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Boston restaurant inspection citations, week of Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026

In the week of August 31 to September 6, 2026, the inspection records published for Boston show 246 inspections of 242 food businesses. Here is how many of those inspections included at least one citation in each service category.

30
inspections with a pest-related citation
12.2% of inspections
27
inspections with a hood & exhaust citation
11.0% of inspections
36
inspections with a plumbing, drain & grease trap citation
14.6% of inspections
10
inspections with a food-safety certification & training citation
4.1% of inspections

Last 4 weeks

WeekInspectionsPestHood & exhaustPlumbing / drainFood-safety cert.
Aug 10–Aug 1627044294612
Aug 17–Aug 2331240263415
Aug 24–Aug 3029840304117
Aug 31–Sep 624630273610

By neighborhood (top 15), week of Aug 31

AreaInspectionsPestHood & exhaustPlumbing / drainFood-safety cert.
Boston1231914205
Dorchester294411
East Boston212473
Allston171021
Roxbury121110
Mission Hill110120
South Boston70110
Jamaica Plain70010
Hyde Park51000
Brighton50000
Mattapan41100
Roslindale31110
Charlestown20000

How these numbers are made

We count inspections (one business on one date) that include at least one citation in a category. Categories are assigned by rules matched to each agency's violation codes and inspector comments; in our hand-checked samples the rules agreed with a human reviewer on at least 98% of citations per category (see method notes). A citation is what the inspector recorded on that day; many are corrected on the spot or by the re-inspection. Agencies post some records late, so recent weeks can go up when the data is refreshed. We don't list business names on these public pages.

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