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Food hygiene in Solihull by area

In the last month 2 food places across Solihull were given a hygiene score. Over three months, 8 places scored 2 or below, and 17 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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2hygiene scoreslast 31 days
–scored 52 places, last 31 days
8scored 0 to 2last 3 months
17waiting 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: Olton (2), Kineton Green (2) and Ulverley Green (2). The middle Solihull area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Solihull (88%), Elmdon Heath (86%) and Castle Bromwich (60%).

Every area, ranked

1OltonB9224045%752
2Kineton GreenB9223741%840
3Ulverley GreenB9223247%523
4Balsall CommonCV712–00
5Haslucks GreenB9001958%327
6ShirleyB9001656%325
7Marston GreenB3701547%520
8Chelmsley WoodB3701040%37
9SolihullB910888%03
10Elmdon HeathB910786%03
11Solihull LodgeB900757%07
12Smith's WoodB360617%21
13Castle BromwichB360560%02
14KingshurstB370520%22
15Coleshill HeathB370367%03
16BlossomfieldB9102–00
17MonkspathB9002–00
18Bentley HeathB9301–00
19Cheswick GreenB9001–10
20DorridgeB9301–00
21Hampton-in-ArdenB9201–01
22KnowleB9301–00
23Dickens HeathB9000–01

“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

2 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

17 food places across Solihull are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Olton (52), Kineton Green (40), Haslucks Green (27), Shirley (25) and Ulverley Green (23). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Care homes and nurseries1258%0
Restaurants and cafés1070%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops838%3
Schools and colleges4100%0
Shops425%2
Other caterers450%2
Mobile caterers2–0
Supermarkets1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Olton (2), Kineton Green (2), Ulverley Green (2) and Balsall Common (1). The middle Solihull area had 0.

How many Solihull food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 45 food places in Solihull given a score in the last three months, 26 (58%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 8 places in Solihull were given 2 or below: 1 scored 0, 6 scored 1 and 1 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.