UK Driving Test Pass Rates by Centre 2026

The complete list of pass rates for all 322 UK driving test centres, sorted from highest to lowest. The national average pass rate is 51.8% (DVSA, April 2024 - March 2025). Use this table to compare centres in your area and find the one that gives you the best chance of passing.

National Average: 51.8%

#	Centre Name	Region	Pass Rate	Tests Conducted	Difficulty
1	Isles of Scilly	South West	87.5%	8	Above Average
2	Inveraray	Scotland	85.1%	67	Above Average
3	Isle of Tiree	Scotland	80%	10	Above Average
4	Arbroath	Scotland	78.9%	294	Above Average
5	Benbecula Island	Scotland	78.8%	104	Above Average
6	Ballater	Scotland	77.1%	166	Above Average
7	Ullapool	Scotland	74.6%	59	Above Average
8	Duns	Scotland	74.2%	132	Above Average
9	Stranraer	Scotland	73.4%	214	Above Average
10	Isle of Mull	Scotland	71.4%	28	Above Average
11	Isle of Skye (Portree)	Scotland	69.9%	133	Above Average
12	Gairloch	Scotland	69.2%	52	Above Average
13	Girvan	Scotland	68.7%	249	Above Average
14	Forfar	Scotland	68.5%	356	Above Average
15	Golspie	Scotland	68%	100	Above Average
16	Lerwick	Scotland	67.8%	432	Above Average
17	Peebles	Scotland	67%	528	Above Average
18	Dorchester	South West	66.7%	4,561	Above Average
19	Malton	Yorkshire and the Humber	66.7%	562	Above Average
20	Montrose	Scotland	66.7%	633	Above Average
21	Crieff	Scotland	66.1%	121	Above Average
22	Orkney	Scotland	66%	350	Above Average
23	Pwllheli	Wales	66%	750	Above Average
24	Whitby	Yorkshire and the Humber	65.1%	513	Above Average
25	Kendal (Oxenholme Road)	North West	64.8%	2,149	Above Average
26	Chichester	South East	64.2%	5,295	Above Average
27	Bangor	Wales	64.1%	3,433	Above Average
28	Kingussie	Scotland	64.1%	131	Above Average
29	Melton Mowbray	East Midlands	63.9%	2,486	Above Average
30	Newtown	Wales	63.7%	1,740	Above Average
31	Newton Stewart	Scotland	63.2%	201	Above Average
32	Ipswich	East of England	63.1%	10,724	Above Average
33	Alness	Scotland	63%	865	Above Average
34	Mallaig	Scotland	63%	46	Above Average
35	Dunoon	Scotland	62.8%	183	Above Average
36	Campbeltown	Scotland	62.6%	115	Above Average
37	Huntly	Scotland	62.5%	232	Above Average
38	Lochgilphead	Scotland	62.5%	144	Above Average
39	Grantown-On-Spey	Scotland	62.2%	180	Above Average
40	Haddington	Scotland	62.2%	1,890	Above Average
41	Fort William	Scotland	62%	308	Above Average
42	Barrow In Furness	North West	61.9%	1,735	Above Average
43	Carlisle LGV (Cars)	North West	61.9%	63	Above Average
44	Barry	Wales	61.8%	1,621	Above Average
45	Oban	Scotland	61.3%	287	Above Average
46	Monmouth	Wales	61.2%	1,407	Above Average
47	Abergavenny	Wales	61.1%	4,650	Above Average
48	Bala	Wales	61.1%	574	Above Average
49	Culham LGV	South East	61.1%	54	Above Average
50	Cumnock	Scotland	61.1%	906	Above Average
51	Hawick	Scotland	61.1%	427	Above Average
52	Fraserburgh	Scotland	60.7%	496	Above Average
53	Dundee	Scotland	60.3%	5,851	Above Average
54	Barra	Scotland	60%	10	Above Average
55	Yeovil	South West	59.7%	5,754	Above Average
56	Lee On The Solent	South East	59.6%	10,409	Above Average
57	Ludlow	West Midlands	59.6%	3,529	Above Average
58	Hereford	South West	59.4%	3,352	Above Average
59	Southport (Liverpool)	North West	59.2%	7,231	Above Average
60	Sidcup (London)	Greater London	59%	12,809	Above Average
61	Brecon	Wales	58.9%	1,565	Above Average
62	Tunbridge Wells	South East	58.9%	4,887	Above Average
63	Worthing	South East	58.8%	7,766	Above Average
64	Northallerton	Yorkshire and the Humber	58.6%	2,314	Above Average
65	Knaresborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	58.5%	5,305	Above Average
66	Kyle of Lochalsh	Scotland	58.5%	142	Above Average
