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UK food hygiene · Brent

Brent.
2,454 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Brent with its official FSA hygiene rating. 74.7% score a 5. 40 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.57
Avg FSA
1,660
venues scored 5/5
40
scored 0 or 1

Brent food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,454 food venues tracked in Brent, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.57 out of 5 across 2,222 rated venues.
  • 1,660 venues scored 5/5 (74.7%).
  • 40 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Brent in context

Brent sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.57 across 2,222 rated venues.

74.7% of Brent venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

40 Brent venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.80% of rated stock, which puts Brent above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Brent itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.4/5 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 Brent scores

2,222 rated · 232 awaiting
5
1,660 venues
74.7%
4
331 venues
14.9%
3
126 venues
5.7%
2
65 venues
2.9%
1
29 venues
1.3%
0
11 venues
0.5%
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

Brent 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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    College of North West London Willesden- Waterfall Elior

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · NW10 2XD

    Jan 1901

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    WM.N. Gimmack

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NW2 4NH

    Jan 1901

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    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NW9 8JS

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    W N Gimmack Chemist

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NW2 3HT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    U N P Pharmacy/Welcare Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NW9 9HH

    Jan 1901

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    Tyerest Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · HA3 0XY

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Brent.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

551 venues in Brent

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

492 venues in Brent

4.5
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

355 venues in Brent

4.5
avg score

Retailers - other

355 venues in Brent

4.4
avg score

Other catering premises

222 venues in Brent

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

150 venues in Brent

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

118 venues in Brent

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

82 venues in Brent

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Brent.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Brent, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Brent?

RatingCafe tracks 2,454 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Brent, 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 Brent?

The average FSA hygiene score across Brent is 4.57 out of 5. 74.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 40 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Brent venues failed their FSA inspection?

Brent currently has 40 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Brent 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 Brent hygiene data?

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