UK Food Hygiene Rankings

Which towns and councils have the highest and lowest food hygiene ratings? Rankings based on average rating across all inspected establishments.

635,226

Establishments rated

4.6/5

National average

61%

Rated 5 stars

Highest rated towns (top 50)


1	Thornhill	5.00	100%	54
2	Berrow and Brean	5.00	100%	60
3	Wishaw	5.00	100%	86
4	Egglescliffe	5.00	100%	64
5	Linwood	5.00	100%	60
6	Burnham-on-Sea	5.00	100%	140
7	Penwortham	4.99	99%	93
8	Lydney	4.98	98%	77
9	Ingleby Barwick	4.98	98%	60
10	Verwood	4.98	98%	51
11	Hillsborough	4.98	98%	53
12	Retford	4.97	98%	212
13	Yarm	4.97	98%	76
14	Loftus	4.96	96%	54
15	Sherborne	4.96	97%	123
16	Dorchester (Dorset)	4.96	97%	270
17	St Ives (Cornwall)	4.96	96%	140
18	Poynton	4.95	96%	89
19	Worksop	4.95	96%	282
20	Ramsgate	4.95	97%	401
21	Dolgellau	4.94	96%	60
22	Emsworth	4.94	94%	83
23	Knutsford	4.94	95%	121
24	Wombourne	4.94	94%	71
25	Camborne	4.94	95%	97
26	Dawlish	4.94	95%	116
27	Longton	4.94	95%	70
28	Thornaby-on-Tees	4.93	95%	183
29	Weymouth	4.93	95%	727
30	Fortuneswell	4.93	95%	61
31	Yeovil	4.93	94%	367
32	Burton End	4.93	93%	56
33	Grange-Over-Sands	4.93	93%	64
34	Blandford Forum	4.93	96%	125
35	Burton Latimer	4.93	93%	58
36	Ferndown	4.93	94%	88
37	Padstow	4.93	93%	56
38	Stoke Gifford	4.93	94%	75
39	Hexham	4.92	93%	159
40	Aintree	4.92	94%	63
41	Millom	4.92	94%	56
42	Moira	4.92	92%	56
43	Gillingham (Dorset)	4.92	95%	82
44	Wells-Next-the-Sea	4.92	92%	68
45	West Moors	4.92	94%	54
46	Desborough	4.92	92%	54
47	Formby	4.92	95%	153
48	Kinver	4.92	92%	53
49	Dartmouth	4.92	94%	107
50	Broadstairs	4.92	94%	250

Lowest rated towns (bottom 50)


1	Ince-In-Makerfield	3.67	29%	65
2	Rhymney	3.83	40%	53
3	Newham	3.87	47%	2,503
4	Waltham Forest	3.94	49%	1,977
5	Atherton	3.98	45%	181
6	Farnworth	4.00	43%	209
7	Leigh (Wigan)	4.01	46%	381
8	Tyldesley	4.03	48%	91
9	Brynmawr	4.05	38%	67
10	Bolton (Bolton)	4.06	52%	1,364
11	Walsall	4.07	54%	694
12	Ebbw Vale	4.07	42%	152
13	Tredegar	4.08	48%	137
14	Ealing	4.09	55%	3,109
15	Barking and Dagenham	4.10	52%	1,187
16	Wigan	4.10	51%	679
17	Little Lever	4.11	46%	63
18	Brierfield	4.12	54%	63
19	Hindley	4.12	47%	131
20	Rhondda	4.13	51%	101
21	Huyton With Roby	4.13	54%	240
22	Pendlebury and Clifton	4.13	53%	106
23	Nelson (Pendle)	4.14	56%	248
24	Cleveleys	4.14	60%	83
25	Darlaston	4.14	50%	135
26	Rushall and Shelfield	4.14	57%	52
27	Bloxwich	4.16	52%	302
28	Warmsworth	4.18	60%	68
29	Ashbourne	4.18	59%	97
30	Blackwood	4.19	56%	131
31	Ashton-In-Makerfield	4.19	53%	180
32	Risca	4.19	50%	125
33	Hay-on-Wye	4.20	55%	61
34	Enfield	4.20	56%	2,216
35	Fleetwood	4.20	59%	221
36	Willenhall	4.21	55%	301
37	Birmingham	4.21	62%	9,267
38	Camden	4.21	58%	4,319
39	Blackburn (Blackburn With Darwen)	4.22	64%	957
40	Dudley (Dudley)	4.23	55%	505
41	Golborne	4.24	50%	127
42	Sedgley	4.24	52%	179
43	Abersychan	4.24	58%	50
44	Hillingdon	4.25	62%	2,154
45	Abertillery	4.25	50%	85
46	Farncombe	4.25	62%	55
47	Smethwick	4.25	57%	384
48	Frinton-on-Sea	4.25	56%	58
49	Standish	4.26	55%	80
50	Llanidloes	4.27	58%	62

