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UK food hygiene · Basildon

Basildon.
1,362 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Basildon with its official FSA hygiene rating. 79.9% score a 5. 20 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.68
Avg FSA
940
venues scored 5/5
20
scored 0 or 1

Basildon food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,362 food venues tracked in Basildon, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.68 out of 5 across 1,177 rated venues.
  • 940 venues scored 5/5 (79.9%).
  • 20 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Basildon in context

Basildon tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.68 across 1,177 rated venues.

79.9% of Basildon venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

20 Basildon venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.70% of rated stock, which puts Basildon above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Basildon itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 5.0/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Basildon scores

1,177 rated · 185 awaiting
5
940 venues
79.9%
4
153 venues
13.0%
3
46 venues
3.9%
2
18 venues
1.5%
1
18 venues
1.5%
0
2 venues
0.2%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

Overdue inspection

Basildon venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

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    NAIJA JACKPOT

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SS14

    Jan 1901

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    Lidl

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · SS15 5PT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lets Pop Party enquiry

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SS12

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lauren’s Bake Box

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SS11

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    kidbusterz whitmore way wraparound school

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SS14 2TP

    Jan 1901

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    kidbusterz janet duke wraparound care

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SS15 5LS

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Basildon.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Other catering premises

327 venues in Basildon

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

257 venues in Basildon

4.5
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

245 venues in Basildon

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

155 venues in Basildon

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

90 venues in Basildon

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

83 venues in Basildon

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

70 venues in Basildon

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

65 venues in Basildon

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Basildon.

  • 5

    Dion Care Services Limited

    Caring Premises · SS14 1RZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Primecare

    Caring Premises · SS16 4QL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shepherd & Dog

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CM11 2XY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Brook Lodge

    Caring Premises · SS14 2TT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Nicky’s soft ices

    Mobile caterer · SS16

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    OCS at CNHi

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SS14 3AD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tesco Express

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · CM11 2RF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Stacey's Corner Bakery & Sandwich Bar

    Retailers - other · SS14 1QX

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Basildon, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Basildon?

RatingCafe tracks 1,362 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Basildon, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Basildon?

The average FSA hygiene score across Basildon is 4.68 out of 5. 79.9% of rated venues score a 5, and 20 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Basildon venues failed their FSA inspection?

Basildon currently has 20 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Basildon are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Basildon hygiene data?

All Basildon ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg
Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Basildon data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.