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UK food hygiene · Walsall

Walsall.
2,211 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Walsall with its official FSA hygiene rating. 58.0% score a 5. 67 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.25
Avg FSA
998
venues scored 5/5
67
scored 0 or 1

Walsall food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,211 food venues tracked in Walsall, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.25 out of 5 across 1,722 rated venues.
  • 998 venues scored 5/5 (58.0%).
  • 67 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Walsall in context

Walsall sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.25 across 1,722 rated venues.

58.0% of Walsall venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

67 Walsall venues currently score 0 or 1, 3.89% of rated stock, which puts Walsall above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Walsall itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.8/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 4.9/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Walsall scores

1,722 rated · 489 awaiting
5
998 venues
58.0%
4
338 venues
19.6%
3
274 venues
15.9%
2
45 venues
2.6%
1
59 venues
3.4%
0
8 venues
0.5%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    KFC (M6 Juction 10)

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS2 8TJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Staff Canteen at Midland Bacon

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS2 7DQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Dixy Chicken

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS2 9QL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Leighswood Infant School

    School/college/university · WS9 8HZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Kiran's Balti

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS10 8DU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shelfield Greggs

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS4 1PQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pinfold Chippy

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS3 2DG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Sunflowers Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · B43 7BW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Subway

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS2 8EJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Pretty Bricks

    Pub/bar/nightclub · WS2 8AF

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Walsall venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Freer Street Kitchen

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS1 1QF

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Crumb 'N Get It

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · WS9

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Crucial Catering Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · WS10

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Created with love

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · WS3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Crafted Crumbs

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · WS8

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Costa Coffee

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS1 1YT

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Walsall.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Retailers - other

527 venues in Walsall

3.9
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

364 venues in Walsall

4.2
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

300 venues in Walsall

3.8
avg score

Other catering premises

226 venues in Walsall

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

209 venues in Walsall

4.7
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

175 venues in Walsall

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

148 venues in Walsall

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

134 venues in Walsall

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Walsall.

  • 5

    KFC (M6 Juction 10)

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS2 8TJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Staff Canteen at Midland Bacon

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS2 7DQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Leighswood Infant School

    School/college/university · WS9 8HZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Dixy Chicken

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS2 9QL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pinfold Chippy

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS3 2DG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Kiran's Balti

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS10 8DU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shelfield Greggs

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WS4 1PQ

    Mar 2026

  • 4

    Fancy Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WS3 2XD

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Walsall, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Walsall?

RatingCafe tracks 2,211 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Walsall, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Walsall?

The average FSA hygiene score across Walsall is 4.25 out of 5. 58.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 67 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Walsall venues failed their FSA inspection?

Walsall currently has 67 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Walsall are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Walsall hygiene data?

All Walsall ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Walsall data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.