Driving Test Pass Rates in City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh has 2 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 45.1% 3.6 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%.Pass rates across its centres run from 43.2% to 47%. The full ranking, gender split and first-time pass rate are below.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
About City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh has 2 DVSA driving test centres, and across its car (category B) test centres the pass rate runs from 43.2% at Edinburgh (Currie) up to 47% at Edinburgh (Musselburgh) (2024-25 DVSA data). That is a 3.8 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 45.1%, 3.6 percentage points below the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 246.3K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
City of Edinburgh vs the UK average
City of Edinburgh below the UK average pass rate by 3.6 percentage points. Pass rates in City of Edinburgh run slightly below the UK norm, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding.
Easiest & hardest centres in City of Edinburgh
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Pass rate by gender across City of Edinburgh
Across City of Edinburgh's test centres, men pass at 50.3% and women at 45.7% a gender gap of 4.6 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 City of Edinburgh
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 City of Edinburgh is Edinburgh (Musselburgh) at 47% (2024-25), and the toughest is Edinburgh (Currie) at 43.2% (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. 119.0K passes recorded across 2 City of Edinburgh centres.