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Report · September 2026
The UK Food Hygiene Ratings Report
Every food business the Food Standards Agency holds a record for — 613,248 of them, across all 363 UK local authorities. Who scores well, which trades struggle, and how many businesses are trading with no rating at all.
613,248 businesses
363 councils
2026-09-17
Read this first: the UK does not have one scheme
England, Wales and Northern Ireland use the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) — the 0 to 5 rating on the sticker in the window. Scotland uses a different scheme, the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS), where a business either passes or is told improvement required. It is not a rating and there are no stars.
So there is no such thing as a UK average food hygiene rating, and any figure claiming to be one is wrong. Everything below keeps the two schemes apart.
England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the 0–5 picture
487,504 businesses currently hold a rating. 78.3% hold a 5 — the top rating. 3% sit at 2 or below, which is 14,756 businesses.
| Rating | Businesses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 381,749 | 78.3% | |
| 4 | 64,138 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | 26,861 | 5.5% | |
| 2 | 7,236 | 1.5% | |
| 1 | 6,608 | 1.4% | |
| 0 | 912 | 0.2% |
Scotland, on its own terms
Of the 46,012 Scottish businesses that have been assessed, 92.4% passed. 3,481 were told improvement was required. A further 496 hold the additional Eat Safe award, which recognises standards above the legal minimum.
By nation
| Nation | Businesses | Scheme | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 503,011 | FHRS (0–5) | 78.3% rated 5 · 3.1% at 0–2 |
| Scotland | 59,004 | FHIS (pass / improvement required) | 92.4% passed |
| Wales | 34,279 | FHRS (0–5) | 75.9% rated 5 · 2.4% at 0–2 |
| Northern Ireland | 16,954 | FHRS (0–5) | 83.6% rated 5 · 1.2% at 0–2 |
The trades that struggle
This is the clearest finding in the data. Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Takeaways and sandwich shops are the weakest sector: 61.2% hold a 5. At the other end, schools, colleges and universities manage 91.9%.
| Sector | Rated | % rated 5 | % at 0–2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeaways and sandwich shops | 52,265 | 61.2% | 5.8% |
| Shops selling food | 88,396 | 71.3% | 5.2% |
| Restaurants, cafés and canteens | 119,212 | 75.5% | 3.5% |
| Pubs, bars and clubs | 44,027 | 77% | 2.3% |
| Manufacturers and packers | 7,739 | 84.4% | 1.9% |
| Distributors and transporters | 2,579 | 84.9% | 1.8% |
| Hotels, B&Bs and guest houses | 10,894 | 85.2% | 1.3% |
| Supermarkets | 14,254 | 87.3% | 2.2% |
| Hospitals, nurseries and care homes | 35,894 | 88.1% | 0.7% |
| Mobile caterers and street food | 23,885 | 88.4% | 1.3% |
| Other catering | 56,126 | 89.1% | 1% |
| Schools, colleges and universities | 30,596 | 91.9% | 0.4% |
Best and worst councils
Ranked by the share of rated businesses holding a 5. FHRS councils only, and only those with 500 or more rated businesses, so a small district cannot top the table on a handful of premises. Scotland is not ranked here because its scheme is different.
Highest share rated 5
- Bassetlaw97.7%
- Thanet95.8%
- Stockton On Tees95.6%
- Wrexham95.6%
- Dorset95.4%
- Chichester94.6%
- Ipswich94.6%
- South Ribble94.6%
- West Oxfordshire94.6%
- Forest of Dean94.3%
Lowest share rated 5
- Newham49%
- Waltham Forest50.5%
- Blaenau Gwent50.8%
- Wigan54%
- Barking and Dagenham55.9%
- Bolton56.6%
- Ealing58.4%
- Camden58.7%
- Merthyr Tydfil59%
- Enfield59.1%
52,978 businesses are trading with no rating
Across the UK, 8.6% of food businesses on the register are awaiting their first inspection. They are trading lawfully — a new business can open before an inspector calls — but there is no published rating for a customer to check. The share varies enormously by council.
