Severity weighting
Health hazards cost more than administrative or maintenance issues.
- High priority
- Intermediate
- Basic
Methodology
How SafeDine scores work.
Each restaurant starts at 100. Inspection findings lower the score based on severity, repeat patterns, and correction context.
- Starting score
- 100
- High priority example
- -8
- On-site correction floor
- 0
Time decay
Recent inspection outcomes matter more than older records.
- Latest visit
- Inspection sequence
- Trend state
Transparency
Scores should always point back to the underlying inspection history.
- Source agency
- Date
- Violation text