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Food hygiene

Food hygiene in Leeds by area

In the last month 37 food places across Leeds were given a hygiene score, and 78% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 11 places scored 2 or below, and 702 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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37hygiene scoreslast 31 days
78%scored 529 places, last 31 days
11scored 0 to 2last 3 months
702waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Leeds (14), Lovell Park (6) and Morley (6). The middle Leeds area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Gildersome (100%), Armley (100%) and Morley (90%).

Every area, ranked

1LeedsLS1146875%4281
2Lovell ParkLS763278%1137
3MorleyLS2761090%027
4GildersomeLS27410100%020
5OtleyLS213650%18
6HarehillsLS82729%133
7Little LondonLS72683%058
8HolbeckLS112450%117
9RoundhayLS82450%12
10BruntcliffeLS2722–03
11MeanwoodLS61743%111
12ArmleyLS1215100%022
13BurmantoftsLS91450%034
14Daisy HillLS271475%06
15HeadingleyLS61425%120
16HorsforthLS181450%116
17SheepscarLS71425%044
18Richmond HillLS913100%026
19WetherbyLS221333%07
20AdelLS1612–01
21Burn KnollsLS2712–02
22GiptonLS912–214
23HunsletLS1012–010
24Ireland WoodLS1612–12
25WeetwoodLS1612–00
26Boston SpaLS2311–03
27ChurwellLS2711–06
28Cross GreenLS911–020
29GuiseleyLS2011–013
30Thorp ArchLS2311–05
31AdwaltonBD110786%05
32ChapeltownLS70633%028
33DrighlingtonBD110683%05
34Hyde ParkLS60650%032
35WoodhouseLS20683%034
36AusthorpeLS150580%021
37Chapel AllertonLS70580%014
38ColtonLS150580%019
39Gledhow ParkLS70580%011
40FarsleyLS280475%047
41GraveleythorpeLS150475%08
42PudseyLS280450%052
43Cross GatesLS150367%013
44RothwellLS260333%09
45StanningleyLS280367%021
46Tyersal GateBD40333%02
47WhitkirkLS150367%07
48BurleyLS402–026
49GarforthLS2502–014
50GledhowLS802–06
51HaltonLS1502–03
52ManstonLS1502–07
53OakwoodLS802–05
54OsmondthorpeLS902–19
55OultonLS2602–08
56TinshillLS1602–10
57WoodlesfordLS2602–010
58WortleyLS1202–014
59AlwoodleyLS1701–02
60BeestonLS1101–012
61Belle IsleLS1001–06
62BramleyLS1301–08
63CollinghamLS2201–00
64East End ParkLS901–020
65FulneckLS2801–07
66Halton MoorLS1501–03
67LintonLS2201–00
68Littlemoor BottomLS2801–08
69LofthouseWF301–03
70MicklefieldLS2501–00
71MiddletonLS1001–07
72Moor AllertonLS1701–03
73West ParkLS1601–01
74Woodhouse HillLS1001–08
75Allerton BywaterWF1000–02
76Bantam GroveLS2700–01
77BardseyLS1700–01
78Barwick in ElmetLS1500–02
79BramhopeLS1600–01
80CarltonWF300–04
81CookridgeLS1600–01
82East ArdsleyWF300–01
83Great PrestonLS2600–04
84HarewoodLS1700–01
85HawksworthLS500–03
86Holt ParkLS1600–03
87IntakeLS1300–06
88KillingbeckLS1400–04
89KippaxLS2500–010
90KirkstallLS500–07
91Little PrestonLS2600–04
92MonkswoodLS1400–03
93MoortownLS1700–03
94RawdonLS1900–02
95Robin HoodWF300–01
96SandfordLS1300–06
97ScholesLS1500–02
98SeacroftLS1400–07
99StourtonLS1000–05
100SwarcliffeLS1400–05
101SwillingtonLS2600–05
102SwinnowLS1300–014
103TingleyWF300–03
104WhinmoorLS1400–02
105WoodkirkWF1200–02
106YeadonLS1900–025

“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

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

New food places

702 food places across Leeds are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Leeds (281), Lovell Park (137), Little London (58), Pudsey (52) and Farsley (47). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés6967%7
Care homes and nurseries2879%0
Takeaways and sandwich shops2759%2
Shops1656%2
Pubs, bars and clubs978%0
Other caterers6100%0
Supermarkets683%0
Schools and colleges333%0
Mobile caterers1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Leeds (14), Lovell Park (6), Morley (6), Gildersome (4) and Otley (3). The middle Leeds area had 0.

How many Leeds food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 166 food places in Leeds given a score in the last three months, 114 (69%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 11 places in Leeds were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 4 scored 1 and 7 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.