| Council | Nation | Awaiting | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | Scotland | 2,952 of 6,112 | 48.3% |
| Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 447 of 1,268 | 35.3% |
| Glasgow City | Scotland | 2,034 of 6,614 | 30.8% |
| Liverpool | England | 1,162 of 4,578 | 25.4% |
| Stevenage | England | 159 of 688 | 23.1% |
| Leeds | England | 1,555 of 7,420 | 21% |
| Coventry | England | 616 of 3,015 | 20.4% |
| Luton | England | 347 of 1,731 | 20% |
Every council
All 363 UK local authorities. Type to find yours.
| Council | Nation | Businesses | Headline | Awaiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | Scotland | 2,207 | 83.1% passed | 16.8% |
| Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 2,784 | 91.9% passed | 15.4% |
| Adur | England | 460 | 90.5% rated 5 | 3% |
| Amber Valley | England | 1,084 | 79.7% rated 5 | 8.9% |
| Anglesey | Wales | 770 | 90.2% rated 5 | 0.1% |
| Angus | Scotland | 1,043 | 93% passed | 7.3% |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 1,102 | 86.8% rated 5 | 1.4% |
| Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 1,295 | 82% rated 5 | 3.3% |
| Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 1,268 | 94.2% passed | 35.3% |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | Northern Ireland | 1,899 | 83.6% rated 5 | 2.1% |
| Arun | England | 1,348 | 83.8% rated 5 | 10.9% |
| Ashfield | England | 966 | 78.6% rated 5 | 6.8% |
| Ashford | England | 1,264 | 89.5% rated 5 | 5.5% |
| Babergh | England | 880 | 87.2% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Barking and Dagenham | England | 1,465 | 55.9% rated 5 | 15.2% |
| Barnet | England | 2,882 | 60.9% rated 5 | 13.5% |
| Barnsley | England | 1,890 | 82.7% rated 5 | 9.2% |
| Basildon | England | 1,397 | 80.7% rated 5 | 6.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | England | 1,290 | 74.2% rated 5 | 1.9% |
| Bassetlaw | England | 1,084 | 97.7% rated 5 | 1.4% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | England | 1,844 | 72.9% rated 5 | 0.1% |
| Bedford | England | 1,659 | 83.4% rated 5 | 8.2% |
| Belfast City | Northern Ireland | 3,176 | 72.7% rated 5 | 2.4% |
| Bexley | England | 1,767 | 70.8% rated 5 | 5.3% |
| Birmingham | England | 10,221 | 64.9% rated 5 | 14% |
| Blaby | England | 674 | 82.5% rated 5 | 5.2% |
| Blackburn | England | 1,321 | 68.8% rated 5 | 11.1% |
| Blackpool | England | 1,696 | 79.3% rated 5 | 0.1% |
| Blaenau Gwent | Wales | 674 | 50.8% rated 5 | 5% |
| Bolsover | England | 744 | 85% rated 5 | 3.8% |
| Bolton | England | 2,419 | 56.6% rated 5 | 8.4% |
| Boston | England | 648 | 91.2% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England | 3,558 | 87.8% rated 5 | 8.6% |
| Bracknell Forest | England | 805 | 83.4% rated 5 | 8.9% |
| Bradford | England | 4,661 | 72% rated 5 | 8.1% |
| Braintree | England | 1,275 | 84.4% rated 5 | 4.9% |
| Breckland | England | 1,273 | 87% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Brent | England | 2,490 | 74.1% rated 5 | 8.6% |
| Brentwood | England | 756 | 83.1% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| Bridgend | Wales | 1,368 | 72.9% rated 5 | 6.2% |
| Brighton and Hove | England | 3,011 | 82.9% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Bristol | England | 4,485 | 76.4% rated 5 | 13.3% |
| Broadland | England | 963 | 87.9% rated 5 | 2.4% |
| Bromley | England | 2,472 | 77.5% rated 5 | 3.8% |
| Bromsgrove | England | 749 | 80.9% rated 5 | 4.5% |