67	Farnborough	South East	58.3%	8,041	Above Average
68	Letchworth	South East	58.3%	5,032	Above Average
69	Birmingham (Shirley)	West Midlands	58.1%	9,582	Above Average
70	Grantham (Somerby)	East Midlands	58.1%	5,959	Above Average
71	Thurso	Scotland	58.1%	167	Above Average
72	Maidstone	South East	58%	6,330	Above Average
73	Pembroke Dock	Wales	57.9%	2,077	Above Average
74	Peterhead	Scotland	57.8%	1,400	Above Average
75	Skegness	East Midlands	57.6%	1,895	Above Average
76	Gillingham	South East	57.2%	14,761	Above Average
77	Buxton	East Midlands	57%	3,449	Above Average
78	Kelso	Scotland	57%	381	Above Average
79	Norwich (Peachman Way)	East of England	57%	11,012	Above Average
80	Basingstoke	South East	56.9%	4,940	Above Average
81	Walton LGV	South East	56.9%	2,320	Above Average
82	Ayr	Scotland	56.8%	2,015	Above Average
83	Wrexham	Wales	56.8%	3,942	Above Average
84	Bolton (Manchester)	North West	56.7%	11,879	Above Average
85	Hexham	North East	56.7%	1,213	Above Average
86	Weston-super-Mare	South West	56.5%	5,807	Above Average
87	Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	56.4%	2,766	Above Average
88	Taunton	South West	56.3%	6,957	Above Average
89	Stornoway	Scotland	56.1%	374	Above Average
90	Rhyl	Wales	55.9%	3,232	Above Average
91	Oswestry	West Midlands	55.6%	1,660	Above Average
92	Herne Bay	South East	55.4%	7,912	Above Average
93	Warrington	North West	55.3%	6,124	Above Average
94	Beverley LGV	Yorkshire and the Humber	55.1%	612	Above Average
95	Wellingborough	East Midlands	55.1%	1,477	Above Average
96	Heysham	North West	55%	3,735	Above Average
97	Lanark	Scotland	55%	1,845	Above Average
98	Carlisle	North West	54.9%	3,684	Above Average
99	Barnstaple	South West	54.7%	3,583	Above Average
100	Northwich	North West	54.7%	3,226	Above Average
101	Chesterfield	East Midlands	54.5%	4,608	Above Average
102	Carmarthen	Wales	54.4%	2,053	Above Average
103	Louth	East Midlands	54.4%	829	Above Average
104	Skipton	Yorkshire and the Humber	54.4%	2,812	Above Average
105	Berwick-On-Tweed	North East	54.3%	667	Above Average
106	Inverurie	Scotland	54.3%	1,090	Above Average
107	Bredbury (Manchester)	North West	54.2%	9,946	Average
108	Burton on Trent	West Midlands	54.1%	6,682	Average
109	Enfield (Innova Business Park)	Greater London	54.1%	8,042	Average
110	Wick	Scotland	53.8%	225	Average
111	Bristol (Avonmouth)	South West	53.7%	9,980	Average
112	Preston	North West	53.7%	11,380	Average
113	Sevenoaks	South East	53.6%	6,386	Average
114	Dumbarton	Scotland	53.5%	1,812	Average
115	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	53.5%	3,703	Average
116	Tolworth (London)	Greater London	53.3%	9,241	Average
117	Worksop	East Midlands	53.3%	6,022	Average
118	Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)	Wales	53.2%	1,469	Average
119	Bridgend	Wales	53.1%	6,938	Average
120	Buckie	Scotland	52.6%	274	Average
121	Nuneaton	West Midlands	52.5%	6,634	Average
122	Salisbury	South West	52.5%	5,624	Average
123	Newport (Isle of Wight)	South East	52.4%	3,875	Average
124	Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	52.2%	7,765	Average
125	Eastbourne	South East	52.1%	5,609	Average
126	Greenham	South East	52.1%	3,566	Average
127	Swansea	Wales	52.1%	10,590	Average
128	Ashford (Kent)	South East	52%	3,504	Average
129	Bristol (Kingswood)	South West	52%	11,483	Average
130	Newton Abbot	South West	51.9%	6,263	Average
131	Guildford	South East	51.8%	5,032	Average
132	Isleworth (Fleming Way)	Greater London	51.8%	12,106	Average
133	Portsmouth	South East	51.8%	11,305	Average
134	Bromley (London)	Greater London	51.7%	10,868	Average
135	Scarborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	51.7%	2,658	Average
