Food hygiene in Northern Ireland
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- Food hygiene in Northern Ireland
This is an area summary. It does not give a rating for one premises. Find a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency.
Across Northern Ireland, the hygiene file accepted on 18 October 2026 holds 15,473 known ratings, and 1.2% of them need improvement. The 95 percent interval on that share runs from 1.0% to 1.4%. Records still waiting for a rating and exempt premises are left out of the denominator.
Wilson 1.2% (95% interval 1.0% to 1.4%), from 15,473 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: 415 days. Older than two years: 20.8% (95% interval 20.1% to 21.5%), from 15,471 ratings.
- Northern Ireland restaurants: 1.5% (95% interval 1.1% to 2.1%), from 3,329 ratings
- Northern Ireland takeaways: 4.0% (95% interval 3.1% to 5.1%), from 1,691 ratings
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Belfast CityArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonFind a premises rating at the Food Standards Agency
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Figures
- Median age of a rating415 daysDays since inspection, known rating dates only. This does not say an inspection is overdue. Based on 15,471 ratings with a known date.
- Older than two years20.8% (95% interval 20.1% to 21.5%), from 15,471 ratingsShare of dated results above two years. Missing dates stay outside this denominator.
- Waiting or unknown results431 recordsCount outside every known-rating share; waiting is not a rating of zero.
Shared scale: 0% to 2.1%.
Northern Ireland: 1.2% (95% interval 1.0% to 1.4%), from 15,473 ratings
Northern Ireland restaurants: 1.5% (95% interval 1.1% to 2.1%), from 3,329 ratings
Hygiene: 23.5% (95% interval 18.0% to 30.2%), from 187 ratings
Structural: 50.8% (95% interval 43.6% to 57.9%), from 187 ratings
Confidence in management: 34.2% (95% interval 27.8% to 41.3%), from 187 ratings
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 15,473 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 187 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 431 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 1,075 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 15,473 ratings |
| Rated five | 83.8% | 83.1% | 84.4% | 15,473 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 415 days | No interval | No interval | 15,471 ratings |
| Older than two years | 20.8% | 20.1% | 21.5% | 15,471 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 187 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 23.5% | 18.0% | 30.2% | 187 ratings |
| Structural | 50.8% | 43.6% | 57.9% | 187 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 34.2% | 27.8% | 41.3% | 187 ratings |
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 3,329 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 51 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 78 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 11 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 3,329 ratings |
| Rated five | 79.3% | 77.8% | 80.7% | 3,329 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 356 days | No interval | No interval | 3,328 ratings |
| Older than two years | 11.1% | 10.0% | 12.3% | 3,328 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 51 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 27.5% | 17.1% | 41.0% | 51 ratings |
| Structural | 52.9% | 39.5% | 66.0% | 51 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 29.4% | 18.7% | 43.0% | 51 ratings |
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known ratings | 1,691 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Results needing improvement | 68 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Waiting or unknown results | 71 records | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Exempt premises | 0 premises | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Needs improvement | 4.0% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 1,691 ratings |
| Rated five | 60.4% | 58.0% | 62.8% | 1,691 ratings |
Further calculated measures
| Measure | Result | Low | High | Ratings counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age of a rating | 347 days | No interval | No interval | 1,691 ratings |
| Older than two years | 8.1% | 6.8% | 9.5% | 1,691 ratings |
| Low ratings with all three scores | 68 ratings | No interval | No interval | Exact file count |
| Hygiene | 27.9% | 18.6% | 39.6% | 68 ratings |
| Structural | 48.5% | 37.0% | 60.2% | 68 ratings |
| Confidence in management | 32.4% | 22.4% | 44.2% | 68 ratings |
Published council areas
Northern Ireland
- Ards and North Down. 0.9% (95% interval 0.4% to 1.6%), from 1,159 ratings
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon. 0.9% (95% interval 0.5% to 1.5%), from 1,756 ratings
- Belfast City. 2.2% (95% interval 1.7% to 2.9%), from 2,901 ratings
- Causeway Coast and Glens. 1.3% (95% interval 0.8% to 2.2%), from 1,346 ratings
- Derry City and Strabane. 0.7% (95% interval 0.3% to 1.3%), from 1,223 ratings
- Fermanagh and Omagh. 1.4% (95% interval 0.8% to 2.2%), from 1,332 ratings
- Mid and East Antrim. 0.1% (95% interval 0.0% to 0.6%), from 1,020 ratings
- Mid Ulster. 1.2% (95% interval 0.7% to 2.1%), from 1,291 ratings
- Newry, Mourne and Down. 1.6% (95% interval 1.0% to 2.3%), from 1,598 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: 15,473 ratings; needing improvement: 187 ratings; waiting or unknown: 431 records; exempt: 1,075 premises. Waiting and exempt records are outside the known results.
Rating dates missing from 2 ratings. The median and age share use 15,471 ratings with known dates.
Low ratings with complete component scores: 187 ratings. Low ratings excluded because a score is missing: 0 ratings. Published ratings are not reconstructed from their components.
Unknown-result scenarios: 1.1% to 3.9% 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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