Oxfordshire food hygiene ratings 8 out of 10 five stars

The Food Standards Agency scale runs from zero to five, with five the top ‘very good’ rating and zero meaning “urgent improvement necessary”.

Across Oxfordshire’s 5,660 inspected premises, 4,676 currently hold a five, equivalent to 82.6 per cent.

The county is one of the strongest in the country, with more than eight in 10 premises holding the top five-star rating.

Only 92 premises in the county are rated at two or below, and overall Oxfordshire sits comfortably above the national average of 78 per cent.

West Oxfordshire emerges as the star performer with more than nine in 10 businesses rated five.

Of 1,008 premises, 950 have the maximum five rating, giving the district a remarkable 94.2 per cent at the top of the scale and just three sites rated 2 or below.

Oxford City also performs strongly, with 1,193 out of 1,367 premises rated ‘very good’, or 87.3 per cent.

Vale of White Horse records 760 top-rated premises out of 937 (81.1 per cent), while Cherwell has 964 out of 1,210 on 5 (79.7 per cent).

South Oxfordshire has the lowest proportion of five ratings at 71.1 per cent with only 1.85 per cent rated two or below.

Just six premises county-wide are currently on a zero rating, with two in Cherwell and four in Oxford. There are none in South Oxfordshire, Vale or West Oxfordshire.