Food Hygiene Ratings for Camden Borough Businesses, 0-5 Scale

Food hygiene ratings and inspection results for businesses in the London Borough of Camden, reflecting standards found on the date of inspection by the council. The data includes businesses like restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, and food shops, with attribution for business name, address, rating value, rating date, ward name, and spatial location. The dataset is provided by the London Borough of Camden and was last updated on 2026-03-16.

Use Cases

• Mapping food hygiene compliance across Camden wards based on spatial location and ward name.
• Analyzing trends in inspection ratings over time based on the rating date.
• Comparing hygiene standards across different business types like restaurants, takeaways, and supermarkets mentioned in the description.
• Identifying businesses with low (0-2) or high (4-5) hygiene ratings for targeted interventions.

Strengths

• Includes a 0-5 rating scale for standardized comparison.
• Covers multiple business types including restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, and food shops.
• Provides spatial location data for most records, enabling geographic analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes not every business has a correct spatial location, which may affect map-based analyses.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Camden

Collection Method

Inspections or visits conducted by Camden Borough Council.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 18:02:09.725789; freshness should be verified.

Geography

London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom