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Hygiene Index

Areas

Local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranked by the share of rated food businesses on the top rating of 5. "Not inspected in 4+ years" counts rated places whose latest inspection is at least four years old.

Food hygiene ratings by local authority
AreaRatedOn 5AverageNot inspected in 4+ years
Bassetlaw99998%4.965 (1%)
Stockton On Tees1,45396%4.942 (0%)
Thanet1,52096%4.9388 (6%)
Dorset4,05595%4.94680 (17%)
Wrexham1,18095%4.9173 (6%)
Ipswich1,03795%4.92192 (19%)
Chichester1,35395%4.9125 (2%)
South Ribble73095%4.9099 (14%)
West Oxfordshire1,02895%4.92201 (20%)
Tandridge61894%4.9014 (2%)
Redcar and Cleveland1,14294%4.910 (0%)
Cotswold1,02894%4.92183 (18%)
Lincoln City1,02094%4.8837 (4%)
Forest of Dean69393%4.90148 (21%)
North Kesteven90993%4.92278 (31%)
Mid and East Antrim1,02093%4.920 (0%)
Mole Valley71593%4.8846 (6%)
Gedling71792%4.881 (0%)
Fenland67692%4.87134 (20%)
Broxbourne68992%4.907 (1%)
Castle Point47692%4.880 (0%)
Chelmsford1,45692%4.882 (0%)
Lisburn and Castlereagh City86192%4.8953 (6%)
Boston60192%4.85118 (20%)
Hastings85391%4.831 (0%)
Northumberland3,14791%4.88211 (7%)
Harborough71391%4.87114 (16%)
South Hams86491%4.870 (0%)
Havant86091%4.87108 (13%)
Crawley83891%4.8673 (9%)
Horsham1,17091%4.87180 (15%)
Darlington83190%4.846 (1%)
Anglesey77290%4.8660 (8%)
Adur42790%4.8259 (14%)
Colchester1,37090%4.8579 (6%)
Teignbridge1,16890%4.8329 (2%)
Hartlepool73790%4.860 (0%)
Nottingham City2,66090%4.83139 (5%)
Gwynedd1,95990%4.8439 (2%)
Uttlesford65390%4.855 (1%)
Warwick1,24790%4.832 (0%)
Cheltenham1,02090%4.873 (0%)
Stevenage49890%4.83107 (21%)
West Suffolk1,41690%4.81170 (12%)
Maldon59290%4.8411 (2%)
Cheshire East2,81789%4.830 (0%)
Ashford1,16789%4.85146 (13%)
Mid Ulster1,29189%4.8518 (1%)
Newry, Mourne and Down1,59889%4.8313 (1%)
Ribble Valley58289%4.8521 (4%)
King's Lynn and West Norfolk1,35289%4.82127 (9%)
Peterborough City1,78689%4.830 (0%)
Winchester City1,08989%4.8575 (7%)
East Lindsey2,28989%4.82665 (29%)
Erewash85689%4.8396 (11%)
High Peak83589%4.8487 (10%)
Gravesham77188%4.850 (0%)
Rotherham2,03388%4.82259 (13%)
Broadland91588%4.8364 (7%)
Test Valley99088%4.8260 (6%)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2,94388%4.82425 (14%)
Kensington and Chelsea1,83088%4.832 (0%)
North East Derbyshire76588%4.8368 (9%)
Mansfield83088%4.8099 (12%)
Shropshire2,89788%4.82239 (8%)
Rother1,02288%4.8491 (9%)
Flintshire1,21788%4.83116 (10%)
Exeter City1,00388%4.82107 (11%)
Causeway Coast and Glens1,34688%4.82161 (12%)
South Holland72088%4.822 (0%)
Somerset5,53087%4.83920 (17%)
Chesterfield87787%4.8166 (8%)
South Cambridgeshire1,23487%4.83169 (14%)
Breckland1,17787%4.805 (0%)
Antrim and Newtownabbey98687%4.837 (1%)
