Driving Test Pass Rates in Plymouth
Plymouth has 4 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 40.8% 7.9 pp below the UK national average of 48.7%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Plymouth
Plymouth is an English city served by a sizeable concentration of 4 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 141.3K 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, Plymouth runs noticeably behind the UK average. The volume-weighted city car pass rate of 40.8% trails the UK figure by 7.9 percentage points, a pattern typical of busy urban centres where complex routes, traffic and tight manoeuvring make the practical test harder.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 36.5 percentage points: Plymouth leads at 77.3% (2024-25), while Plymouth sits at 40.8%. 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.
Plymouth vs the UK average
Plymouth below the UK average pass rate by 7.9 percentage points. Candidates here face a tougher-than-average pass rate, which usually correlates with busier urban routes and complex junction layouts.
Easiest & hardest centres in Plymouth
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Pass rate by gender across Plymouth
Across Plymouth's test centres, men pass at 48.2% and women at 42.5% a gender gap of 5.6 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
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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 1,000 tests in the current period are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. The best-performing centre in Plymouth is Plymouth at 77.3% (2024-25), and the toughest is Plymouth at 40.8% (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 License v3.0. 65.1K passes recorded across 4 Plymouth centres.