The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Barking and Dagenham

London · 1,469 registered food establishments · 56.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

42 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 35 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 308 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

366Opened (12m)
376Closed (12m)
49Relisted (12m)
35Takeover (12m)
480Rating changes (12m)
12Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 140 improved 117 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 695
4 291
3 153
2 27
1 68
0 3
Awaiting inspection 200
Exempt 32

Time to first published rating

121 days median · 161 days average
across 561 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 308 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).

Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.

Latest published ratings in Barking and Dagenham

New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-23 Enjoy Cafe 5 → 3RM10 7XD
2026-10-22 Gems Delight Awaiting inspection → 4
2026-10-22 Qurtubah Nursery Awaiting inspection → 4RM9 6FN
2026-10-20 Cube Desserts Awaiting inspection → 5RM8 1UU
2026-10-20 Shell Ripple Road Awaiting inspection → 5IG11 9PG
2026-10-20 Once Upon A Sip Awaiting inspection → 5

Latest changes in Barking and Dagenham

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-20Opened PAANE LTD
2026-10-20Takeover Grill & CrispRM6 6PU
2026-10-20Opened Keydotes LTD
2026-10-20Opened Best Bite
2026-10-20Opened The Food YardRM8 1QH
2026-10-20Closed Beni's
2026-10-20Closed Bakesy
2026-10-20Closed Maxi GrillRM6 6PU

Contact the council

Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.

These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.

If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.

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