Driving Test Pass Rates in Monks Cross
Monks Cross has 2 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average pass rate of 57.4% 9.4 pp above the UK national average of 48%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Monks Cross
Monks Cross is a English city served by a small cluster of 2 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 19.7K tests on record, every result tracked here is sourced from the DVSA's quarterly statistical release and aggregated to give a like-for-like view of how each centre performs.
As a whole, Monks Cross runs notably ahead of the UK average. The volume-weighted city pass rate of 57.4% is 9.4 percentage points above the 48% UK figure, which often correlates with quieter routes, fewer multi-lane roundabouts, and easier urban junctions.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 21.7 percentage points: York leads at 74.6%, while York sits at 52.9%. That gap matters when you book, the same candidate can have a meaningfully different experience depending on which routes they drive on test day. Most learners pick the centre closest to where they take their lessons, but it's worth a few mock runs at your shortlisted centre's actual routes before the real thing.
Monks Cross vs the UK average
Monks Cross above the UK average pass rate by 9.4 percentage points. Candidates here pass at notably higher rates than the UK average, though this often reflects quieter routes rather than easier examiners.
Easiest & hardest centres in Monks Cross
Pass rate by gender across Monks Cross
Across Monks Cross's test centres, men pass at 59.5% and women at 55.2% a gender gap of 4.2 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Monks Cross
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above are aggregated across all available years of DVSA quarterly statistical data for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city, larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 500 tests on record are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. The best-performing centre in Monks Cross is York at 74.6%, and the toughest is York at 52.9%. 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 License v3.0. 11.3K passes recorded across 2 Monks Cross centres. Last refreshed 2026-05-01.