Cambridge Restaurant Sanitary Inspection Findings

Routine inspection results for restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts, conducted by the city's Inspectional Services Department at least once every six months. The dataset includes records of inspections with sanitary violation citations and those with no violations, as indicated by the presence or absence of a 'Code Number'. Data is provided by data.cambridgema.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict 'Code Case Status' from 'Business Name', 'street', and inspection date fields using classification models.
• Analyze spatial patterns of violations by clustering inspection records using 'latitude' and 'longitude' coordinates.
• Forecast future 'issue date' trends for specific 'permit type' establishments based on historical 'Case Open Date' and 'Date Corrected' records.
• Identify correlations between 'Code Description' of violations and geographic areas defined by 'Cambridge Neighborhoods' or 'Census Blocks 2010'.

Strengths

• Data covers inspections conducted at least once every six months, ensuring regular updates.
• Includes detailed geospatial references such as 'Coordinates', 'latitude', 'longitude', and multiple geographic boundary columns.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability assessments.
• The dataset may have class imbalance if most inspections result in no citations ('Code Number' is null).

Provenance

Source

City of Cambridge's Inspectional Services Department via data.cambridgema.gov.

Collection Method

Findings from routine sanitary inspections of restaurants.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026, indicating recent data.

Geography

City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.