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SafeEats

Worst Performers

Dirtiest Cities in America

Cities ranked by average SafeScore — the lowest-scoring cities have the most health inspection violations per restaurant.

1

Nederland

CO/5 restaurants

The lowest-scoring city in our database with an average SafeScore of 54/100.

2

Lafayette

CO/74 restaurants
3

Louisville

CO/32 restaurants

Full Rankings

4

Boulder

CO

61
5

Brisbane

CA

61
6

SKYKOMISH

WA

63
7

Lyons

CO

63
8

VASHON ISLAND

WA

65
9

Menlo Park

CA

66
10

Pacifica

CA

66
11

Superior

CO

66
12

Daly City

CA

67
13

South San Francisco

CA

67
14

La Honda

CA

67
15

Woodside

CA

68
16

East Palo Alto

CA

68
17

Longmont

CO

68
18

San Carlos

CA

68
19

Fort Washington

MD

68
20

Foster City

CA

68
21

Denver

CO

68
22

Half Moon Bay

CA

69
23

San Bruno

CA

69
24

Millbrae

CA

69
25

Suitland

MD

69
26

Erie

CO

70
27

Belmont

CA

70
28

ALGONA

WA

71
29

Redwood City

CA

71
30

Montrose

NY

71
31

New Carrollton

MD

72
32

Burlingame

CA

72
33

Hayward

CA

72
34

San Mateo

CA

72
35

Windham

NY

72
36

Tannersville

NY

73
37

Somers

NY

73
38

LAKE FOREST PARK

WA

73
39

Brookeville

MD

74
40

KENMORE

WA

74
41

BURIEN

WA

74
42

Colma

CA

74
43

Lanham

MD

74
44

Wurtsboro

NY

75
45

Bowie

MD

75
46

Forestville

MD

75
47

Laurel

MD

75
48

Fremont

CA

75
49

Thornton

CO

75
50

Potsdam

NY

75
51

Glenarden

MD

75
52

Clinton

MD

76
53

Mitchellville

MD

76
54

Riverdale

MD

76
55

Upper Marlboro

MD

76
56

Ashton

MD

76
57

SHORELINE

WA

76
58

Olney

MD

76
59

BELLEVUE

WA

76
60

Bladensburg

MD

77
61

District Hts

MD

77
62

Wheaton

MD

77
63

Landover

MD

77
64

Sackets Harbor

NY

77
65

South Fallsburg

NY

77
66

Margaretville

NY

77
67

Norwood

NY

78
68

Glenn Dale

MD

78
69

Roscoe

NY

78
70

Cheverly

MD

78
71

District Heights

MD

78
72

Chicago

IL

78
73

Greenville

NY

78
74

Tuckahoe

NY

79
75

Lanham-seabrook

MD

79
76

Scarsdale

NY

79
77

Shrub Oak

NY

79
78

SNOQUALMIE

WA

79
79

Belle Vernon

PA

79
80

Poolesville

MD

79
81

Hyattsville

MD

80
82

DUVALL

WA

80
83

Ogdensburg

NY

80
84

Capitol Heights

MD

80
85

Woodridge

NY

80
86

Keene Valley

NY

80
87

ISSAQUAH

WA

80
88

COVINGTON

WA

80
89

Granville

NY

80
90

RENTON

WA

80
91

Cortlandt Manor

NY

80
92

Irvington

NY

81
93

College Park

MD

81
94

Jeffersonville

NY

81
95

Harrison

NY

81
96

Beltsville

MD

81
97

Gaithersburg

MD

81
98

Germantown

MD

81
99

Cortland

NY

81
100

Croton-on-hudson

NY

81

Rankings based on average SafeScore across all tracked restaurants. Cities with fewer than 1 scored restaurant are excluded. All data is public record.