Official DVSA data · April 2025 to March 2026

Driving Test Pass Rates by UK Region

Pass rates vary widely across the UK — rural Scotland, Wales and the South West tend to sit above the 50.0% national average, while busy city regions sit below it. Pick a nation or region to rank every test centre in it from best to worst pass rate and find the easiest place to sit your test locally.

Scotland

74 centres

Pass rates 36.4%–73.8%

Easiest: Isle of Mull (73.8%)

Wales

21 centres

Pass rates 41.0%–68.1%

Easiest: Pwllheli (68.1%)

North East England

11 centres

Pass rates 37.5%–55.5%

Easiest: Alnwick (55.5%)

North West England

31 centres

Pass rates 37.8%–69.6%

Easiest: Barrow In Furness (69.6%)

Yorkshire and the Humber

31 centres

Pass rates 36.4%–64.3%

Easiest: Malton (64.3%)

East Midlands

20 centres

Pass rates 40.2%–69.7%

Easiest: Melton Mowbray (69.7%)

West Midlands

25 centres

Pass rates 34.3%–58.8%

Easiest: Hereford (58.8%)

East of England

21 centres

Pass rates 39.2%–62.3%

Easiest: Ipswich (62.3%)

London

31 centres

Pass rates 36.3%–58.7%

Easiest: Sidcup (London) (58.7%)

South East England

30 centres

Pass rates 41.3%–64.5%

Easiest: Tunbridge Wells (64.5%)

South West England

22 centres

Pass rates 40.6%–75.0%

Easiest: Isles of Scilly (75.0%)

Easiest UK test centres →Pass rates by city →

Method: Each DVSA car test centre (table DRT122A) is grouped into the UK nation or statistical region its town sits in — the region label is the only derived value; every pass-rate figure is exactly as DVSA published it. The London region links to our dedicated London city page. Northern Ireland is not shown because its car tests are published separately by the DVA, not in this dataset. Figures are provisional per DVSA notes and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.