Food shops & convenience retailers in Leicester: food hygiene ratings
Of the 795 food shops & convenience retailers in Leicester with a published Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating, 52.5% hold the top 5 (Very Good) rating — 8.6 points below the 61.1% average for food shops across major UK cities. 2.4% (19 premises) are rated 0 or 1 star, meaning urgent improvement is necessary, and the mean rating is 4.18 out of 5. Source: FSA FHRS open data (OGL v3.0), as of June 2026.
Based on 795 rated premises (minimum 25 to publish a city page) · data as of June 2026 · generated .
Rating breakdown in Leicester
Percentages are of the 795 rated food shops & convenience retailers in Leicester that carry a numeric 0–5 FSA rating. Leicester sits 8.6 points below the 61.1% multi-city average for food shops.
Top-rated food shops & convenience retailers in Leicester
Real FSA-inspected premises in Leicester holding a 5-star (Very Good) hygiene rating. Use this shortlist to order from a kitchen that passed its most recent inspection.
- 5★4ecoshopUnit 1, Abbeygate House, 15 Abbey Gate, Leicester, LE4 0AA
- 5★7 Day Convenience66 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1TU
- 5★7 Days Express31a Braunstone Gate, Leicester, LE3 5LH
- 5★7 Star Cake141 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0PB
- 5★A And J News And Confectionary89 Halkin Street, Leicester, LE4 6JX
- 5★A Lojinha Da Sonia171 Belgrave Gate, Leicester, LE1 3HS
- 5★AKG Paan Centre25A Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 6PN
- 5★Aarti Sweet Mart321 St Saviours Road, Leicester, LE5 4HG
- 5★Abbey Lane Post Office202 Abbey Lane, Leicester, LE4 0DA
- 5★Abbey Stores417 Abbey Lane, Leicester, LE4 5QJ
- 5★Al Barakah Butchers142 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 5EE
- 5★Al Hamra Halal Meat155 Evington Road, Leicester, LE2 1QJ
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This page covers Leicester specifically. For the national picture across the whole UK, see Food shops & convenience retailers: UK food hygiene ratings.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings are sourced from the Food Standards Agency at ratings.food.gov.uk. Ratings reflect the most recent inspection on record and may have changed since publication.