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Food hygiene in Portsmouth by area

In the last month 17 food places across Portsmouth were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 18 places scored 2 or below, and 120 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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17hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 517 places, last 31 days
18scored 0 to 2last 3 months
120waiting 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: Portsmouth (9), Waterlooville (8) and Purbrook (5). The middle Portsmouth area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Purbrook (94%), Waterlooville (87%) and Old Portsmouth (67%).

Every area, ranked
1PortsmouthPO197352%1384
2WaterloovillePO782387%09
3PurbrookPO751694%012
4Old PortsmouthPO132467%210
5SouthseaPO532152%427
6North EndPO231155%217
7Somers TownPO522548%628
8StamshawPO22667%015
9TipnerPO222–01
10PortseaPO112255%411
11BucklandPO211145%223
12PortchesterPO161944%26
13CopnorPO31633%27
14HilseaPO21560%18
15CoshamPO61475%12
16FrattonPO11450%118
17Port SolentPO61425%13
18Anchorage ParkPO313100%01
19PaulsgrovePO61333%13
20WymeringPO611–03
21MiltonPO40540%15
22EastneyPO40425%21
23BaffinsPO30333%13
24DraytonPO603100%02
25FarlingtonPO602–00

“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

17 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

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

120 food places across Portsmouth are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Portsmouth (84), Somers Town (28), Southsea (27), Buckland (23) and Fratton (18). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés4260%6
Shops2245%8
Takeaways and sandwich shops1540%3
Care homes and nurseries1587%0
Pubs, bars and clubs956%1
Other caterers667%0
Mobile caterers475%0
Schools and colleges3100%0
Supermarkets1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0
Food makers and packers1–0

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

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Questions people ask

Which areas of Portsmouth had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Portsmouth (9), Waterlooville (8), Purbrook (5), Old Portsmouth (3) and Southsea (3). The middle Portsmouth area had 1.

How many Portsmouth food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 119 food places in Portsmouth given a score in the last three months, 72 (61%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 18 places in Portsmouth were given 2 or below: 3 scored 0, 6 scored 1 and 9 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.