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Food hygiene in Oxford by area

In the last month 41 food places across Oxford were given a hygiene score, and 98% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 2 places scored 2 or below, and 35 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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41hygiene scoreslast 31 days
98%scored 540 places, last 31 days
2scored 0 to 2last 3 months
35waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Oxford (29), North Hinksey (17) and Jericho (13). The middle Oxford area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in North Oxford (100%), Walton Manor (100%) and Norham Manor (100%).

Every area, ranked

1OxfordOX1297890%118
2North HinkseyOX2175788%19
3JerichoOX2133792%16
4Walton ManorOX21223100%03
5HolywellOX1114093%010
6North OxfordOX21125100%02
7Norham ManorOX21121100%02
8St EbbesOX1104386%17
9GrandpontOX1103488%05
10SummertownOX2511100%02
11East OxfordOX45786%08
12SunnymeadOX238100%02
13HeadingtonOX33580%03
14NorthwayOX333100%01
15OsneyOX221275%11
16Blackbird LeysOX422–00
17Greater LeysOX422–00
18IffleyOX413100%03
19WolvercoteOX21367%11
20CuttesloweOX212–00
21KidlingtonOX512–04
22South OxfordOX112–01
23BartonOX311–00
24CowleyOX411–03
25New HinkseyOX111–01
26RisinghurstOX311–00
27SandhillsOX311–00
28South HinkseyOX111–00
29West OxfordOX20333%10
30KenningtonOX102–00
31LittlemoreOX402–02
32New MarstonOX301–00
33Rose HillOX401–03

“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

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

New food places

No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.

35 food places across Oxford are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Oxford (18), Holywell (10), North Hinksey (9), East Oxford (8) and St Ebbes (7). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés4696%0
Pubs, bars and clubs1694%0
Care homes and nurseries1392%0
Other caterers1377%1
Shops667%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops560%0
Schools and colleges4100%0
Supermarkets3100%0
Hotels and B&Bs2–0

Oxford, 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 Oxford as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Oxford. 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.

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Food hygiene in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Oxford had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Oxford (29), North Hinksey (17), Jericho (13), Walton Manor (12) and Holywell (11). The middle Oxford area had 1.

How many Oxford food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 108 food places in Oxford given a score in the last three months, 96 (89%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

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