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UK food hygiene · Dacorum

Dacorum.
1,255 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Dacorum with its official FSA hygiene rating. 76.1% score a 5. 8 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.68
Avg FSA
838
venues scored 5/5
8
scored 0 or 1

Dacorum food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,255 food venues tracked in Dacorum, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.68 out of 5 across 1,101 rated venues.
  • 838 venues scored 5/5 (76.1%).
  • 8 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Dacorum in context

Dacorum tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.68 across 1,101 rated venues.

76.1% of Dacorum venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

8 Dacorum venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.73% of rated stock, which keeps Dacorum below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Dacorum itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical caring premises averages 4.9/5, 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 Dacorum scores

1,101 rated · 154 awaiting
5
838 venues
76.1%
4
192 venues
17.4%
3
58 venues
5.3%
2
5 venues
0.5%
1
7 venues
0.6%
0
1 venues
0.1%
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.

  • 5

    Aldi Stores Ltd

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · HP2 4NW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Martin's Pond

    Pub/bar/nightclub · HP4 2QQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Super Chef Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · HP1 1BB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mucky Ducks Bucks and Hemel

    Other catering premises · HP23

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Chiltern Cold Pressed Virgin Rapeseed Oil

    Manufacturers/packers · HP23 4NZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Steam Coach

    Pub/bar/nightclub · HP1 1NP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Heirs and Graces Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · HP23 4EE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sandwich Plus

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · HP23 5BN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Flavour Bombs

    Manufacturers/packers · HP3 0PQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hilliers Garden Centre - Cafe Willow

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · HP1 3BA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Dacorum 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.

  • ?

    Nash Chemists

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · HP1 2HX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Papanasi Romanesti

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · HP2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    PHOENIX BIRD LTD

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · HP2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Nxt Gen Futsal League

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · HP23 5JU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Northchurch Baptist Church

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · HP4 3QH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Niche Bakes

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · HP4

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Dacorum.

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

Other catering premises

250 venues in Dacorum

4.9
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

241 venues in Dacorum

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

198 venues in Dacorum

4.4
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

118 venues in Dacorum

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

116 venues in Dacorum

4.3
avg score

Caring Premises

100 venues in Dacorum

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

98 venues in Dacorum

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

65 venues in Dacorum

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Dacorum.

  • 5

    Aldi Stores Ltd

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · HP2 4NW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Super Chef Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · HP1 1BB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Martin's Pond

    Pub/bar/nightclub · HP4 2QQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mucky Ducks Bucks and Hemel

    Other catering premises · HP23

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Steam Coach

    Pub/bar/nightclub · HP1 1NP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sandwich Plus

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · HP23 5BN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Heirs and Graces Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · HP23 4EE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Chiltern Cold Pressed Virgin Rapeseed Oil

    Manufacturers/packers · HP23 4NZ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Dacorum, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Dacorum?

RatingCafe tracks 1,255 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Dacorum, 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 Dacorum?

The average FSA hygiene score across Dacorum is 4.68 out of 5. 76.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 8 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Dacorum venues failed their FSA inspection?

Dacorum currently has 8 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Dacorum 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 Dacorum hygiene data?

All Dacorum 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.

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