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UK food hygiene · Durham

Durham.
4,623 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Durham with its official FSA hygiene rating. 74.0% score a 5. 28 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.62
Avg FSA
3,038
venues scored 5/5
28
scored 0 or 1

Durham food hygiene in one minute

  • 4,623 food venues tracked in Durham, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.62 out of 5 across 4,108 rated venues.
  • 3,038 venues scored 5/5 (74.0%).
  • 28 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Durham in context

Durham tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.62 across 4,108 rated venues.

74.0% of Durham venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

28 Durham venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.68% of rated stock, which keeps Durham below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Durham itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.0/5 while a typical other catering 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 Durham scores

4,108 rated · 515 awaiting
5
3,038 venues
74.0%
4
701 venues
17.1%
3
285 venues
6.9%
2
56 venues
1.4%
1
24 venues
0.6%
0
4 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.

Overdue inspection

Durham 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.

  • ?

    Glasshouse

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SR8 1BT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Iceland Foods

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · DL16 6AB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    House of Ajwa LTD

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DH3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    House of Abundance

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · SR8 4LQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Horden Chinese Takeaway

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · SR8 4NA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Honey Sales

    stale · 1504mo

    Farmers/growers · DL5

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Durham.

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

Retailers - other

983 venues in Durham

4.5
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

766 venues in Durham

4.6
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

633 venues in Durham

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

563 venues in Durham

4.0
avg score

Other catering premises

563 venues in Durham

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

313 venues in Durham

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

281 venues in Durham

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

211 venues in Durham

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Durham.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Durham, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Durham?

RatingCafe tracks 4,623 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Durham, 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 Durham?

The average FSA hygiene score across Durham is 4.62 out of 5. 74.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 28 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Durham venues failed their FSA inspection?

Durham currently has 28 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Durham 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 Durham hygiene data?

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