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Food hygiene in Swindon by area

In the last month 67 food places across Swindon were given a hygiene score, and 88% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 4 places scored 2 or below, and 72 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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67hygiene scoreslast 31 days
88%scored 559 places, last 31 days
4scored 0 to 2last 3 months
72waiting 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: Swindon (45), Eastcott (25) and Old Town (15). The middle Swindon area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Eastleaze (100%), Walcot (100%) and Rodbourne (93%).

Every area, ranked
1SwindonSN1457883%446
2EastcottSN1254384%224
3Old TownSN1152488%19
4Stratton St MargaretSN3132176%018
5RodbourneSN271493%17
6Gorse HillSN261164%17
7KingshillSN15989%08
8ToothillSN55888%01
9WestleaSN55888%02
10EastleazeSN556100%02
11FerndaleSN24967%16
12Upper StrattonSN24771%05
13KingsdownSN24580%02
14WalcotSN345100%02
15Park NorthSN34475%01
16WroughtonSN434100%01
17RamleazeSN533100%01
18ShawSN533100%02
19Abbey MeadsSN252367%01
20OkusSN12367%02
21ColeviewSN322–03
22CovinghamSN322–01
23NytheSN322–02
24PeatmoorSN522–01
25FreshbrookSN514100%01
26RedhouseSN2513100%01
27Tadpole Garden VillageSN2513100%00
28GreenmeadowSN2512–04
29Haydon WickSN2512–03
30PenhillSN212–05
31St Andrews RidgeSN2512–01
32Broad BlunsdonSN2611–00
33MiddleleazeSN511–01
34South MarstonSN311–00
35WichelstoweSN111–01
36PinehurstSN202–04
37DorcanSN301–02
38EldeneSN301–01
39Grange ParkSN501–00
40LawnSN301–02
41LidenSN301–00
42MoredonSN2501–06
43OakhurstSN2501–01
44Taw HillSN2501–01
45HighworthSN600–01
46Lower StrattonSN300–01
47Park SouthSN300–01

“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

59 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.

72 food places across Swindon are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Swindon (46), Eastcott (24), Stratton St Margaret (18), Old Town (9) and Kingshill (8). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés3385%1
Shops2176%2
Takeaways and sandwich shops1776%1
Care homes and nurseries1292%0
Schools and colleges8100%0
Other caterers786%0
Supermarkets786%0
Pubs, bars and clubs6100%0
Hotels and B&Bs3100%0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Swindon (45), Eastcott (25), Old Town (15), Stratton St Margaret (13) and Rodbourne (7). The middle Swindon area had 1.

How many Swindon food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 114 food places in Swindon given a score in the last three months, 97 (85%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

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