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Food hygiene in Havering by area

In the last month 29 food places across Havering were given a hygiene score, and 83% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 8 places scored 2 or below, and 52 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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29hygiene scoreslast 31 days
83%scored 524 places, last 31 days
8scored 0 to 2last 3 months
52waiting 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: Romford (14), Hornchurch (4) and Harold Wood (3). The middle Havering area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Harold Wood (88%), Upminster (86%) and Gidea Park (80%).

Every area, ranked

1RomfordRM1145874%520
2HornchurchRM1141560%09
3Harold WoodRM33888%02
4Gidea ParkRM211080%02
5Ardleigh GreenRM111875%01
6Harold HillRM31875%00
7Elm ParkRM121771%01
8Chase CrossRM11450%11
9Havering-Atte-BowerRM412–00
10Corbets TeyRM1411–00
11RainhamRM130978%13
12UpminsterRM140786%13
13Collier RowRM50633%15
14CranhamRM140580%01
15Upminster BridgeRM140580%14
16Rush GreenRM70333%13
17South HornchurchRM130333%02
18Emerson ParkRM1101–04

“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

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

New food places

52 food places across Havering are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Romford (20), Hornchurch (9), Collier Row (5), Emerson Park (4) and Upminster Bridge (4). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés6770%2
Takeaways and sandwich shops2255%5
Care homes and nurseries2095%0
Schools and colleges1794%0
Shops1354%1
Pubs, bars and clubs9100%0
Mobile caterers2–0
Supermarkets1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0

Havering, 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 Havering as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Havering. 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 Havering had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Romford (14), Hornchurch (4), Harold Wood (3), Gidea Park (1) and Ardleigh Green (1). The middle Havering area had 1.

How many Havering food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 152 food places in Havering given a score in the last three months, 113 (74%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 8 places in Havering were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 5 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.