | 4.70 | 79.5% | 983 |
| 183 | Sevenoaks | England | 166 | 4.70 | 80.8% | 876 |
| 184 | West Lancashire | England | 167 | 4.70 | 79.5% | 826 |
| 185 | Wakefield | England | 168 | 4.69 | 78.5% | 2,650 |
| 186 | Milton Keynes | England | 169 | 4.69 | 78% | 2,340 |
| 187 | Greenwich | England | 170 | 4.69 | 79.3% | 2,119 |
| 188 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 8 | 4.69 | 78.9% | 1,879 |
| 189 | Charnwood | England | 171 | 4.69 | 80.1% | 1,344 |
| 190 | Mid Sussex | England | 172 | 4.69 | 81.5% | 1,258 |
| 191 | Newport | Wales | 9 | 4.69 | 78.4% | 1,138 |
| 192 | North Hertfordshire | England | 173 | 4.69 | 78.9% | 1,016 |
| 193 | Worthing | England | 174 | 4.69 | 80.4% | 946 |
| 194 | Hertsmere | England | 175 | 4.69 | 80.1% | 753 |
| 195 | Spelthorne | England | 176 | 4.69 | 79.5% | 691 |
| 196 | North Warwickshire | England | 177 | 4.69 | 80.2% | 632 |
| 197 | Malvern Hills | England | 178 | 4.69 | 80.2% | 510 |
| 198 | Barnsley | England | 179 | 4.68 | 82.4% | 1,629 |
| 199 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 10 | 4.68 | 78.6% | 992 |
| 200 | Worcester City | England | 180 | 4.68 | 78.1% | 612 |
| 201 | Rochford | England | 181 | 4.68 | 83.2% | 577 |
| 202 | Leeds | England | 182 | 4.67 | 75.2% | 5,598 |
| 203 | Cheshire West and Chester | England | 183 | 4.67 | 80.5% | 2,693 |
| 204 | Coventry | England | 184 | 4.67 | 78.4% | 2,364 |
| 205 | Blackpool | England | 185 | 4.67 | 79.7% | 1,681 |
| 206 | North Somerset | England | 186 | 4.67 | 76% | 1,562 |
| 207 | Lancaster City | England | 187 | 4.67 | 78% | 1,099 |
| 208 | Surrey Heath | England | 188 | 4.67 | 78.2% | 593 |
| 209 | Epsom and Ewell | England | 189 | 4.67 | 77.3% | 445 |
| 210 | Bristol | England | 190 | 4.66 | 76.3% | 3,744 |
| 211 | Trafford | England | 191 | 4.66 | 80.7% | 2,014 |
| 212 | Stoke-On-Trent | England | 192 | 4.66 | 79.2% | 1,921 |
| 213 | Haringey | England | 193 | 4.66 | 78% | 1,844 |
| 214 | Herefordshire | England | 194 | 4.66 | 77.4% | 1,578 |
| 215 | Canterbury City | England | 195 | 4.66 | 77.8% | 1,473 |
| 216 | North Lincolnshire | England | 196 | 4.66 | 79.5% | 1,361 |
| 217 | Torbay | England | 197 | 4.66 | 79.6% | 1,194 |
| 218 | St Albans City | England | 198 | 4.66 | 77.4% | 1,057 |
| 219 | Wandsworth | England | 199 | 4.65 | 79.2% | 2,429 |
| 220 | Powys | Wales | 11 | 4.65 | 75.2% | 2,290 |
| 221 | Central Bedfordshire | England | 200 | 4.65 | 75.8% | 1,534 |
| 222 | Waverley | England | 201 | 4.65 | 78.8% | 953 |
| 223 | Rossendale | England | 202 | 4.65 | 79.1% | 611 |
| 224 | Bromley | England | 203 | 4.64 | 76.6% | 2,185 |
| 225 | Hammersmith and Fulham | England | 204 | 4.64 | 77.5% | 1,834 |
| 226 | Dartford | England | 205 | 4.64 | 77.9% | 943 |
| 227 | Durham | England | 206 | 4.63 | 74.6% | 4,118 |
| 228 | West Northamptonshire | England | 207 | 4.63 | 78.5% | 3,076 |
| 229 | Huntingdonshire | England | 208 | 4.63 | 72.3% | 1,402 |
| 230 | Solihull | England | 209 | 4.63 | 79.5% | 1,271 |
| 231 | Basingstoke and Deane | England | 210 | 4.63 | 74.5% | 1,049 |
| 232 | Sheffield | England | 211 | 4.62 | 74.8% | 4,414 |
| 233 | Richmond-Upon-Thames | England | 212 | 4.62 | 74.7% | 1,410 |
| 234 | Bridgend | Wales | 12 | 4.62 | 72.7% | 1,224 |
| 235 | Broxtowe | England | 213 | 4.62 | 75.8% | 731 |
| 236 | Kirklees | England | 214 | 4.61 | 73.9% | 3,679 |
| 237 | Hull City | England | 215 | 4.61 | 79.6% | 1,942 |
| 238 | South Tyneside | England | 216 | 4.61 | 73.9% | 985 |
| 239 | Ashfield | England | 217 | 4.61 | 79.5% | 863 |
| 240 | Lichfield | England | 218 | 4.61 | 73% | 784 |
| 241 | Plymouth City | England | 219 | 4.60 | 77.2% | 1,638 |
| 242 | Thurrock | England | 220 | 4.60 | 72.6% | 1,180 |
| 243 | Ceredigion | Wales | 13 | 4.60 | 74.6% | 968 |
| 244 | Belfast City | Northern Ireland | 11 | 4.59 | 72.7% | 2,906 |
| 245 | Wirral | England | 221 | 4.59 | 73.2% | 2,216 |
