Driving Test Pass Rates in Birmingham
Birmingham has 9 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 45.3% 3.4 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%.Read on for the centre-by-centre ranking, the gender split, first-time pass rates and how Birmingham compares with the UK national average.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
About Birmingham
Birmingham has 9 DVSA driving test centres, and across its car (category B) test centres the pass rate runs from 41.6% at Birmingham (South Yardley) up to 58.1% at Birmingham (Shirley) (2024-25 DVSA data). That is a 16.5 percentage point gap between the easiest and hardest centre in the city, so the centre you book is one of the bigger factors within your control.
The city's volume-weighted car pass rate is 45.3%, 3.4 percentage points below the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 910.7K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
Birmingham vs the UK average
Birmingham below the UK average pass rate by 3.4 percentage points. Pass rates in Birmingham run slightly below the UK norm, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding.
Easiest & hardest centres in Birmingham
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Pass rate by gender across Birmingham
Across Birmingham's test centres, men pass at 45.5% and women at 37.1% a gender gap of 8.4 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 2 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Birmingham
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above use the latest DVSA reporting period for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city, larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 1,000 tests in the current period are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. The best-performing centre in Birmingham is Birmingham (Shirley) at 58.1% (2024-25), and the toughest is Birmingham (South Yardley) at 41.6% (2024-25). Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity, pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 376.8K passes recorded across 9 Birmingham centres.