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UK Food Hygiene Compare

West Midlands edition

Inspection timing

How recent are the ratings in West Midlands?

A rating describes the inspection it came from. Here is how long ago those inspections took place, by area. Latest inspection in the data: .

West Midlands
Time since last inspectionEstablishmentsShare
Under 1 year7,80537.9%
1–2 years5,32625.9%
2–3 years2,06310.0%
3–5 years1,6097.8%
Over 5 years3,76418.3%
United Kingdom for comparison
Time since last inspectionEstablishmentsShare
Under 1 year221,24041.3%
1–2 years169,61531.7%
2–3 years60,83511.4%
3–5 years37,8157.1%
Over 5 years46,3858.7%

Last 24 months

Inspections behind current ratings, by month

Each establishment is counted once, in the month of the inspection behind its current rating. Earlier inspections that were later superseded are not in the open data.

1,0002,000222Dec 24Mar 25Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 261,024Sep 26to date
Current ratings by inspection month, West Midlands. The current month is part-month (data to 13 November 2026).
Show the monthly figures as a table
Establishments whose current rating comes from an inspection in each month
MonthEstablishments
December 2024222
January 2025419
February 2025399
March 2025446
April 2025239
May 2025353
June 2025474
July 2025494
August 2025457
September 2025748
October 2025666
November 2025683
December 2025428
January 2026699
February 2026805
March 2026798
April 2026588
May 2026548
June 2026632
July 2026739
August 2026595
September 20261,024
October 2026470
November 202642

By area

Inspection timing by area

Inspection timing by area (select a column heading to sort)
Birmingham8,51459.2%23.8%1,495
Coventry2,37665.9%10.4%619
Dudley2,15555.0%29.7%442
Sandwell2,35160.2%14.6%347
Solihull1,27390.3%2.5%114
Walsall1,85175.3%13.9%212
Wolverhampton2,04767.6%10.6%90