| 246 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 222 | 4.59 | 73.4% | 1,733 |
| 247 | Warrington | England | 223 | 4.59 | 76.3% | 1,563 |
| 248 | South Oxfordshire | England | 224 | 4.59 | 72.8% | 1,171 |
| 249 | Wyre Forest | England | 225 | 4.59 | 73.6% | 518 |
| 250 | Redditch | England | 226 | 4.59 | 75.1% | 365 |
| 251 | Southwark | England | 227 | 4.58 | 71.6% | 3,002 |
| 252 | Hounslow | England | 228 | 4.58 | 72.3% | 1,853 |
| 253 | Sutton | England | 229 | 4.58 | 75.6% | 1,176 |
| 254 | Vale of Glamorgan | Wales | 14 | 4.58 | 71.9% | 1,148 |
| 255 | Elmbridge | England | 230 | 4.58 | 75.9% | 985 |
| 256 | Burnley | England | 231 | 4.58 | 70.2% | 811 |
| 257 | Pendle | England | 232 | 4.58 | 73.8% | 756 |
| 258 | Bradford | England | 233 | 4.57 | 72.4% | 4,114 |
| 259 | Leicester City | England | 234 | 4.57 | 75% | 3,150 |
| 260 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | England | 235 | 4.57 | 76.4% | 2,549 |
| 261 | Oldham | England | 236 | 4.57 | 76.4% | 1,707 |
| 262 | Halton | England | 237 | 4.57 | 74.7% | 817 |
| 263 | Brent | England | 238 | 4.56 | 73.6% | 2,216 |
| 264 | York | England | 239 | 4.56 | 72.9% | 1,878 |
| 265 | Tameside | England | 240 | 4.56 | 73.4% | 1,650 |
| 266 | Southend-On-Sea | England | 241 | 4.56 | 71.3% | 1,383 |
| 267 | Wolverhampton | England | 242 | 4.55 | 74.9% | 2,034 |
| 268 | Havering | England | 243 | 4.55 | 71.7% | 1,738 |
| 269 | Calderdale | England | 244 | 4.55 | 74.6% | 1,730 |
| 270 | Isle of Wight | England | 245 | 4.55 | 69.6% | 1,491 |
| 271 | Kingston-Upon-Thames | England | 246 | 4.55 | 73.2% | 1,281 |
| 272 | Torfaen | Wales | 15 | 4.55 | 71.3% | 727 |
| 273 | Rushmoor | England | 247 | 4.55 | 72.9% | 635 |
| 274 | Cardiff | Wales | 16 | 4.54 | 70.5% | 3,027 |
| 275 | Bexley | England | 248 | 4.54 | 71.3% | 1,639 |
| 276 | Norwich City | England | 249 | 4.54 | 66.6% | 1,366 |
| 277 | St Helens | England | 250 | 4.54 | 72.2% | 1,297 |
| 278 | East Staffordshire | England | 251 | 4.54 | 72.7% | 1,007 |
| 279 | Swansea | Wales | 17 | 4.53 | 69.3% | 2,120 |
| 280 | Derby City | England | 252 | 4.53 | 72.3% | 1,937 |
| 281 | Southampton | England | 253 | 4.53 | 69.7% | 1,497 |
| 282 | Doncaster | England | 254 | 4.52 | 73.4% | 2,588 |
| 283 | Reigate and Banstead | England | 255 | 4.52 | 72.2% | 871 |
| 284 | Manchester | England | 256 | 4.51 | 71.3% | 5,251 |
| 285 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Wales | 18 | 4.51 | 67.2% | 1,855 |
| 286 | Bury | England | 257 | 4.50 | 72.5% | 1,092 |
| 287 | Tower Hamlets | England | 258 | 4.49 | 71.1% | 2,876 |
| 288 | Sandwell | England | 259 | 4.49 | 67.4% | 2,339 |
| 289 | Hackney | England | 260 | 4.49 | 70.4% | 2,088 |
| 290 | Westminster | England | 261 | 4.48 | 70.5% | 5,344 |
| 291 | Rochdale | England | 262 | 4.48 | 73.5% | 1,527 |
| 292 | Great Yarmouth | England | 263 | 4.48 | 71% | 1,027 |
| 293 | Woking | England | 264 | 4.48 | 68% | 729 |
| 294 | Tendring | England | 265 | 4.47 | 66.8% | 1,183 |
| 295 | Rugby | England | 266 | 4.47 | 72% | 829 |
| 296 | Croydon | England | 267 | 4.46 | 64.4% | 2,877 |
| 297 | Lewisham | England | 268 | 4.46 | 64.3% | 2,038 |
| 298 | Neath Port Talbot | Wales | 19 | 4.45 | 67.3% | 1,150 |
| 299 | Salford | England | 269 | 4.44 | 66.1% | 1,896 |
| 300 | Derbyshire Dales | England | 270 | 4.44 | 64.5% | 832 |
| 301 | Hyndburn | England | 271 | 4.44 | 60.9% | 719 |
| 302 | Islington | England | 272 | 4.42 | 65.1% | 2,419 |
| 303 | Caerphilly | Wales | 20 | 4.42 | 63% | 1,385 |
| 304 | Luton | England | 273 | 4.41 | 67.1% | 1,301 |
| 305 | Wyre | England | 274 | 4.41 | 63.9% | 888 |
| 306 | Dudley | England | 275 | 4.40 | 61.8% | 2,153 |
| 307 | Knowsley | England | 276 | 4.40 | 66.5% | 695 |
| 308 | Harrow | England | 277 | 4.39 | 62.1% | 1,571 |
| 309 | Barnet | England | 278 | 4.38 | 61% | 2,390 |
| 310 | Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | 21 | 4.38 | 58.5% | 533 |
