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Food hygiene in Darlington by area

In the last month 26 food places across Darlington were given a hygiene score, and 96% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 4 places scored 2 or below, and 32 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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26hygiene scoreslast 31 days
96%scored 525 places, last 31 days
4scored 0 to 2last 3 months
32waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

Darker means more hygiene scores published. Tap an area for its page.

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Most inspected this month: Darlington (18), Bank Top (11) and Pierremont (10). The middle Darlington area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Firthmoor (100%), Haughton-le-Skerne (100%) and Bank Top (91%).

Every area, ranked

1DarlingtonDL1187379%422
2Bank TopDL1113591%110
3PierremontDL3102681%19
4HopetownDL342365%25
5EastbourneDL141173%12
6Haughton-le-SkerneDL135100%01
7Rise CarrDL321173%23
8FirthmoorDL126100%01
9Skerne ParkDL12475%01
10WhinfieldDL122–01
11Albert HillDL111275%04
12CockertonDL31683%12
13Harrowgate HillDL31367%00
14Hurworth-on-TeesDL213100%01
15BlackwellDL312–00
16Red HallDL112–00
17BranksomeDL311–01
18FaverdaleDL202–00
19HummersknottDL302–01
20HeighingtonDL501–00
21Middleton St GeorgeDL200–01

“Last month” and “3 months” count the hygiene scores published within each area’s circle. “Scored 5” is the share of the last three months’ scores that were a 5; it needs at least three. “Waiting” is food places registered but not yet inspected. Areas overlap, so one place can count in more than one. Tap a column to sort.

Scored 0 to 2 in the last three months

A score shows how things were on the day of the inspection. Businesses can appeal, and can ask for a new inspection once they have made improvements, so check the Food Standards Agency’s page for the latest.

Top marks this month

25 places scored 5 in the last 31 days; the latest 20 are shown.

New food places

32 food places across Darlington are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Darlington (22), Bank Top (10), Pierremont (9), Hopetown (5) and Albert Hill (4). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Takeaways and sandwich shops2669%1
Restaurants and cafés1995%1
Shops1771%1
Care homes and nurseries1090%0
Pubs, bars and clubs989%1
Schools and colleges5100%0
Other caterers2–0
Food makers and packers1–0

Darlington, last three months. The share scoring 5 needs at least three scores.

How food hygiene ratings work

Every place that serves, sells or makes food is inspected by its council’s food safety officers, and the Food Standards Agency publishes the score. Officers look at how food is handled and stored, the state of the building and its cleaning, and how the business manages food safety. The score runs from 0 to 5:

  • 5: very good
  • 4: good
  • 3: generally satisfactory
  • 2: improvement necessary
  • 1: major improvement necessary
  • 0: urgent improvement necessary

How often a place is inspected depends on the risk, so a busy kitchen is visited more often than a shop selling packaged food. New businesses wait for a first visit before they get a score.

Where the figures come from

Scores come from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene rating data, published under the Open Government Licence, for every council we cover. Figures for Darlington as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Darlington. Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. A score appears here when the agency publishes it, which can be a few weeks after the inspection.

See our sources and their licences. Figures update every night.

Food hygiene in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Darlington had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Darlington (18), Bank Top (11), Pierremont (10), Hopetown (4) and Eastbourne (4). The middle Darlington area had 1.

How many Darlington food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 89 food places in Darlington given a score in the last three months, 72 (81%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

Have any Darlington food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?

Yes. In the last three months 4 places in Darlington were given 2 or below: 1 scored 0, 0 scored 1 and 3 scored 2. Each is listed on this page with its date. A low score shows how things were on the day of the inspection.

What do food hygiene ratings mean?

Food Standards Agency scores run from 0 to 5: 5 is very good, 4 good, 3 generally satisfactory, 2 improvement necessary, 1 major improvement necessary and 0 urgent improvement necessary. Council officers give the score after an inspection of hygiene, the building and how food safety is managed.