Food hygiene in Wales
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- Food hygiene in Wales
This is an area summary. It does not give a rating for one premises. Find a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency.
Across Wales, the hygiene file accepted on 18 October 2026 holds 30,484 known ratings, and 2.5% of them need improvement. The 95 percent interval on that share runs from 2.2% to 2.7%. Records still waiting for a rating and exempt premises are left out of the denominator.
Wilson 2.5% (95% interval 2.2% to 2.7%), from 30,484 ratings
This is an area summary, not a rating for one premises. Improvement means a result that needs improvement; it is not improvement over time. The file date is not the date of every inspection. Find a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency.
Needs improvement means FHRS ratings at 0, 1 or 2, or an FHIS Improvement Required result. Waiting and exempt results do not enter that share.
Median age of the known rating dates: 445 days. Older than two years: 28.8% (95% interval 28.2% to 29.3%), from 30,484 ratings.
- Wales restaurants: 2.5% (95% interval 2.1% to 3.0%), from 6,383 ratings
- Wales takeaways: 4.9% (95% interval 4.1% to 5.8%), from 2,914 ratings
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Figures
- Median age of a rating445 daysDays since inspection, known rating dates only. This does not say an inspection is overdue. Based on 30,484 ratings with a known date.
- Older than two years28.8% (95% interval 28.2% to 29.3%), from 30,484 ratingsShare of dated results above two years. Missing dates stay outside this denominator.
- Waiting or unknown results2,488 recordsCount outside every known-rating share; waiting is not a rating of zero.
Shared scale: 0% to 3.0%.
Wales: 2.5% (95% interval 2.2% to 2.7%), from 30,484 ratings
Wales restaurants: 2.5% (95% interval 2.1% to 3.0%), from 6,383 ratings
Hygiene: 27.7% (95% interval 24.6% to 31.1%), from 751 ratings
Structural: 32.0% (95% interval 28.7% to 35.4%), from 751 ratings
Confidence in management: 51.7% (95% interval 48.0% to 55.3%), from 751 ratings
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 30,484 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 751 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 2,488 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 1,240 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 30,484 ratings |
| Rated five | 76.0% | 75.5% | 76.5% | 30,484 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 445 days | No interval | No interval | 30,484 ratings |
| Older than two years | 28.8% | 28.2% | 29.3% | 30,484 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 751 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 27.7% | 24.6% | 31.1% | 751 ratings |
| Structural | 32.0% | 28.7% | 35.4% | 751 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 51.7% | 48.0% | 55.3% | 751 ratings |
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 6,383 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 160 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 475 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 56 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.0% | 6,383 ratings |
| Rated five | 73.0% | 71.8% | 74.1% | 6,383 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 365 days | No interval | No interval | 6,383 ratings |
| Older than two years | 14.7% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 6,383 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 160 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 35.0% | 28.0% | 42.7% | 160 ratings |
| Structural | 29.4% | 22.8% | 36.9% | 160 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 45.0% | 37.4% | 52.8% | 160 ratings |
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 2,914 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 143 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 233 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 5 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 4.9% | 4.1% | 5.8% | 2,914 ratings |
| Rated five | 54.2% | 52.3% | 56.0% | 2,914 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 325 days | No interval | No interval | 2,914 ratings |
| Older than two years | 8.4% | 7.4% | 9.6% | 2,914 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 143 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 35.7% | 28.2% | 43.8% | 143 ratings |
| Structural | 30.1% | 23.1% | 38.1% | 143 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 53.1% | 44.9% | 61.2% | 143 ratings |
Published council areas
Wales
- Bridgend. 1.5% (95% interval 0.9% to 2.5%), from 1,226 ratings
- Caerphilly. 4.4% (95% interval 3.4% to 5.7%), from 1,407 ratings
- Cardiff. 3.5% (95% interval 2.9% to 4.3%), from 3,015 ratings
- Carmarthenshire. 0.7% (95% interval 0.4% to 1.3%), from 1,889 ratings
- Conwy. 1.9% (95% interval 1.3% to 2.8%), from 1,451 ratings
- Denbighshire. 1.7% (95% interval 1.0% to 2.8%), from 992 ratings
- Flintshire. 1.6% (95% interval 1.0% to 2.6%), from 1,217 ratings
- Gwynedd. 1.3% (95% interval 0.9% to 2.0%), from 1,959 ratings
- Monmouthshire. 1.4% (95% interval 0.8% to 2.4%), from 992 ratings
- Neath Port Talbot. 5.6% (95% interval 4.3% to 7.1%), from 1,149 ratings
- Newport. 1.7% (95% interval 1.0% to 2.6%), from 1,137 ratings
- Pembrokeshire. 2.1% (95% interval 1.5% to 2.9%), from 1,880 ratings
- Powys. 2.6% (95% interval 2.0% to 3.4%), from 2,291 ratings
- Rhondda Cynon Taf. 2.8% (95% interval 2.1% to 3.7%), from 1,851 ratings
- Swansea. 2.6% (95% interval 2.0% to 3.5%), from 2,118 ratings
- Vale of Glamorgan. 2.4% (95% interval 1.6% to 3.5%), from 1,147 ratings
- Wrexham. 1.0% (95% interval 0.5% to 1.8%), from 1,180 ratings
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Part of what this page would normally show is missing from the accepted file: either the rating dates needed for an age figure, or the three component scores needed for a mix, or the second snapshot needed for a 30-day change. The figures that are present stand on their own denominators. The missing part is absent, not zero.
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Limits of these figures
Known results: 30,484 ratings; needing improvement: 751 ratings; waiting or unknown: 2,488 records; exempt: 1,240 premises. Waiting and exempt records are outside the known results.
Rating dates missing from 0 ratings. The median and age share use 30,484 ratings with known dates.
Low ratings with complete component scores: 751 ratings. Low ratings excluded because a score is missing: 0 ratings. Published ratings are not reconstructed from their components.
Unknown-result scenarios: 2.2% to 9.9% if every waiting or unknown result became known. These are scenario bounds, not confidence intervals. Exempt premises remain excluded.
No 30-day change is published: two accepted files exactly 30 days apart are required. One snapshot cannot show how many premises improved or worsened.
Inspections are not a random sample. These intervals describe the known-result shares, not the chance that a particular premises is safe.
It does not tell you about one premises. A share describes the known ratings in an area on the day of the file, and a single rating can change the day after.
It does not count premises waiting for a rating, and it does not count exempt premises. Both stay outside the denominator, so a low share is not evidence that everything was inspected.
It does not say an inspection is overdue. The age of a rating is the gap since the last published inspection, and the publisher sets no deadline we could measure against.
It does not rank areas. Where two intervals overlap, the order of the two numbers carries no information.
It does not combine schemes. A Scottish pass result and a 0 to 5 score are different measurements and are never averaged.
Source
- Source
- Food Standards Agency, national English-language open data file
- File accepted
- 18 October 2026
- Publisher file timestamp
- 2026-10-17T01:06:42Z
- National file count
- 614,349
- Source SHA-256
- 0eccd1ba6db3e1cb9ec1e50c296a825d4c4a0dceec3935b2fc2e0106936b5715
- Calculation release
- fsa-2026-10-18-0eccd1ba6db3-e2b1a3747bdf
- Method
- Same-type, same-scheme profiles; unknown and exempt results excluded from shares.
- Substantive change
- 18 October 2026
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