| Broxbourne | England | 879 | 91.5% rated 5 | 10.8% |
| Broxtowe | England | 815 | 75.8% rated 5 | 8.7% |
| Buckinghamshire | England | 4,596 | 80.7% rated 5 | 9.1% |
| Burnley | England | 883 | 69.8% rated 5 | 4.2% |
| Bury | England | 1,229 | 73.2% rated 5 | 10.5% |
| Caerphilly | Wales | 1,566 | 62.9% rated 5 | 5.8% |
| Calderdale | England | 1,923 | 75% rated 5 | 2.9% |
| Cambridge City | England | 1,486 | 77.5% rated 5 | 9.6% |
| Camden | England | 4,279 | 58.7% rated 5 | 19.7% |
| Cannock Chase | England | 831 | 86.1% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| Canterbury City | England | 1,652 | 77.3% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Cardiff | Wales | 3,476 | 69.7% rated 5 | 11.1% |
| Carmarthenshire | Wales | 2,207 | 83.6% rated 5 | 14.2% |
| Castle Point | England | 537 | 92.2% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 1,471 | 87.8% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire | England | 1,711 | 75.5% rated 5 | 8.1% |
| Ceredigion | Wales | 1,086 | 74% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| Charnwood | England | 1,479 | 79.8% rated 5 | 5.9% |
| Chelmsford | England | 1,602 | 91.7% rated 5 | 3.3% |
| Cheltenham | England | 1,083 | 89.5% rated 5 | 3% |
| Cherwell | England | 1,335 | 80.8% rated 5 | 5.6% |
| Cheshire East | England | 3,127 | 89.4% rated 5 | 9.3% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | England | 2,968 | 80.8% rated 5 | 5.9% |
| Chesterfield | England | 965 | 87.1% rated 5 | 5.6% |
| Chichester | England | 1,452 | 94.6% rated 5 | 5.4% |
| Chorley | England | 993 | 87% rated 5 | 4.7% |
| City of London Corporation | England | 1,849 | 87.7% rated 5 | 5% |
| Clackmannanshire | Scotland | 498 | 91.8% passed | 2.8% |
| Colchester | England | 1,642 | 90.1% rated 5 | 9% |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | Scotland | 582 | 97.6% passed | 7.6% |
| Conwy | Wales | 1,610 | 81.7% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| Cornwall | England | 5,389 | 84.6% rated 5 | 0.4% |
| Cotswold | England | 1,101 | 93.6% rated 5 | 4% |
| Coventry | England | 3,015 | 77.8% rated 5 | 20.4% |
| Crawley | England | 968 | 90.5% rated 5 | 2.2% |
| Croydon | England | 3,151 | 64.4% rated 5 | 9.3% |
| Cumberland | England | 2,779 | 84% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Dacorum | England | 1,287 | 78.4% rated 5 | 5.8% |
| Darlington | England | 922 | 90.1% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Dartford | England | 1,076 | 77.5% rated 5 | 7.6% |
| Denbighshire | Wales | 1,160 | 81.8% rated 5 | 10.2% |
| Derby City | England | 2,277 | 72.4% rated 5 | 8.8% |
| Derbyshire Dales | England | 915 | 64.4% rated 5 | 4.2% |
| Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 1,361 | 76.4% rated 5 | 2.8% |
| Doncaster | England | 2,798 | 73% rated 5 | 5.9% |
| Dorset | England | 5,162 | 95.4% rated 5 | 3.6% |
| Dover | England | 1,217 | 82.3% rated 5 | 5.5% |
| Dudley | England | 2,683 | 62% rated 5 | 14.8% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 2,719 | 95% passed | 15.9% |
| Dundee City | Scotland | 1,404 | 93% passed | 2.1% |
| Durham | England | 4,636 | 74.9% rated 5 | 6.2% |
| Ealing | England | 3,776 | 58.4% rated 5 | 12.3% |
| East Ayrshire | Scotland | 1,151 | 96% passed | 4.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire | England | 794 | 82.8% rated 5 | 6.4% |
| East Devon | England | 1,550 | 84.5% rated 5 | 8.2% |
