The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in West Oxfordshire

South East · 1,141 registered food establishments · 94.8% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

20 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 29 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 144 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

166Opened (12m)
162Closed (12m)
6Relisted (12m)
29Takeover (12m)
226Rating changes (12m)
18Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 36 improved 31 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 968
4 41
3 9
1 3
Awaiting inspection 59
Exempt 61

Time to first published rating

67 days median · 91 days average
across 264 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 144 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 West Oxfordshire

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 Pokhara Delight 1 → 5OX28 6GW
2026-10-22 Flat Whites And Fairy Tales Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-22 The Village Refill Awaiting inspection → 5OX20 1GX
2026-10-22 Cheese Hub Food Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-22 Great Tew Pre-School Awaiting inspection → 5OX7 4DB
2026-10-22 Home From Home Events LLP Awaiting inspection → 5

Latest changes in West Oxfordshire

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-22Opened Forty FourOX7 3PQ
2026-10-22Opened Ducklington CE Primary School - Breakfast ClubOX29 7US
2026-10-22Opened The Pancake Society
2026-10-22Opened Brownies And Bites
2026-10-22Opened Mandarin UnityOX28 1UE
2026-10-22Closed The Tipsy PalaceOX20 1SY
2026-10-22Closed No.1 Sweet Spot LtdOX18 3XX
2026-10-22Closed The Village Vegan

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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