136	Aberdeen South (Cove)	Scotland	51.4%	4,807	Average
137	Cardiff (Llanishen)	Wales	51.3%	14,852	Average
138	Derby (Alvaston)	East Midlands	51.3%	9,260	Average
139	Horsforth	Yorkshire and the Humber	51.3%	11,935	Average
140	Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	51.3%	5,817	Average
141	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	51.3%	7,121	Average
142	Ashfield	East Midlands	51.2%	9,507	Average
143	Mill Hill (London)	Greater London	51.1%	8,688	Average
144	Trowbridge	South West	51.1%	2,547	Average
145	Alnwick	North East	51%	1,093	Average
146	High Wycombe	South East	51%	3,891	Average
147	Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	South East	51%	7,529	Average
148	Llanelli	Wales	51%	3,442	Average
149	Newport (Gwent)	Wales	51%	7,106	Average
150	West Didsbury (Manchester)	North West	50.9%	17,196	Average
151	West Wickham (London)	Greater London	50.9%	11,147	Average
152	Boston	East Midlands	50.7%	4,521	Average
153	Livingston	Scotland	50.7%	4,486	Average
154	Banff	Scotland	50.6%	253	Average
155	Chippenham	South West	50.6%	7,641	Average
156	Llantrisant	Wales	50.6%	8,554	Average
157	Worcester	West Midlands	50.6%	10,516	Average
158	Bishopbriggs	Scotland	50.5%	5,661	Average
159	Cambridge (Brookmount Court)	East of England	50.5%	13,610	Average
160	Steeton	Yorkshire and the Humber	50.5%	3,840	Average
161	Bishops Stortford	South East	50.4%	6,826	Average
162	Northampton	East Midlands	50.4%	12,825	Average
163	Canterbury	South East	50.3%	3,322	Average
164	Chertsey (London)	South East	50.3%	8,669	Average
165	Pinner (London)	Greater London	50.3%	14,672	Average
166	Castle Douglas	Scotland	50.2%	516	Average
167	Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	50.2%	7,346	Average
168	Peterborough	East of England	50.2%	11,021	Average
169	Upton	West Midlands	50%	10,893	Average
170	Barnet (London)	Greater London	49.9%	9,720	Average
171	Bedford	East of England	49.9%	8,958	Average
172	Macclesfield	North West	49.9%	4,910	Average
173	Cardigan	Wales	49.8%	1,340	Average
174	Lincoln	East Midlands	49.8%	6,345	Average
175	Reading	South East	49.8%	6,877	Average
176	Hartlepool	North East	49.7%	5,725	Average
177	Blackpool	North West	49.6%	6,271	Average
178	Durham	North East	49.6%	8,228	Average
179	Gloucester	South West	49.6%	6,511	Average
180	Uxbridge (London)	Greater London	49.6%	7,378	Average
181	Wallasey	North West	49.6%	1,276	Average
182	Bradford (Heaton)	Yorkshire and the Humber	49.5%	7,594	Average
183	Hendon (London)	Greater London	49.5%	11,608	Average
184	Redhill Aerodrome	South East	49.4%	4,619	Average
185	Erith (London)	Greater London	49.3%	4,921	Average
186	Swindon	South West	49.3%	9,470	Average
187	Darlington	North East	49.2%	6,828	Average
188	Hastings (Ore)	South East	49.2%	3,065	Average
189	Irvine	Scotland	49.2%	5,306	Average
190	Penzance	South West	49.2%	671	Average
191	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	49.2%	5,712	Average
192	Galashiels	Scotland	49.1%	2,193	Average
193	Sale (Manchester)	North West	49.1%	9,977	Average
194	Tilbury	East of England	49.1%	4,185	Average
195	Mitcham (London)	Greater London	48.9%	13,825	Average
196	Watnall	East Midlands	48.9%	702	Average
197	Morden (London)	Greater London	48.8%	16,260	Average
198	Aylesbury	South East	48.7%	5,864	Average
199	Lichfield	West Midlands	48.6%	8,490	Average
200	Brentwood (London)	Greater London	48.5%	5,485	Average
201	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and the Humber	48.4%	9,223	Average
202	Poole	South West	48.4%	9,639	Average
203	St Albans	East of England	48.4%	6,881	Average
204	Warwick (Wedgenock House)	West Midlands	48.4%	10,900	Average