| East Dunbartonshire | Scotland | 704 | 95.8% passed | 4.5% |
| East Hampshire | England | 1,094 | 84.5% rated 5 | 6.4% |
| East Hertfordshire | England | 1,416 | 83.7% rated 5 | 11.9% |
| East Lindsey | England | 2,346 | 88.8% rated 5 | 1.4% |
| East Lothian | Scotland | 881 | 96% passed | 0.7% |
| East Renfrewshire | Scotland | 655 | 99.1% passed | 9.5% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,193 | 84.6% rated 5 | 2.9% |
| East Staffordshire | England | 1,217 | 73.3% rated 5 | 11.2% |
| East Suffolk | England | 2,488 | 85.7% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| Eastbourne | England | 1,034 | 84.9% rated 5 | 3.2% |
| Eastleigh | England | 980 | 84.2% rated 5 | 3.7% |
| Edinburgh (City of) | Scotland | 5,170 | 87.3% passed | 9.6% |
| Elmbridge | England | 1,120 | 75.7% rated 5 | 6.8% |
| Enfield | England | 2,408 | 59.1% rated 5 | 10.8% |
| Epping Forest | England | 1,049 | 84% rated 5 | 8.5% |
| Epsom and Ewell | England | 556 | 77.7% rated 5 | 16.4% |
| Erewash | England | 944 | 88.1% rated 5 | 5.4% |
| Exeter City | England | 1,127 | 87.3% rated 5 | 6.7% |
| Falkirk | Scotland | 1,225 | 97.8% passed | 3.8% |
| Fareham | England | 802 | 85.9% rated 5 | 6.7% |
| Fenland | England | 715 | 92.3% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 1,445 | 85.3% rated 5 | 1.5% |
| Fife | Scotland | 5,051 | 97.5% passed | 14% |
| Flintshire | Wales | 1,317 | 87.7% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | England | 1,293 | 85.1% rated 5 | 7.7% |
| Forest of Dean | England | 809 | 94.3% rated 5 | 10.5% |
| Fylde | England | 843 | 85% rated 5 | 1.9% |
| Gateshead | England | 1,649 | 81.4% rated 5 | 12.1% |
| Gedling | England | 839 | 92.2% rated 5 | 8.6% |
| Glasgow City | Scotland | 6,614 | 86.6% passed | 30.8% |
| Gloucester City | England | 1,068 | 81.9% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Gosport | England | 605 | 86.4% rated 5 | 4.5% |
| Gravesham | England | 830 | 88.5% rated 5 | 3.7% |
| Great Yarmouth | England | 1,095 | 71.6% rated 5 | 3.2% |
| Greenwich | England | 2,407 | 79.3% rated 5 | 9.8% |
| Guildford | England | 1,151 | 81.1% rated 5 | 6.8% |
| Gwynedd | Wales | 2,115 | 90.1% rated 5 | 3.2% |
| Hackney | England | 2,429 | 68.7% rated 5 | 12.6% |
| Halton | England | 904 | 74.6% rated 5 | 2.3% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | England | 2,014 | 77.5% rated 5 | 8% |
| Harborough | England | 775 | 91.6% rated 5 | 1.7% |
| Haringey | England | 1,948 | 77.8% rated 5 | 1.7% |
| Harlow | England | 695 | 82.3% rated 5 | 5.2% |
| Harrow | England | 1,895 | 61.4% rated 5 | 14.9% |
| Hart | England | 633 | 83.7% rated 5 | 7.6% |
| Hartlepool | England | 771 | 90.3% rated 5 | 0.6% |
| Hastings | England | 913 | 91.2% rated 5 | 6.2% |
| Havant | England | 1,061 | 90.7% rated 5 | 9% |
| Havering | England | 2,021 | 71.1% rated 5 | 6.9% |
| Herefordshire | England | 1,777 | 77.7% rated 5 | 5.5% |
| Hertsmere | England | 842 | 80.2% rated 5 | 5.1% |
| High Peak | England | 898 | 88.5% rated 5 | 4.3% |
| Highland | Scotland | 6,112 | 85.8% passed | 48.3% |
| Hillingdon | England | 2,240 | 63.3% rated 5 | 5% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | England | 928 | 84.2% rated 5 | 7.3% |
| Horsham | England | 1,340 | 90.4% rated 5 | 10.8% |
| Hounslow | England | 2,341 | 72.5% rated 5 | 16.9% |
| Hull City | England | 2,306 | 78.5% rated 5 | 12% |
| Hull and Goole Port | England | 5 | 100% rated 5 | 0% |