City of London Corporation1,72387%4.78236 (14%)
Oxford City1,34787%4.8035 (3%)
Babergh81087%4.79120 (15%)
North Tyneside1,41987%4.7940 (3%)
Westmorland and Furness2,79187%4.81282 (10%)
Chorley88287%4.80142 (16%)
North Norfolk1,44687%4.8169 (5%)
Tewkesbury77086%4.801 (0%)
Mid Suffolk74486%4.7893 (13%)
Cannock Chase72086%4.810 (0%)
Tamworth49986%4.7978 (16%)
Rutland41086%4.800 (0%)
Newcastle-Under-Lyme90786%4.750 (0%)
Gosport57086%4.7856 (10%)
Stratford-on-Avon1,27986%4.8044 (3%)
Newark and Sherwood1,06686%4.7862 (6%)
Fareham72486%4.8029 (4%)
West Devon55286%4.810 (0%)
South Staffordshire69486%4.7814 (2%)
North Yorkshire6,27986%4.78539 (9%)
Nuneaton and Bedworth84786%4.762 (0%)
Lewes85286%4.780 (0%)
Eastbourne95586%4.783 (0%)
East Suffolk2,28185%4.78486 (21%)
West Berkshire1,10185%4.78276 (25%)
Mid Devon67885%4.7490 (13%)
Fermanagh and Omagh1,33285%4.7948 (4%)
North Northamptonshire2,82385%4.78502 (18%)
Torridge68885%4.7590 (13%)
Bolsover68685%4.7651 (7%)
South Derbyshire76085%4.789 (1%)
Middlesbrough1,01685%4.710 (0%)
Telford and Wrekin Council1,35585%4.75153 (11%)
Melton47185%4.750 (0%)
Staffordshire Moorlands80985%4.76109 (13%)
South Norfolk1,00285%4.7724 (2%)
Folkestone and Hythe1,16485%4.78125 (11%)
Braintree1,17285%4.78120 (10%)
Eastleigh85485%4.72110 (13%)
East Hampshire99785%4.79114 (11%)
East Riding of Yorkshire3,00685%4.77295 (10%)
Epping Forest91484%4.769 (1%)
West Lindsey70584%4.7082 (12%)
Cornwall5,32484%4.77592 (11%)
East Devon1,32384%4.7588 (7%)
Fylde76584%4.7840 (5%)
Cumberland2,51284%4.78305 (12%)
Hart56684%4.8050 (9%)
Swale1,20584%4.77237 (20%)
Hinckley and Bosworth81384%4.7951 (6%)
Sunderland1,94984%4.75349 (18%)
East Hertfordshire1,15584%4.78223 (19%)
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon1,75684%4.78142 (8%)
Rushcliffe80384%4.731 (0%)
Sefton2,14284%4.76296 (14%)
Arun1,20884%4.75203 (17%)
South Kesteven1,12084%4.743 (0%)
Swindon1,43584%4.7550 (3%)
North East Lincolnshire1,27584%4.75303 (24%)
Bedford1,48084%4.76250 (17%)
Tunbridge Wells1,03784%4.76223 (22%)
Carmarthenshire1,88983%4.77563 (30%)
Rochford57883%4.70142 (25%)
Brentwood69183%4.74161 (23%)
North Devon1,33783%4.71303 (23%)
East Cambridgeshire70083%4.7294 (13%)
Three Rivers57183%4.79142 (25%)
Blaby59483%4.7469 (12%)
Harlow62383%4.77121 (19%)
South Gloucestershire1,74483%4.7449 (3%)
Bracknell Forest69883%4.76133 (19%)
Oadby and Wigston33083%4.7785 (26%)
Maidstone1,39483%4.75280 (20%)
Merton1,28083%4.762 (0%)
Brighton and Hove2,79383%4.76308 (11%)
Ards and North Down1,15983%4.783 (0%)
Windsor and Maidenhead1,33183%4.73562 (42%)
Gloucester City1,03183%4.754 (0%)
Barnsley1,63382%4.6735 (2%)
Runnymede60882%4.722 (0%)
North West Leicestershire81082%4.706 (1%)
Denbighshire99282%4.73265 (27%)
