Driving Test Pass Rates in Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds has 2 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 43.1% 5.6 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%.The full centre-by-centre ranking, the gender split and the first-time pass rate are all set out below.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
About Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds has 2 DVSA driving test centres, and across its car (category B) test centres the pass rate runs from 40.3% at Bury (Manchester) up to 45.7% at Bury St Edmunds (2024-25 DVSA data). That is a 5.4 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 43.1%, 5.6 percentage points below the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 168.3K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
Bury St Edmunds vs the UK average
Bury St Edmunds below the UK average pass rate by 5.6 percentage points. Candidates here face a tougher-than-average pass rate, which usually correlates with busier urban routes and complex junction layouts.
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Pass rate by gender across Bury St Edmunds
Across Bury St Edmunds's test centres, men pass at 43.8% and women at 39.2% a gender gap of 4.7 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 2 percentage points on average.
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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 Bury St Edmunds is Bury St Edmunds at 45.7% (2024-25), and the toughest is Bury (Manchester) at 40.3% (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. 70.8K passes recorded across 2 Bury St Edmunds centres.