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Food hygiene in Worcester by area

In the last month 18 food places across Worcester were given a hygiene score, and 94% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 4 places scored 2 or below, and 39 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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18hygiene scoreslast 31 days
94%scored 517 places, last 31 days
4scored 0 to 2last 3 months
39waiting 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: Worcester (14), Red Hill (5) and Diglis (2). The middle Worcester area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Perdiswell (86%), Red Hill (69%) and Worcester (60%).

Every area, ranked

1WorcesterWR1145560%433
2Red HillWR551369%05
3DiglisWR524100%01
4The RonkswoodWR423100%03
5BlackpoleWR422–03
6BarbourneWR111060%26
7St John'sWR21933%07
8PerdiswellWR31786%01
9ClainesWR312–00
10Lower WickWR211–02
11Nunnery WoodWR511–01
12WarndonWR411–02
13NorthwickWR303100%00
14St PetersWR502–10
15Dines GreenWR201–12
16HenwickWR201–01
17Lyppard GrangeWR401–02

“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.

39 food places across Worcester are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Worcester (33), St John's (7), Barbourne (6), Red Hill (5) and Blackpole (3). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés2065%0
Takeaways and sandwich shops1759%2
Shops1250%2
Care homes and nurseries5100%0
Schools and colleges4100%0
Pubs, bars and clubs475%0
Mobile caterers333%0
Food makers and packers1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Worcester (14), Red Hill (5), Diglis (2), The Ronkswood (2) and Blackpole (2). The middle Worcester area had 1.

How many Worcester food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 66 food places in Worcester given a score in the last three months, 43 (65%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

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