Conwy1,45182%4.73140 (10%)
Wychavon78182%4.7347 (6%)
Dover1,10582%4.69106 (10%)
Wiltshire2,99082%4.72214 (7%)
Vale of White Horse96682%4.73110 (11%)
Mid Sussex1,24382%4.69101 (8%)
Watford86582%4.75166 (19%)
Gateshead1,43181%4.759 (1%)
New Forest1,44381%4.72207 (14%)
Worthing93881%4.70139 (15%)
Stockport2,11881%4.72230 (11%)
Stroud98881%4.72149 (15%)
Cherwell1,22581%4.72147 (12%)
Buckinghamshire4,05381%4.73740 (18%)
Trafford2,00381%4.67110 (5%)
Wokingham1,05281%4.7119 (2%)
Basildon1,18981%4.6913 (1%)
Bromsgrove58381%4.7311 (2%)
Sevenoaks87381%4.6941 (5%)
North Warwickshire63180%4.6921 (3%)
Charnwood1,34080%4.7010 (1%)
Medway1,96880%4.720 (0%)
Cheshire West and Chester2,68980%4.67112 (4%)
Hertsmere74780%4.6911 (1%)
Guildford1,01080%4.733 (0%)
Torbay1,19680%4.6686 (7%)
North Lincolnshire1,35980%4.67113 (8%)
West Lancashire82980%4.7016 (2%)
Tonbridge and Malling97780%4.7045 (5%)
Blackpool1,68180%4.6738 (2%)
Greenwich2,13080%4.693 (0%)
Malvern Hills50779%4.6828 (6%)
Spelthorne69279%4.6813 (2%)
Solihull1,26279%4.6334 (3%)
Stoke-On-Trent1,91879%4.66241 (13%)
Amber Valley95679%4.7196 (10%)
Pembrokeshire1,88079%4.70491 (26%)
North Hertfordshire1,01479%4.70140 (14%)
Wandsworth2,43279%4.644 (0%)
Waverley95179%4.6615 (2%)
Hull City1,93879%4.6021 (1%)
Preston1,47979%4.706 (0%)
Rossendale61179%4.647 (1%)
Wealden1,34479%4.73106 (8%)
Newport1,13779%4.70150 (13%)
Ashfield86679%4.580 (0%)
Monmouthshire99279%4.684 (0%)
Wakefield2,64579%4.69410 (16%)
Stafford96579%4.709 (1%)
Cambridge City1,30779%4.6987 (7%)
Dacorum1,14978%4.7184 (7%)
Welwyn Hatfield65878%4.7157 (9%)
Dartford93878%4.6522 (2%)
Haringey1,84478%4.67142 (8%)
West Northamptonshire3,28978%4.63819 (25%)
Coventry2,35278%4.67318 (14%)
Worcester City60978%4.6812 (2%)
Lancaster City1,10078%4.660 (0%)
Hammersmith and Fulham1,82978%4.64110 (6%)
Milton Keynes2,31878%4.69257 (11%)
Herefordshire1,57478%4.66319 (20%)
Surrey Heath58378%4.6512 (2%)
Canterbury City1,48178%4.6644 (3%)
Plymouth City1,63678%4.61182 (11%)
Epsom and Ewell44477%4.6738 (9%)
Oldham1,69977%4.58113 (7%)
St Albans City1,05577%4.653 (0%)
Bromley2,18377%4.654 (0%)
Derry City and Strabane1,22377%4.707 (1%)
Bristol3,73876%4.6746 (1%)
Warrington1,56576%4.5929 (2%)
Elmbridge97876%4.591 (0%)
Central Bedfordshire1,53776%4.6658 (4%)
Newcastle Upon Tyne2,54276%4.5755 (2%)
North Somerset1,56476%4.670 (0%)
Broxtowe72876%4.6275 (10%)
Powys2,29175%4.65565 (25%)
Wolverhampton2,03375%4.55278 (14%)
Leeds5,61375%4.671,349 (24%)
Sutton1,17475%4.572 (0%)
Richmond-Upon-Thames1,40875%4.620 (0%)
Durham4,10775%4.64455 (11%)
Redditch36375%4.593 (1%)
Leicester City3,14075%4.57106 (3%)
Halton82075%4.5747 (6%)
Calderdale1,72775%4.560 (0%)
Sheffield4,41475%4.62494 (11%)
Ceredigion96274%4.59191 (20%)
Basingstoke and Deane1,04674%4.6222 (2%)