205	Chorley	North West	48.3%	5,257	Average
206	Hinckley	East Midlands	48.3%	3,465	Average
207	Hornchurch (London)	Greater London	48.3%	6,310	Average
208	Launceston	South West	48.3%	2,286	Average
209	Middlesbrough	North East	48.3%	8,952	Average
210	Workington	North West	48.3%	3,015	Average
211	Oxford (Cowley)	South East	48.2%	6,449	Average
212	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	48.1%	4,797	Average
213	Colchester	South East	48%	9,977	Average
214	Loughton (London)	Greater London	48%	6,009	Average
215	Exeter	South West	47.9%	8,714	Below Average
216	Nelson	North West	47.9%	6,366	Below Average
217	Tottenham	Greater London	47.9%	12,178	Below Average
218	Winchester	South East	47.9%	3,839	Below Average
219	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	47.8%	8,885	Below Average
220	Pontefract	Yorkshire and the Humber	47.8%	4,883	Below Average
221	Gosforth	North East	47.5%	10,234	Below Average
222	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	47.5%	5,209	Below Average
223	Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	Yorkshire and the Humber	47.5%	9,864	Below Average
224	Callander	Scotland	47.4%	133	Below Average
225	Clacton-on-Sea	South East	47.4%	2,867	Below Average
226	Blyth	North East	47.2%	6,493	Below Average
227	Bradford (Thornbury)	Yorkshire and the Humber	47.1%	7,107	Below Average
228	Southampton (Maybush)	South East	47.1%	8,954	Below Average
229	Sunderland	North East	47.1%	9,084	Below Average
230	Birmingham (Kings Heath)	West Midlands	47%	8,488	Below Average
231	Dumfries	Scotland	47%	2,798	Below Average
232	Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	Scotland	47%	7,800	Below Average
233	Yeading (London)	Greater London	46.9%	6,289	Below Average
234	Borehamwood (London)	Greater London	46.8%	7,798	Below Average
235	Wood Green (London)	Greater London	46.8%	10,797	Below Average
236	Cheltenham	South West	46.7%	6,545	Below Average
237	Heckmondwike	Yorkshire and the Humber	46.7%	5,232	Below Average
238	Redditch	West Midlands	46.7%	4,660	Below Average
239	Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	46.7%	7,650	Below Average
240	Aberdeen North LGV	Scotland	46.6%	2,368	Below Average
241	Paisley	Scotland	46.6%	5,777	Below Average
242	Watford	South East	46.6%	10,896	Below Average
243	East Kilbride	Scotland	46.4%	2,451	Below Average
244	Grangemouth	Scotland	46.4%	4,615	Below Average
245	Chester	North West	46.2%	8,026	Below Average
246	Southall (London)	Greater London	46.2%	6,461	Below Average
247	Bodmin	South West	46.1%	5,561	Below Average
248	Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)	East of England	46.1%	4,921	Below Average
249	Stafford	West Midlands	46.1%	3,783	Below Average
250	Kettering	East Midlands	46%	8,489	Below Average
251	Kings Lynn	East of England	46%	7,405	Below Average
252	Perth (Arran Road)	Scotland	46%	2,606	Below Average
253	Rugby	East Midlands	46%	7,174	Below Average
254	Inverness (Longman Drive)	Scotland	45.9%	2,933	Below Average
255	Bletchley	South East	45.7%	9,783	Below Average
256	Bury St Edmunds	East of England	45.7%	8,452	Below Average
257	Dudley	West Midlands	45.7%	11,354	Below Average
258	Basildon	South East	45.6%	4,862	Below Average
259	Slough (London)	South East	45.6%	9,181	Below Average
260	Nottingham (Colwick)	East Midlands	45.5%	11,849	Below Average
261	Folkestone	South East	45.4%	4,370	Below Average
262	Sheffield (Handsworth)	Yorkshire and the Humber	45.3%	9,283	Below Average
263	Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	45.2%	9,439	Below Average
264	Chadderton	North West	44.9%	12,454	Below Average
265	Stevenage	South East	44.9%	4,208	Below Average
