Boulder County Restaurant Inspection Violations and Scores

Restaurant inspection data for food service facilities within Boulder County, Colorado, provided by Boulder County government. Records include inspection dates, violation details, scores, and facility information from 2013 onward. Data is published via the Socrata platform on data.colorado.gov.

Use Cases

• Predict inspectionScore from facility attributes like categoryOfFacility and typeOfFacility using regression models.
• Analyze temporal trends in violationCode and violationPoints by grouping data on inspectionDate.
• Map inspection outcomes by zip or city using the geoReference and location fields for spatial analysis.
• Identify common violationType patterns associated with specific violationStatus outcomes like 'Corrected' or 'Repeat'.

Strengths

• Data spans over a decade from 2013 to 2025, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Includes 24 columns covering inspection details, violations, scores, and facility geography.
• Provides geospatial coordinates (geoReference) for mapping facility locations.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last update timestamp may reflect platform metadata, not new inspections.

Provenance

Source

Boulder County government, published on data.colorado.gov.

Collection Method

Collected through routine public health inspections of food service facilities.

Time Range

2013 to 2025.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-04-03, but the inspection data time range ends in 2025.

Geography

Boulder County, Colorado, United States.