The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Darlington
North East · 920 registered food establishments · 90.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
14 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 20 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 95 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Darlington interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 30 improved 28 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
58 days median · 90 days average
across 322 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 95 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 Darlington
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.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Yings | → | DL3 6QG |
| 2026-10-10 | Tees Cottage Pumping Station ( Cakes ) | → | |
| 2026-10-10 | Monk | → | DL3 7QH |
| 2026-10-10 | Crafty's Ale,Wine And Whisky House | → | DL3 7QL |
| 2026-10-10 | Village Supermarket | → | DL1 2EN |
| 2026-10-02 | Starbucks Coffee Company | → | DL2 1TD |
Latest changes in Darlington
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | Takeover | Ring For Chicken | DL1 5JQ |
| 2026-10-10 | Opened | Finance Oyedele | DL1 1LU |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Silva's Kitchen | DL1 1LU |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Mobile City | DL1 1PD |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Abbey Infants School | DL3 8JA |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Nagomi | DL3 6JU |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Sweetie Cones Darlington | |
| 2026-10-06 | Closed | China House | DL3 0GA |
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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