| Huntingdonshire | England | 1,542 | 72.3% rated 5 | 4.9% |
| Hyndburn | England | 769 | 61.2% rated 5 | 3.3% |
| Inverclyde | Scotland | 632 | 94.3% passed | 5.4% |
| Ipswich | England | 1,116 | 94.6% rated 5 | 6.6% |
| Isle of Wight | England | 1,703 | 69.7% rated 5 | 7.9% |
| Isles of Scilly | England | 130 | 92% rated 5 | 0% |
| Islington | England | 2,596 | 64.3% rated 5 | 7.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | England | 2,004 | 87.9% rated 5 | 7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | England | 1,507 | 89.4% rated 5 | 5% |
| Kingston-Upon-Thames | England | 1,441 | 73% rated 5 | 7.1% |
| Kirklees | England | 3,863 | 73.5% rated 5 | 3.1% |
| Knowsley | England | 820 | 65.4% rated 5 | 12.1% |
| Lambeth | England | 2,650 | 61.4% rated 5 | 6.7% |
| Lancaster City | England | 1,172 | 78.5% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Leeds | England | 7,420 | 75% rated 5 | 21% |
| Leicester City | England | 3,388 | 73.7% rated 5 | 5.8% |
| Lewes | England | 940 | 85.6% rated 5 | 4.3% |
| Lewisham | England | 2,482 | 62.6% rated 5 | 15.6% |
| Lichfield | England | 895 | 73.8% rated 5 | 6.6% |
| Lincoln City | England | 1,118 | 93.3% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh City | Northern Ireland | 919 | 91.6% rated 5 | 2.4% |
| Liverpool | England | 4,578 | 66.1% rated 5 | 25.4% |
| Luton | England | 1,731 | 66.7% rated 5 | 20% |
| Maidstone | England | 1,452 | 82.8% rated 5 | 2.5% |
| Maldon | England | 684 | 88.6% rated 5 | 7.5% |
| Malvern Hills | England | 728 | 79.9% rated 5 | 8.7% |
| Manchester | England | 6,423 | 71.4% rated 5 | 18% |
| Mansfield | England | 904 | 87.3% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| Medway | England | 2,138 | 79.6% rated 5 | 6.8% |
| Melton | England | 541 | 86% rated 5 | 1.3% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | 582 | 59% rated 5 | 3.4% |
| Merton | England | 1,592 | 81.4% rated 5 | 15.1% |
| Mid Devon | England | 773 | 85.4% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| Mid Suffolk | England | 862 | 85.5% rated 5 | 8.9% |
| Mid Sussex | England | 1,356 | 82% rated 5 | 4.3% |
| Mid Ulster | Northern Ireland | 1,380 | 88.8% rated 5 | 3% |
| Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 1,176 | 93.1% rated 5 | 3.1% |
| Middlesbrough | England | 1,164 | 84.6% rated 5 | 7.1% |
| Midlothian | Scotland | 675 | 90.6% passed | 3.6% |
| Milton Keynes | England | 2,521 | 77.7% rated 5 | 6% |
| Mole Valley | England | 773 | 93% rated 5 | 4.3% |
| Monmouthshire | Wales | 1,104 | 79.5% rated 5 | 4.5% |
| Moray | Scotland | 1,132 | 97.5% passed | 9.5% |
| Neath Port Talbot | Wales | 1,193 | 68.8% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| New Forest | England | 1,591 | 81.1% rated 5 | 3.2% |
| Newark and Sherwood | England | 1,155 | 86.1% rated 5 | 3.8% |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | England | 2,708 | 75.1% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| Newcastle-Under-Lyme | England | 989 | 85.7% rated 5 | 3.7% |
| Newham | England | 2,669 | 49% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Newport | Wales | 1,359 | 78.3% rated 5 | 9.6% |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 1,730 | 88.8% rated 5 | 2.2% |
| North Ayrshire | Scotland | 1,366 | 96.3% passed | 8.3% |
| North Devon | England | 1,482 | 83.7% rated 5 | 7.7% |
| North East Derbyshire | England | 816 | 87.8% rated 5 | 3.9% |
