Official DVSA data · April 2025 to March 2026

Driving Test Pass Rates by City

Most large UK cities have several DVSA test centres, and their car pass rates can differ by 10 points or more. Pick a city to rank its centres from best to worst pass rate and find the easiest — and toughest — place to sit your test locally. The national average is 50.0%.

London

25 centres

Pass rates 39.9%–58.7%

Best: Sidcup (London) (58.7%)

Manchester

8 centres

Pass rates 44.3%–56.0%

Best: Bredbury (Manchester) (56.0%)

Birmingham

6 centres

Pass rates 42.8%–56.6%

Best: Birmingham (Shirley) (56.6%)

Glasgow

3 centres

Pass rates 39.9%–47.4%

Best: Glasgow (Baillieston) (47.4%)

Aberdeen

2 centres

Pass rates 48.2%–52.4%

Best: Aberdeen South (Cove) (52.4%)

Bradford

2 centres

Pass rates 47.8%–56.1%

Best: Bradford (Heaton) (56.1%)

Bristol

2 centres

Pass rates 51.9%–55.5%

Best: Bristol (Avonmouth) (55.5%)

Edinburgh

2 centres

Pass rates 41.6%–49.4%

Best: Edinburgh (Musselburgh) (49.4%)

Leeds

2 centres

Pass rates 51.8%–51.8%

Best: Leeds (Colton Mill) (51.8%)

Leicester

2 centres

Pass rates 40.2%–51.2%

Best: Leicester (Wigston) (51.2%)

Nottingham

2 centres

Pass rates 46.4%–49.9%

Best: Nottingham (Chilwell) (49.9%)

Sheffield

2 centres

Pass rates 44.1%–48.7%

Best: Sheffield (Middlewood Road) (48.7%)

Method: Centres are grouped by the city named in their official DVSA centre name (table DRT122A) — no region is inferred. Only cities with two or more centres are shown. Figures are provisional per DVSA notes and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.