UK Food Hygiene Rankings — Cleanest and Dirtiest Towns

Which towns and councils have the best — and worst — food hygiene? Rankings based on average rating across all inspected establishments.

603,240

Establishments rated

4.6/5

National average

62%

Rated 5 stars

Cleanest towns (top 50)


1	Eaglescliffe	5.00	100%	53
2	Linwood	5.00	100%	58
3	Wishaw	5.00	100%	82
4	Burnham-On-Sea	5.00	100%	126
5	Retford	4.99	99%	87
6	Saffron Walden	4.98	98%	67
7	Lydney	4.98	98%	61
8	Hillsborough	4.98	98%	55
9	Ingleby Barwick	4.98	98%	53
10	Registered with local authority: Blackpool Council	4.97	97%	71
11	Yarm	4.97	98%	78
12	Ramsgate	4.96	96%	112
13	Chickerell	4.96	98%	79
14	Arnold	4.96	96%	68
15	Kingswood	4.96	96%	70
16	Holt	4.96	96%	51
17	Sherborne	4.96	97%	128
18	Highbridge	4.96	96%	55
19	Metrocentre	4.95	95%	64
20	Margate	4.95	96%	123
21	Dolgellau	4.94	96%	58
22	Broadstairs	4.94	96%	100
23	Settle	4.94	94%	57
24	Spalding Lincs	4.94	94%	58
25	Weymouth	4.94	95%	658
26	South Bank	4.94	94%	68
27	Formby	4.94	96%	153
28	Minehead	4.93	94%	138
29	Leyland	4.93	95%	112
30	Desborough	4.93	93%	58
31	Burton Latimer	4.93	93%	58
32	Bury St Edmunds	4.93	94%	221
33	Wrexham	4.93	95%	919
34	Whitley Bay	4.93	93%	72
35	Dorchester	4.93	95%	242
36	Blandford Forum	4.92	96%	117
37	Canvey Island	4.92	94%	66
38	Yeovil	4.92	93%	313
39	Rossendale	4.92	94%	266
40	Portland	4.92	96%	130
41	Lee-On-The-Solent	4.92	92%	64
42	Dungiven	4.92	92%	52
43	Ellesmere	4.92	94%	52
44	Mansfield Road	4.92	92%	53
45	Emsworth	4.92	92%	104
46	Limavady	4.92	92%	146
47	Thornaby	4.92	94%	137
48	Redcar	4.92	93%	279
49	Nantwich	4.91	94%	53
50	Hayling Island	4.91	94%	164

Worst rated towns (bottom 50)


1	Forest Gate	3.66	38%	82
2	Goodmayes	3.74	38%	72
3	Leyton	3.74	42%	415
4	Southall	3.75	43%	577
5	Wealdstone	3.79	35%	57
6	South Harrow	3.85	38%	93
7	Barking	3.86	41%	382
8	Walthamstow	3.87	47%	768
9	East Ham	3.89	48%	90
10	Park Royal	3.94	52%	129
11	Hayes	3.97	48%	500
12	Gretna	4.00	0%	64
13	Leytonstone	4.01	50%	257
14	West Ealing	4.03	57%	257
15	Leigh	4.03	47%	391
16	East Street	4.04	42%	61
17	Old Kent Road	4.06	46%	86
18	Ilford	4.06	55%	747
19	Farnworth	4.06	44%	186
20	Bolton	4.07	53%	1,261
21	Peckham High Street	4.08	49%	55
22	Brynmawr	4.08	40%	66
23	Tredegar	4.11	51%	103
24	Wigan	4.12	50%	1,301
25	Little Hulton	4.12	53%	63
26	Hanwell	4.13	56%	166
27	Perivale	4.14	56%	78
28	Acton	4.16	54%	434
29	Stratford	4.16	58%	145
30	West Drayton	4.17	62%	141
31	ENFIELD	4.19	57%	852
32	Clacton On Sea	4.19	55%	191
33	Birmingham	4.21	61%	7,828
34	Easton	4.22	52%	213
35	Walsall	4.22	55%	1,012
36	Smethwick	4.22	56%	432
37	Harrow	4.23	53%	590
38	Ebbw Vale	4.23	49%	102
39	Blackwood	4.23	51%	98
40	Brierley Hill	4.23	57%	322
41	Southsea	4.24	58%	506
42	Treharris	4.24	46%	63
43	Thornton Heath	4.24	51%	300
44	Uxbridge	4.24	64%	406
45	Old Trafford	4.24	56%	106
46	Westhoughton	4.25	58%	134
47	Abertillery	4.25	49%	70
48	Dudley	4.26	53%	530
49	Nelson	4.26	59%	141
50	Sandfields	4.26	55%	123

Best councils (top 20)


1	River Tees	5.00	100%	3
2	Bassetlaw	4.96	90%	1,069
3	Forest of Dean	4.94	81%	784
4	Dorset	4.94	75%	5,010
5	Wrexham	4.94	93%	1,184
6	Thanet	4.94	94%	1,468
7	Stockton On Tees	4.93	86%	1,542
8	Rossendale	4.92	76%	712
9	Ipswich	4.92	88%	1,115
10	North Kesteven	4.91	87%	965
11	West Oxfordshire	4.91	83%	1,109
12	Redcar and Cleveland	4.91	87%	1,223
13	Harborough	4.90	83%	793
14	South Ribble	4.90	85%	822
15	Cotswold	4.90	85%	1,104
16	Chichester	4.90	84%	1,425
17	Lincoln City	4.90	87%	1,087
18	Havant	4.90	75%	1,026
19	Lisburn and Castlereagh City	4.89	84%	1,003
20	Mid and East Antrim	4.89	81%	1,169

Worst councils (bottom 20)


1	Shetland Islands	0%	284
2	Dundee City	0%	1,433
3	South Ayrshire	0%	1,039
4	Renfrewshire	0%	1,453
5	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	0%	576
6	West Lothian	0%	1,113
7	Clackmannanshire	0%	508
8	South Lanarkshire	0%	2,457
9	West Dunbartonshire	0%	714
10	East Ayrshire	0%	1,130
11	Inverclyde	0%	624
12	Falkirk	0%	1,214
13	Stirling	0%	1,263
14	Perth and Kinross	0%	1,969
15	Argyll and Bute	0%	1,259
16	Highland	0%	5,792
17	Midlothian	0%	677
18	Orkney Islands	0%	497
19	Moray	0%	1,093
20	East Dunbartonshire	0%	668

Most improved towns

Coming soon

Once we've collected 30+ days of rating snapshots, this section will show towns where the average hygiene rating improved most over the past 12 months — unique data nobody else tracks.

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” section tracks changes over time using HygieneScout's daily rating snapshots — unique data that the FSA does not publish. This will populate once we have 30+ days of historical data.