Test figures — do not publish
There are 13 clearly marked test venues and 9 test results. 5 are marked as audited. These figures exclude separately source-checked venue records and are not UK statistics.
Suggested wording
“There are [X] current Food Standards Agency records classified as Pub/bar/nightclub in [area], based on data imported on [date]. [Y] venues currently participate in the Bars.co.uk Responsible Community Venue Standard, including [Z] audited venues.”
Keep Food Standards Agency source data separate from the voluntary Bars.co.uk standard. We do not know how many venues shown have an alcohol licence, so do not describe the coverage as “all licensed bars”.
Free venue page API
Look up a public Bars.co.uk venue page
/api/public/v1/venues?q={name-or-place}This returns only a public venue ID, name, broad location and Bars.co.uk page link. It does not return source datasets, images, ratings, scores or reports.
Read the venue page API guideHow to describe a ranking
Name the result type, area, year and number of venues: “[Venue] ranks first among [number] current audited Bars.co.uk Responsible Community Venue Standard venues in [Area] for [year].” Do not mix audited and self-certified venues.
We keep a dated copy of each yearly ranking. Live rankings can change when results expire or are checked.
Corrections
Send a possible error to corrections@bars.co.uk. Include the page link, the fact you think is wrong and proof. We publish important corrections.