Highest rated councils (top 20)


1	River Tees	5.00	100%	4
2	Hull and Goole Port	5.00	100%	5
3	Bassetlaw	4.96	98%	1,113
4	Forest of Dean	4.94	95%	816
5	Dorset	4.94	95%	5,207
6	Wrexham	4.94	96%	1,219
7	Thanet	4.93	95%	1,585
8	Stockton On Tees	4.93	95%	1,586
9	Ipswich	4.92	95%	1,170
10	North Kesteven	4.92	93%	995
11	Chichester	4.92	94%	1,501
12	West Oxfordshire	4.92	94%	1,156
13	Cotswold	4.91	93%	1,144
14	Redcar and Cleveland	4.91	94%	1,286
15	Harborough	4.91	93%	822
16	South Ribble	4.90	94%	855
17	Lisburn and Castlereagh City	4.90	92%	1,035
18	Mid and East Antrim	4.90	92%	1,199
19	Lincoln City	4.89	93%	1,126
20	Havant	4.89	91%	1,071

Lowest rated councils (bottom 20)


1	Newham	3.93	49%	2,868
2	Waltham Forest	4.00	51%	2,118
3	Ealing	4.15	58%	3,726
4	Bolton	4.17	55%	2,475
5	Blaenau Gwent	4.18	49%	678
6	Barking and Dagenham	4.18	55%	1,492
7	Wigan	4.19	54%	2,612
8	Camden	4.22	59%	4,515
9	Enfield	4.25	59%	2,661
10	Walsall	4.25	58%	2,307
11	Birmingham	4.28	65%	10,645
12	Hillingdon	4.30	64%	2,336
13	Reading	4.32	63%	1,906
14	Blackburn	4.33	68%	1,399
15	Redbridge	4.35	66%	2,212
16	Lambeth	4.35	61%	2,814
17	Portsmouth	4.36	65%	1,935
18	Knowsley	4.37	65%	823
19	Barnet	4.37	60%	3,036
20	Merthyr Tydfil	4.37	57%	617

Most improved towns (last 90 days)

#	Town	Net change	Up	Down	Places
1	Bolton (Bolton)	+50	18	2	1,364
2	Camden	+44	15	1	4,319
3	Newham	+38	12	0	2,503
4	Kingston upon Thames	+30	9	0	1,249
5	Enfield	+29	11	1	2,216
6	Birmingham	+26	49	38	9,267
7	Portsmouth	+25	8	0	1,695
8	Brighton and Hove	+24	7	0	2,850
9	Sunderland	+23	11	1	1,363
10	Eastbourne	+22	12	6	1,577
11	Waltham Forest	+19	7	0	1,977
12	Chester	+19	6	0	914
13	Cardiff	+19	6	0	2,980
14	Liverpool	+18	4	0	4,462
15	City of Westminster	+18	9	0	5,455
16	Tower Hamlets	+18	10	2	3,207
17	Barnet	+17	8	0	2,389
18	Lambeth	+16	7	3	2,486
19	Barking and Dagenham	+16	7	0	1,187
20	Newcastle upon Tyne	+15	5	0	2,443

Most declined towns (last 90 days)

#	Town	Net change	Up	Down	Places
1	Bletchley	0	2	1	333
2	Wroughton	0	2	2	41
3	Watchet	1	2	2	40
4	Williton	1	2	1	33
5	Lewisham	1	4	3	2,109
6	Wandsworth	2	2	2	2,782
7	Crigglestone and Durkar	2	2	1	24
8	Lincoln	3	2	1	1,005
9	Bridgwater	3	2	2	345
10	Stockport	3	2	1	943
11	Northampton	3	8	7	1,735
12	Croydon	4	3	0	2,518
13	Kensington and Chelsea	4	9	8	1,782
14	Newport (Newport)	5	3	0	954
15	Dartford	5	3	0	471
16	Swindon (Swindon)	5	32	30	1,047
17	Redbridge	6	3	0	1,702
18	Southwark	6	4	0	3,150
19	Prestwich	6	3	1	188
20	Swansea	6	3	0	1,530

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How we calculate the rankings

Rankings are based on the average food hygiene rating across all inspected establishments in each town or council area. Only towns with at least 50 rated establishments are included to ensure statistical significance.

Ratings follow the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) scale of 0–5, where 5 is “very good” and 0 means “urgent improvement necessary”. Scottish establishments using the FHIS (Pass/Fail) scheme are excluded from numeric averages.

The 5-star percentage shows what proportion of rated establishments in each area achieved the highest possible score. Rankings are updated daily as new inspection data becomes available from the Food Standards Agency.

The “Most improved” and “Most declined” sections track changes over the last 90 days using HygieneScout's daily rating snapshots — unique data that the FSA does not publish. Towns need at least 3 rating changes and 20 establishments to qualify.