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UK food hygiene · Birmingham

Birmingham.
10,108 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Birmingham with its official FSA hygiene rating. 64.9% score a 5. 519 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.29
Avg FSA
5,622
venues scored 5/5
519
scored 0 or 1

Birmingham food hygiene in one minute

  • 10,108 food venues tracked in Birmingham, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.29 out of 5 across 8,657 rated venues.
  • 5,622 venues scored 5/5 (64.9%).
  • 519 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Birmingham in context

Birmingham sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.29 across 8,657 rated venues.

64.9% of Birmingham venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

519 Birmingham venues currently score 0 or 1, 6.00% of rated stock, which puts Birmingham above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Birmingham itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.8/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 4.8/5, 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 Birmingham scores

8,657 rated · 1,451 awaiting
5
5,622 venues
64.9%
4
1,407 venues
16.3%
3
785 venues
9.1%
2
324 venues
3.7%
1
416 venues
4.8%
0
103 venues
1.2%
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

Birmingham 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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    Dixy Chicken

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · B27 7PS

    Jan 1900

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    Costcutter Yardley Wood Store

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · B14 4ER

    Jan 1901

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    Bulls head

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · B38 8RU

    Jan 1901

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    Bulk and Beyond Cash and Carry

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · B7 4BS

    Jan 1901

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    BSP LOGISTICS LTD

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · B7 5AN

    Jan 1901

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    Brum Mi / Kiki's Fried Chicken

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · B30

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Birmingham.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

2,542 venues in Birmingham

4.2
avg score

Retailers - other

2,322 venues in Birmingham

4.1
avg score

Other catering premises

1,467 venues in Birmingham

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

1,044 venues in Birmingham

3.8
avg score

Caring Premises

801 venues in Birmingham

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

491 venues in Birmingham

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

488 venues in Birmingham

4.5
avg score

Mobile caterer

397 venues in Birmingham

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Birmingham.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Birmingham, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Birmingham?

RatingCafe tracks 10,108 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Birmingham, 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 Birmingham?

The average FSA hygiene score across Birmingham is 4.29 out of 5. 64.9% of rated venues score a 5, and 519 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Birmingham venues failed their FSA inspection?

Birmingham currently has 519 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Birmingham 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 Birmingham hygiene data?

All Birmingham 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

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

Cornwall

5,264 venues

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