| 311 | Reading | England | 279 | 4.37 | 64.9% | 1,306 |
| 312 | Slough | England | 280 | 4.37 | 61% | 889 |
| 313 | Lambeth | England | 281 | 4.35 | 62.1% | 2,454 |
| 314 | Liverpool | England | 282 | 4.34 | 65.1% | 3,355 |
| 315 | Redbridge | England | 283 | 4.34 | 66.3% | 1,828 |
| 316 | Portsmouth | England | 284 | 4.34 | 63.4% | 1,570 |
| 317 | Blackburn | England | 285 | 4.32 | 68% | 1,145 |
| 318 | Hillingdon | England | 286 | 4.31 | 63.6% | 2,003 |
| 319 | Walsall | England | 287 | 4.31 | 61.4% | 1,845 |
| 320 | Birmingham | England | 288 | 4.26 | 63.7% | 8,603 |
| 321 | Enfield | England | 289 | 4.25 | 59.4% | 2,156 |
| 322 | Camden | England | 290 | 4.24 | 58.6% | 3,357 |
| 323 | Blaenau Gwent | Wales | 22 | 4.24 | 50.3% | 591 |
| 324 | Barking and Dagenham | England | 291 | 4.22 | 56.1% | 1,238 |
| 325 | Wigan | England | 292 | 4.21 | 54.6% | 2,335 |
| 326 | Bolton | England | 293 | 4.21 | 57.3% | 2,203 |
| 327 | Ealing | England | 294 | 4.15 | 57.3% | 3,206 |
| 328 | Waltham Forest | England | 295 | 3.97 | 50.5% | 1,863 |
| 329 | Newham | England | 296 | 3.95 | 48.6% | 2,449 |
Overall rank uses the same tie-break as every other table on this page — see methodology below.
Methodology
Where this data comes from
Every rating on this map is pulled directly from the Food Standards Agency's published data, synced once a day, covering restaurants, takeaways, cafés, pubs and other food businesses across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. See the About & FAQ page for the full breakdown of where the data comes from and how it's licensed.
What the ratings mean
England, Wales and Northern Ireland use the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS), a 0-5 scale shown on the map as a coloured, numbered marker:
- Very Good
- Good
- Generally Satisfactory
- Improvement Necessary
- Major Improvement Necessary
- Urgent Improvement Necessary
Scotland uses a separate scheme, the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS), which awards Pass or Improvement Required rather than a numeric score. Scottish businesses appear on the map with their FHIS result, but Scotland isn't included in the rankings above because there's no numeric score to average.
How often it updates
The underlying data syncs daily, so the live rankings and Compare areas map can shift day to day. Rely on the “Data last updated” date at the top of this page for exactly how current the figures you're looking at are, rather than assuming they match any earlier visit.
How the ranking works
- Each local authority is ranked by its average FHRS rating (0-5) across all currently rated businesses, with every business weighted equally.
- Ties (areas sharing the same average to two decimal places) are broken by the larger rated-business sample, then alphabetically.
- “Rated 5” is the percentage of an area's rated businesses holding a 5.
- Businesses awaiting inspection, exempt, or without a numeric rating aren't counted.
- An area is only ranked once it has at least 50 numerically rated businesses, so a small sample can't produce a misleadingly perfect (or poor) result. Areas below that threshold, and all of Scotland, are shown in grey on the Compare areas map rather than omitted silently.
- Nation and London figures are calculated across every rated business in those areas combined — unlike the area ranking itself, they have no minimum-sample threshold, so larger authorities naturally carry more weight in the total.
- Nation groupings follow each local authority's location. London covers the 32 London boroughs plus the City of London Corporation. The major cities table uses the UK Core Cities group, minus Glasgow, since Scotland isn't ranked here.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data (Open Government Licence)
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, mandatory display of food hygiene ratings