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Food hygiene in West Oxfordshire by area

In the last month 22 food places across West Oxfordshire were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 3 places scored 2 or below, and 21 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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22hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 522 places, last 31 days
3scored 0 to 2last 3 months
21waiting 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: Witney (5), Carterton (5) and Brize Norton (3). The middle West Oxfordshire area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Carterton (100%), Witney (94%) and Burford (82%).

Every area, ranked

1WitneyOX2853194%15
2CartertonOX18512100%00
3Brize NortonOX1833100%00
4Chipping NortonOX721070%03
5EynshamOX2924100%01
6StonesfieldOX2922–00
7WoodstockOX201978%22
8CharlburyOX712–00
9Middle BartonOX712–01
10StandlakeOX2911–01
11BurfordOX1801182%00
12Milton-under-WychwoodOX704100%01
13DucklingtonOX2902–00
14LeafieldOX2902–00
15Long HanboroughOX2902–00
16Shipton-under-WychwoodOX702–02
17BamptonOX1801–00
18Great TewOX701–01
19HaileyOX2901–00
20KelmscottGL701–00
21Minster LovellOX2901–01
22Wootton (OX20)OX2001–00
23FifieldOX700–01

“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

22 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.

21 food places across West Oxfordshire are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Witney (5), Chipping Norton (3), Shipton-under-Wychwood (2), Woodstock (2) and Eynsham (1). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés3485%2
Pubs, bars and clubs2286%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops1392%0
Shops1292%0
Schools and colleges12100%0
Care homes and nurseries580%0
Hotels and B&Bs580%0
Supermarkets4100%0
Mobile caterers1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Witney (5), Carterton (5), Brize Norton (3), Chipping Norton (2) and Eynsham (2). The middle West Oxfordshire area had 0.

How many West Oxfordshire food places score 5 for hygiene?

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

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

Yes. In the last three months 3 places in West Oxfordshire were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 3 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.