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Takeaways, restaurants and pubs: every English district counted

How many takeaways, restaurants and pubs each English district has, from the Food Standards Agency's register — the statutory list every food business must join. 43,912 takeaways and 98,679 restaurants and cafés across 264 districts.

Why these counts hold up. Registration with the local authority is a legal requirement for food businesses, so this is the full population of them, not a sample or a scrape. Counts as of July 2026; the register changes daily as businesses open and close. Pubs here means the register's pub/bar/nightclub category. Sources & method.

Most takeaways per restaurant

The English average is 0.49 takeaways per restaurant or café. These districts run far above it:

#	District	Takeaways	Restaurants & cafés	Takeaways per restaurant	Per 10k residents
1	Newcastle-under-Lyme	120	86	1.40	9.4
2	Rochdale	327	241	1.36	13.9
3	Stevenage	167	131	1.27	18.2
4	Barking and Dagenham	230	232	0.99	9.9
5	Sunderland	372	376	0.99	12.9
6	Barnsley	269	275	0.98	10.7
7	Bury	293	300	0.98	14.7
8	Tameside	302	310	0.97	12.6
9	Kirklees	575	610	0.94	12.8
10	Stoke-on-Trent	330	353	0.93	12.2
11	Burnley	151	162	0.93	15.2
12	Ashfield	122	131	0.93	9.4
13	Chorley	130	141	0.92	10.8
14	Sandwell	422	467	0.90	11.9
15	Cannock Chase	103	114	0.90	9.9
16	Rossendale	110	122	0.90	15.1
17	Brent	499	558	0.89	14.1
18	Hyndburn	122	137	0.89	14.2
19	Chesterfield	140	158	0.89	13.2
20	Coventry	500	572	0.87	13.5

Fewest

#	District	Takeaways	Restaurants & cafés	Takeaways per restaurant	Per 10k residents
1	Westminster	284	3,504	0.08	13.5
2	Kensington and Chelsea	84	971	0.09	5.8
3	Richmond upon Thames	66	730	0.09	3.4
4	Isles of Scilly	3	24	0.13	12.7
5	Wandsworth	182	1,290	0.14	5.4
6	Cotswold	42	295	0.14	4.6
7	Uttlesford	42	250	0.17	4.4
8	Runnymede	48	282	0.17	5.2
9	Merton	105	613	0.17	4.8
10	Epping Forest	42	234	0.18	3.1

Most takeaways per 10,000 residents

#	District	Takeaways	Restaurants & cafés	Takeaways per restaurant	Per 10k residents
1	Camden	777	1,731	0.45	35.8
2	Blackpool	280	327	0.86	19.4
3	Southwark	597	946	0.63	19.0
4	East Lindsey	269	498	0.54	18.5
5	Stevenage	167	131	1.27	18.2
6	Great Yarmouth	176	240	0.73	17.5
7	Burnley	151	162	0.93	15.2
8	Rossendale	110	122	0.90	15.1
9	Liverpool	750	1,019	0.74	14.7
10	Bury	293	300	0.98	14.7
11	Hyndburn	122	137	0.89	14.2
12	Brent	499	558	0.89	14.1
13	North East Lincolnshire	226	298	0.76	14.1
14	Rochdale	327	241	1.36	13.9
15	Coventry	500	572	0.87	13.5

What the pattern shows, and what it doesn't

The takeaway-to-restaurant ratio tends to rise with deprivation: across all 264 districts the correlation with the index of multiple deprivation is moderate (r ≈ 0.53), and the most deprived fifth of districts averages roughly double the ratio of the least deprived fifth.

The exceptions are the interesting part. Newcastle-under-Lyme has England's highest ratio on below-average deprivation. Westminster has one of the lowest ratios on middling deprivation, because central London's 3,504 restaurants serve visitors and workers, not just residents. The ratio describes places; it doesn't diagnose them.