Driving Test Centres by County

The UK's 99 counties vary significantly in driving test pass rates and centre availability. Counties with rural test centres tend to record higher average pass rates, while densely populated urban counties see more candidates and tougher conditions. Click any column header to sort, or click a county name to see all its centres with detailed breakdowns.

County	Centres	Avg Pass Rate
Aberdeenshire	3	56.6%
Abertawe - Swansea	1	52.1%
Angus	3	69.7%
Bedfordshire	1	49.9%
Blackpool	1	49.6%
Buckinghamshire	4	44.8%
Caerdydd - Cardiff	3	52.3%
Cambridgeshire	3	50.2%
Central Bedfordshire	2	52.1%
Cheshire East	2	47.2%
Cheshire West and Chester	2	50.5%
City of Edinburgh	2	45.1%
City of Leicester	3	40.3%
City of Nottingham	7	45.8%
City of Plymouth	1	40.8%
City of Southampton	2	48.6%
Cornwall	4	46.2%
County Durham	2	58.2%
County of Herefordshire	1	59.4%
Cumberland	4	49.4%
Darlington	2	50.7%
Derbyshire	1	57.0%
Devon	3	48.9%
Dorset	1	57.2%
Dumfries and Galloway	1	50.2%
Dundee City	1	60.3%
East Ayrshire	1	61.1%
East Dunbartonshire	1	50.5%
East Lothian	3	56.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire	1	56.4%
Essex	6	45.6%
Falkirk	1	46.4%
Fife	3	46.1%
Gloucestershire	3	48.5%
Greater London	34	45.8%
Greater Manchester	8	46.1%
Gwynedd - Gwynedd	3	63.7%
Hampshire	5	51.3%
Hartlepool	1	49.7%
Hertfordshire	6	49.5%
Highland	1	53.1%
Inverclyde	1	42.4%
Kent	6	53.6%
Lancashire	5	50.1%
Leicestershire	3	52.0%
Lincolnshire	6	53.5%
Merseyside	4	44.2%
Merthyr Tudful - Merthyr Tydfil	1	53.5%
Middlesbrough	1	48.3%
Moray	1	44.5%
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	1	46.4%
Norfolk	4	52.8%
North Ayrshire	1	49.2%
North East Lincolnshire	1	42.7%
North Lanarkshire	1	41.3%
North Lincolnshire	1	44.4%
North Northamptonshire	2	50.6%
North Yorkshire	5	57.7%
Northumberland	4	52.3%
Nottinghamshire	2	51.1%
Oxfordshire	2	53.3%
Perth and Kinross	2	46.5%
Powys - Powys	3	51.6%
Reading	1	49.8%
Renfrewshire	1	46.6%
Scottish Borders	1	49.1%
Shetland Islands	1	53.8%
Shropshire	6	50.4%
Sir Benfro - Pembrokeshire	2	54.9%
Sir Ceredigion - Ceredigion	3	51.2%
Sir Ddinbych - Denbighshire	1	55.9%
Sir Fynwy - Monmouthshire	4	56.0%
Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire	1	54.4%
Sir Ynys Mon - Isle of Anglesey	1	50.6%
Somerset	6	51.7%
South Ayrshire	1	56.8%
South Lanarkshire	2	47.3%
South Yorkshire	2	51.8%
Southend-on-Sea	1	48.1%
Staffordshire	3	49.7%
Stirling	2	45.0%
Suffolk	4	50.8%
Surrey	3	49.2%
Telford and Wrekin	1	43.9%
Thurrock	1	49.1%
Tyne and Wear	1	37.4%
Warrington	1	55.3%
Warwickshire	5	51.6%
West Dunbartonshire	1	53.5%
West Lothian	3	40.4%
West Midlands	3	38.5%
West Northamptonshire	1	46.6%
West Sussex	2	53.7%
West Yorkshire	10	46.7%
Western Isles	1	78.8%
Westmorland and Furness	3	65.8%
Wiltshire	4	55.3%
Worcestershire	2	50.5%
Wrecsam - Wrexham	1	56.8%