266	Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	East of England	44.7%	10,758	Below Average
267	Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	44.7%	4,959	Below Average
268	Birmingham (Kingstanding)	West Midlands	44.6%	17,909	Below Average
269	Elgin	Scotland	44.5%	2,184	Below Average
270	Atherton (Manchester)	North West	44.4%	7,690	Below Average
271	Crewe	North West	44.4%	4,725	Below Average
272	Glasgow (Baillieston)	Scotland	44.4%	9,478	Below Average
273	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and the Humber	44.4%	5,837	Below Average
274	Leicester (Wigston)	East Midlands	43.9%	16,361	Below Average
275	Nottingham (Chilwell)	East Midlands	43.9%	10,561	Below Average
276	Telford	West Midlands	43.9%	5,663	Below Average
277	Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	North West	43.7%	10,768	Below Average
278	Goodmayes (London)	Greater London	43.7%	21,961	Below Average
279	Loughborough	East Midlands	43.7%	5,769	Below Average
280	Dunfermline (Vine)	Scotland	43.3%	4,422	Below Average
281	Burgess Hill	South East	43.2%	11,191	Below Average
282	Edinburgh (Currie)	Scotland	43.2%	7,475	Below Average
283	Aberdeen North	Scotland	43.1%	1,724	Below Average
284	Grimsby Coldwater	Yorkshire and the Humber	42.7%	5,754	Below Average
285	Enfield (Brancroft Way)	Greater London	42.4%	474	Below Average
286	Greenock	Scotland	42.4%	2,036	Below Average
287	Coventry	West Midlands	42.3%	9,102	Below Average
288	Norwich (Jupiter Road)	East of England	42.2%	3,032	Below Average
289	Birmingham (Garretts Green)	West Midlands	42%	21,871	Below Average
290	Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	42%	7,865	Below Average
291	Birmingham (South Yardley)	West Midlands	41.6%	12,709	Below Average
292	Airdrie	Scotland	41.3%	6,673	Below Average
293	Camborne	South West	41.3%	5,967	Below Average
294	Rochdale (Manchester)	North West	41.2%	9,790	Below Average
295	Glasgow (Anniesland)	Scotland	40.8%	8,560	Below Average
296	Plymouth	South West	40.8%	9,867	Below Average
297	Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)	West Midlands	40.7%	7,098	Below Average
298	Greenford (Horsenden Lane)	Greater London	40.5%	7,106	Below Average
299	Wanstead (London)	Greater London	40.4%	8,370	Below Average
300	Bury (Manchester)	North West	40.3%	8,136	Below Average
301	St Helens (Liverpool)	North West	40.2%	9,776	Below Average
302	Crawley	South East	40.1%	7,869	Below Average
303	Luton	South East	40.1%	8,304	Below Average
304	Widnes	North West	40.1%	5,673	Below Average
305	Banbury	South East	39.9%	8,241	Below Average
306	Hamilton	Scotland	39.5%	5,608	Below Average
307	Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)	West Midlands	38.8%	6,450	Below Average
308	Norris Green (Liverpool)	North West	38.7%	13,265	Below Average
309	Stirling	Scotland	38.7%	4,111	Below Average
310	Speke (Liverpool)	North West	38.6%	6,986	Below Average
311	Belvedere (London)	Greater London	38.3%	4,337	Below Average
312	Barking (Tanner Street)	Greater London	37.9%	7,499	Below Average
313	Glasgow (Shieldhall)	Scotland	37.7%	6,792	Below Average
314	Leicester (Cannock Street)	West Midlands	37.7%	11,638	Below Average
315	Gateshead	North East	37.4%	8,109	Below Average
316	Chingford (London)	Greater London	36.5%	13,235	Below Average
317	Wednesbury	West Midlands	36.4%	8,335	Below Average
318	Exeter LGV	South West	36.1%	216	Below Average
319	Featherstone	Yorkshire and the Humber	34.1%	14,070	Below Average
320	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	33.4%	11,719	Below Average
321	Swindon LGV	South West	24.7%	146	Below Average
322	Plymouth LGV	South West	20.3%	64	Below Average

