What share of North East food businesses have a 5-star hygiene rating?

83.3% of the 20,670 rated food businesses in North East hold the top 5-star Food Standards Agency hygiene rating (17,224 premises), with a regional average of 4.74 out of 5. That places North East 4 of 11 UK regions by 5-star share, as of 2026-06-12.

Which council in North East has the best food hygiene ratings?

Among North East local authorities with rated food businesses, Stockton On Tees has the highest share of 5-star premises at 95% (1,417 rated), while South Tyneside has the lowest at 73.9%. A lower share usually reflects a council's business mix and density rather than unsafe food.

Where does this North East food hygiene data come from?

Every figure on this page is from the Food Standards Agency's public Food Hygiene Rating Scheme register (ratings.food.gov.uk), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, aggregated by GeraEats across 12 North East local authorities as of 2026-06-12. No number is estimated or modelled.

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The headline

83.3% of North East food businesses are 5-star.

Across 12 North East councils, 20,670 food businesses are rated; 83.3% are 5-star and 0.8% (172 premises) score 0 or 1 star — the FSA's two lowest marks. Nationally, 483,819 food businesses are rated across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Within North East, Stockton On Tees leads on 5-star share (95%) and South Tyneside trails (73.9%).

North East rating distribution

How the 20,670 rated North East food businesses split across the FSA's six rating bands.

Rating	Premises	Share
5★	17,224	83.3%
4★	2,165	10.5%
3★	877	4.2%
2★	232	1.1%
1★	151	0.7%
0★	21	0.1%

North East councils ranked

Every North East local authority, ranked by the share of food businesses holding the top 5-star FSA rating. Tap a council to open its full GeraEats hygiene directory.

#	Council	5★ share	Avg	0–1★	Rated
1	Stockton On Tees · takeaways	95%	4.93	0(0%)	1,417
2	Redcar and Cleveland · takeaways	93.9%	4.91	10(0.9%)	1,139
3	Hartlepool · takeaways	91%	4.88	1(0.1%)	735
4	Northumberland · takeaways	90.6%	4.87	18(0.6%)	3,093
5	Darlington · takeaways	90.3%	4.84	14(1.7%)	829
6	North Tyneside · takeaways	86.1%	4.79	26(1.8%)	1,444
7	Middlesbrough · takeaways	84.3%	4.71	39(3.8%)	1,029
8	Sunderland · takeaways	83.9%	4.74	47(2.4%)	1,949
9	Gateshead · takeaways	81.4%	4.75	12(0.8%)	1,432
10	Newcastle Upon Tyne · takeaways	75.1%	4.55	132(5.3%)	2,496
11	Durham · takeaways	74.5%	4.63	81(2%)	4,132
12	South Tyneside · takeaways	73.9%	4.62	24(2.5%)	975

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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.