Tameside1,64874%4.582 (0%)
Kirklees3,68374%4.61762 (21%)
Pendle75674%4.574 (1%)
South Tyneside98874%4.61161 (16%)
Rochdale1,52574%4.498 (1%)
Brent2,21674%4.56109 (5%)
Wirral2,22973%4.58302 (14%)
Doncaster2,58473%4.5223 (1%)
Wyre Forest52373%4.5815 (3%)
Rushmoor63573%4.5615 (2%)
York1,87773%4.56457 (24%)
Bury1,08973%4.5152 (5%)
Lichfield78473%4.622 (0%)
Kingston-Upon-Thames1,28373%4.547 (1%)
East Staffordshire1,00473%4.5529 (3%)
Bath and North East Somerset1,74173%4.5818 (1%)
Belfast City2,90273%4.59337 (12%)
Reigate and Banstead86773%4.53161 (19%)
Bridgend1,22673%4.61136 (11%)
Derby City1,95172%4.54109 (6%)
St Helens1,29572%4.542 (0%)
Huntingdonshire1,39872%4.63133 (10%)
Hounslow1,85172%4.58318 (17%)
Thurrock1,18372%4.5925 (2%)
South Oxfordshire1,16772%4.58115 (10%)
Bradford4,11572%4.56569 (14%)
Vale of Glamorgan1,14772%4.58130 (11%)
Great Yarmouth1,02072%4.4915 (1%)
Havering1,73772%4.551 (0%)
Southwark3,00172%4.58251 (8%)
Torfaen72372%4.569 (1%)
Rugby83271%4.4611 (1%)
Manchester5,25171%4.51596 (11%)
Southend-On-Sea1,38371%4.5688 (6%)
Tower Hamlets2,86371%4.502 (0%)
Bexley1,63871%4.5418 (1%)
Westminster5,31271%4.48259 (5%)
Cardiff3,01571%4.53325 (11%)
Hackney2,09470%4.51219 (10%)
Burnley81170%4.58184 (23%)
Isle of Wight1,48870%4.5571 (5%)
Southampton1,49470%4.53102 (7%)
Swansea2,11869%4.53451 (21%)
Blackburn1,13868%4.3286 (8%)
Woking72568%4.470 (0%)
Neath Port Talbot1,14968%4.46257 (22%)
Sandwell2,33367%4.49396 (17%)
Rhondda Cynon Taf1,85167%4.5158 (3%)
Tendring1,18667%4.4788 (7%)
Luton1,30267%4.41176 (14%)
Norwich City1,36667%4.5493 (7%)
Redbridge1,82666%4.3565 (4%)
Knowsley69566%4.4036 (5%)
Salford1,89166%4.44228 (12%)
Liverpool3,33666%4.351,263 (38%)
Islington2,42365%4.42256 (11%)
Reading1,29865%4.381 (0%)
Derbyshire Dales83365%4.4430 (4%)
Croydon2,87365%4.46332 (12%)
Birmingham8,60664%4.282,430 (28%)
Lewisham2,04964%4.4484 (4%)
Wyre90164%4.4034 (4%)
Hillingdon2,00864%4.32274 (14%)
Portsmouth1,56663%4.34264 (17%)
Caerphilly1,40763%4.411 (0%)
Harrow1,56162%4.3923 (1%)
Lambeth2,44562%4.36364 (15%)
Dudley2,15762%4.40741 (34%)
Hyndburn71661%4.450 (0%)
Barnet2,38261%4.39253 (11%)
Slough88861%4.3870 (8%)
Walsall1,82660%4.29324 (18%)
Enfield2,14760%4.2586 (4%)
Merthyr Tydfil53359%4.394 (1%)
Camden3,35459%4.24454 (14%)
Bolton2,19558%4.22139 (6%)
Ealing3,17957%4.1521 (1%)
Barking and Dagenham1,23356%4.2124 (2%)
Wigan2,33454%4.2056 (2%)
Waltham Forest1,86251%3.980 (0%)
Blaenau Gwent59351%4.2318 (3%)
Newham2,43849%3.95106 (4%)

Smaller lists

Port health authorities and other areas with fewer than 200 rated businesses, which aren't ranked above.

Scotland

Scotland runs its own scheme, where a business passes or needs improvement, so it isn't ranked against the 0 to 5 areas above.