| North East Lincolnshire | England | 1,701 | 84% rated 5 | 19.8% |
| North Hertfordshire | England | 1,132 | 79% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| North Kesteven | England | 969 | 93.2% rated 5 | 2.9% |
| North Lanarkshire | Scotland | 2,637 | 95.8% passed | 3.5% |
| North Lincolnshire | England | 1,480 | 79.5% rated 5 | 4.5% |
| North Norfolk | England | 1,500 | 86.4% rated 5 | 3% |
| North Northamptonshire | England | 3,065 | 85.2% rated 5 | 5.4% |
| North Somerset | England | 1,726 | 75.4% rated 5 | 6.8% |
| North Tyneside | England | 1,492 | 87.2% rated 5 | 0.8% |
| North Warwickshire | England | 672 | 79.7% rated 5 | 3% |
| North West Leicestershire | England | 953 | 82.7% rated 5 | 12.7% |
| North Yorkshire | England | 7,101 | 86.1% rated 5 | 7.9% |
| Northumberland | England | 3,518 | 90.7% rated 5 | 5.3% |
| Norwich City | England | 1,580 | 66.2% rated 5 | 11.8% |
| Nottingham City | England | 3,042 | 89.5% rated 5 | 7.8% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | England | 925 | 85.4% rated 5 | 3.6% |
| Oadby and Wigston | England | 410 | 82.2% rated 5 | 18% |
| Oldham | England | 1,891 | 76.4% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| Orkney Islands | Scotland | 464 | 95.3% passed | 18.1% |
| Oxford City | England | 1,541 | 86.8% rated 5 | 7.5% |
| Pembrokeshire | Wales | 2,264 | 78.9% rated 5 | 18% |
| Pendle | England | 796 | 72.6% rated 5 | 2.5% |
| Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 1,978 | 97.6% passed | 14.1% |
| Peterborough City | England | 2,012 | 88.8% rated 5 | 5.6% |
| Plymouth City | England | 1,802 | 77.2% rated 5 | 10.3% |
| Portsmouth | England | 1,806 | 62.8% rated 5 | 10.2% |
| Powys | Wales | 2,601 | 74.4% rated 5 | 2.3% |
| Preston | England | 1,641 | 78.6% rated 5 | 5.9% |
| Reading | England | 1,505 | 64% rated 5 | 6.6% |
| Redbridge | England | 2,158 | 66.6% rated 5 | 13.8% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | England | 1,231 | 94% rated 5 | 4.1% |
| Redditch | England | 482 | 75.1% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| Reigate and Banstead | England | 1,108 | 72.6% rated 5 | 18.8% |
| Renfrewshire | Scotland | 1,516 | 98.4% passed | 3.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Wales | 2,027 | 67% rated 5 | 2.1% |
| Ribble Valley | England | 652 | 88.5% rated 5 | 11% |
| Richmond-Upon-Thames | England | 1,586 | 75% rated 5 | 9.6% |
| River Tees | England | 3 | 100% rated 5 | 0% |
| Rochdale | England | 1,899 | 73.3% rated 5 | 14.2% |
| Rochford | England | 664 | 83.4% rated 5 | 8.4% |
| Rossendale | England | 689 | 79.5% rated 5 | 4.9% |
| Rother | England | 1,026 | 87.8% rated 5 | 0.5% |
| Rotherham | England | 2,209 | 88.4% rated 5 | 4.7% |
| Rugby | England | 928 | 71.7% rated 5 | 6.4% |
| Runnymede | England | 706 | 82.9% rated 5 | 8.2% |
| Rushcliffe | England | 917 | 83.3% rated 5 | 6% |
| Rushmoor | England | 706 | 73.3% rated 5 | 1% |
| Rutland | England | 464 | 85.2% rated 5 | 8% |
| Salford | England | 2,101 | 65.4% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| Sandwell | England | 2,736 | 67.1% rated 5 | 12.1% |
| Scottish Borders | Scotland | 1,640 | 94.9% passed | 18% |
| Sefton | England | 2,383 | 84.2% rated 5 | 3.6% |
| Sevenoaks | England | 953 | 79.4% rated 5 | 4.7% |
| Sheffield | England | 4,874 | 74.6% rated 5 | 7.2% |
| Shetland Islands | Scotland | 280 | 81.6% passed | 8.6% |