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Driving Test Pass Rates by Region

Average pass rates across each UK region, from official DVSA data. Rural regions consistently outperform large urban areas.

Region	Average Pass Rate	Test Centres
Scotland	57.6%	75
Wales	56.6%	21
East Midlands	51.1%	21
South East	51.1%	43
Yorkshire and the Humber	50.2%	28
South West	50%	26
North West	49.6%	31
East of England	49.3%	13
North East	48.9%	11
Greater London	47.5%	29
West Midlands	46.4%	24

Driving Test Pass Rates by Age and Gender

Averaged across all 322 test centres, 17-year-olds record the highest pass rate at 62%. Pass rates generally decline with age at booking — one reason instructors encourage learners to book as soon as they are genuinely test-ready. Figures are centre-level averages from official DVSA data (April 2024 - March 2025).

52.5%

Male average pass rate

51.1%

Female average pass rate

Age	Average Pass Rate	vs National Avg
17 years old	62%	+10.2%
18 years old	54.7%	+2.9%
19 years old	52.3%	+0.5%
20 years old	52%	+0.2%
21 years old	53%	+1.2%
22 years old	52.3%	+0.5%
23 years old	52.1%	+0.3%
24 years old	50.6%	-1.2%
25 years old	50.4%	-1.4%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average driving test pass rate in the UK?

The average driving test pass rate in the UK is 51.8%, based on official DVSA figures for April 2024 - March 2025. This varies widely by centre and region: rural test centres typically achieve higher pass rates than busy urban locations.

Why do driving test pass rates vary between test centres?

Pass rates differ because of local road conditions, traffic density, and test route complexity. Urban centres with heavy traffic, complex roundabouts, and narrow streets tend to have lower pass rates. Rural centres with open roads and fewer hazards often see higher success rates.

Should I choose my test centre based on pass rate alone?

Pass rate is one factor, but not the only one. Choosing a centre where you have practised extensively matters more than a high pass rate. Familiarity with local roads, junctions, and roundabouts gives you a real advantage.

How often are DVSA pass rates updated?

DVSA publishes official pass rate statistics annually, typically covering April to March. Driving Test Expert updates our database as soon as new data is released.

What is the easiest driving test centre in the UK?

The easiest driving test centres are typically small rural locations with quiet roads and simple junctions. Centres like Kendal, Barra, and Golspie consistently report pass rates above 65%. The easiest test centres page on this site has the full ranked list.

What is the hardest driving test centre in the UK?

The hardest test centres are busy urban locations with complex road networks. London centres such as Belvedere, Goodmayes, and Wanstead often report pass rates below 35%. The hardest test centres page on this site has the full ranked list.

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