The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Newcastle-Under-Lyme

West Midlands · 988 registered food establishments · 86.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

35 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 11 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 69 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

160Opened (12m)
202Closed (12m)
40Relisted (12m)
11Takeover (12m)
254Rating changes (12m)
17Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 46 improved 65 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 780
4 67
3 31
2 4
1 22
0 1
Awaiting inspection 34
Exempt 49

Time to first published rating

53 days median · 68 days average
across 479 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 69 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 Newcastle-Under-Lyme

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
2026-10-07 CHUCHU'S KEBAB AND BALTI 4 → 1ST5 8HX
2026-10-06 FLAMING GRILL 0 → 3ST7 1PY
2026-10-06 BARMY BILLS 3 → 5ST5 6DN
2026-10-03 BLUE BELL INN Awaiting inspection → 2ST7 1EG
2026-10-01 LIMS CHINESE TAKEAWAY 1 → 5ST5 1DJ
2026-10-01 WOOD LANE CRICKET AND SPORTS CLUB 4 → 5ST7 8PA

Latest changes in Newcastle-Under-Lyme

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-01Takeover PAPA JOHNSST5 9ER
2026-10-01Opened RED ROOSTERST5 1TT
2026-10-01Closed JITE'S AFRICAN KITCHEN AND PANTRY
2026-10-01Closed RED ROOSTERSST5 1TT
2026-10-01Closed PAPA JOHN'S PIZZAST5 9ER
2026-09-30Opened SLIMMING WORLD
2026-09-30Opened NOVO SUPPLEMENT
2026-09-30Opened FARM LINK FOOD MARKETST5 1PG

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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