| Shropshire | England | 3,124 | 87.8% rated 5 | 7.5% |
| Slough | England | 1,018 | 60.8% rated 5 | 9.1% |
| Solihull | England | 1,403 | 79% rated 5 | 7.6% |
| Somerset | England | 6,126 | 87.4% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| South Ayrshire | Scotland | 1,033 | 98.9% passed | 2.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire | England | 1,320 | 86.5% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| South Derbyshire | England | 879 | 85.5% rated 5 | 10% |
| South Gloucestershire | England | 2,118 | 83% rated 5 | 8.5% |
| South Hams | England | 1,096 | 90.8% rated 5 | 8.1% |
| South Holland | England | 813 | 87.2% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| South Kesteven | England | 1,196 | 83.7% rated 5 | 2.3% |
| South Lanarkshire | Scotland | 2,468 | 87.3% passed | 19% |
| South Norfolk | England | 1,107 | 84.4% rated 5 | 2.3% |
| South Oxfordshire | England | 1,269 | 71.8% rated 5 | 6.4% |
| South Ribble | England | 842 | 94.6% rated 5 | 10.7% |
| South Staffordshire | England | 748 | 86.4% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| South Tyneside | England | 1,036 | 73.4% rated 5 | 2% |
| Southampton | England | 1,705 | 68.9% rated 5 | 12.3% |
| Southend-On-Sea | England | 1,477 | 70.9% rated 5 | 0.8% |
| Southwark | England | 3,325 | 71.6% rated 5 | 8% |
| Spelthorne | England | 780 | 78.5% rated 5 | 7.3% |
| St Albans City | England | 1,174 | 77.1% rated 5 | 4.3% |
| St Helens | England | 1,373 | 72.2% rated 5 | 5% |
| Stafford | England | 1,132 | 78.6% rated 5 | 8.3% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | England | 865 | 85.1% rated 5 | 4.9% |
| Stevenage | England | 688 | 88.7% rated 5 | 23.1% |
| Stirling | Scotland | 1,248 | 92.3% passed | 12.5% |
| Stockport | England | 2,728 | 81.3% rated 5 | 10.9% |
| Stockton On Tees | England | 1,573 | 95.6% rated 5 | 3.4% |
| Stoke-On-Trent | England | 2,248 | 79% rated 5 | 10.3% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | England | 1,395 | 85.7% rated 5 | 6.5% |
| Stroud | England | 1,074 | 81.3% rated 5 | 3.8% |
| Sunderland | England | 2,324 | 83.8% rated 5 | 10.8% |
| Surrey Heath | England | 680 | 76.6% rated 5 | 8.4% |
| Sutton | England | 1,330 | 74.5% rated 5 | 4% |
| Swale | England | 1,234 | 83.9% rated 5 | 2.7% |
| Swansea | Wales | 2,449 | 68.7% rated 5 | 12.7% |
| Swindon | England | 1,667 | 82.9% rated 5 | 10.3% |
| Tameside | England | 1,694 | 73.8% rated 5 | 3.4% |
| Tamworth | England | 558 | 85.9% rated 5 | 6.1% |
| Tandridge | England | 698 | 93.5% rated 5 | 6.9% |
| Teignbridge | England | 1,322 | 90% rated 5 | 9% |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | England | 1,499 | 85% rated 5 | 5.7% |
| Tendring | England | 1,310 | 67.4% rated 5 | 8.4% |
| Test Valley | England | 1,065 | 88.3% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Tewkesbury | England | 801 | 86.8% rated 5 | 1.9% |
| Thanet | England | 1,528 | 95.8% rated 5 | 0.2% |
| Three Rivers | England | 651 | 82.9% rated 5 | 10.4% |
| Thurrock | England | 1,332 | 71.9% rated 5 | 9% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | England | 1,057 | 79.7% rated 5 | 3.9% |
| Torbay | England | 1,520 | 80.7% rated 5 | 4.7% |
| Torfaen | Wales | 797 | 71.8% rated 5 | 2.8% |
| Torridge | England | 770 | 85.1% rated 5 | 2.5% |
| Tower Hamlets | England | 3,176 | 72.1% rated 5 | 6% |
| Trafford | England | 2,217 | 80.6% rated 5 | 7.1% |
| Tunbridge Wells | England | 1,080 | 83% rated 5 | 2.2% |
| Uttlesford | England | 835 | 89.6% rated 5 | 16.3% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | Wales | 1,339 | 72.1% rated 5 | 9.6% |
| Vale of White Horse | England | 1,054 | 81.4% rated 5 | 4.8% |
| Wakefield | England | 3,049 | 78.4% rated 5 | 10.4% |
| Walsall | England | 2,183 | 59.3% rated 5 | 12.7% |
| Waltham Forest | England | 1,981 | 50.5% rated 5 | 3.3% |
| Wandsworth | England | 2,904 | 78% rated 5 | 11.6% |
| Warrington | England | 1,728 | 76.5% rated 5 | 3.5% |
| Warwick | England | 1,407 | 89.7% rated 5 | 2.8% |
| Watford | England | 1,028 | 81% rated 5 | 12% |
| Waverley | England | 1,062 | 78.7% rated 5 | 6.2% |
| Wealden | England | 1,378 | 78.7% rated 5 | 0.9% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | England | 762 | 78.1% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| West Berkshire | England | 1,282 | 85.1% rated 5 | 12% |
| West Devon | England | 631 | 85.1% rated 5 | 4.6% |
| West Dunbartonshire | Scotland | 720 | 96.1% passed | 9.7% |
| West Lancashire | England | 942 | 79.8% rated 5 | 7.9% |
| West Lindsey | England | 884 | 83.6% rated 5 | 5.4% |
| West Lothian | Scotland | 1,147 | 97.3% passed | 19.7% |
| West Northamptonshire | England | 4,059 | 78.2% rated 5 | 15.5% |
| West Oxfordshire | England | 1,131 | 94.6% rated 5 | 4.4% |
| West Suffolk | England | 1,646 | 90.3% rated 5 | 10% |
| Westminster | England | 5,723 | 70.1% rated 5 | 2.6% |
| Westmorland and Furness | England | 3,156 | 86.8% rated 5 | 5.6% |
| Wigan | England | 2,597 | 54% rated 5 | 7.7% |
| Wiltshire | England | 4,262 | 81% rated 5 | 10.6% |
| Winchester City | England | 1,193 | 89% rated 5 | 6.6% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | England | 1,611 | 81.6% rated 5 | 15.8% |
| Wirral | England | 2,351 | 72.8% rated 5 | 0.5% |
| Woking | England | 778 | 68.1% rated 5 | 0.3% |
| Wokingham | England | 1,121 | 80.2% rated 5 | 1.7% |
| Wolverhampton | England | 2,164 | 75% rated 5 | 4.1% |
| Worcester City | England | 826 | 77.8% rated 5 | 8.5% |
| Worthing | England | 1,017 | 81% rated 5 | 4.5% |
| Wrexham | Wales | 1,215 | 95.6% rated 5 | 0.4% |
| Wychavon | England | 1,099 | 81.7% rated 5 | 8.1% |
| Wyre | England | 1,040 | 62.3% rated 5 | 2.8% |
| Wyre Forest | England | 746 | 73.1% rated 5 | 9.8% |
| York | England | 2,188 | 73.8% rated 5 | 9.6% |
No council matches that.
Method, and how to use this
Source: the Food Standards Agency's own open data, published per local authority at api.ratings.food.gov.uk and retrieved on 2026-09-17. All 363 UK authorities were pulled; none failed. Our total is within 0.1% of the FSA's own published establishment count.
Percentages are of assessed businesses, not of everything on the register — premises awaiting inspection or exempt are excluded from rating percentages and counted separately, because including them would quietly understate every council. FHRS and FHIS are never combined. The council league table has a 500-business floor.
Ratings are a snapshot of one inspection, not a permanent grade, and inspection frequency differs by risk and by council. A council with a low share of 5s may be inspecting more often or more strictly, not cooking worse food.
Use it freely. The underlying FSA data is published under the Open Government Licence. Our compilation is free to quote and republish — please credit Good Food Hygiene and link to this page so readers can check the method.