Driving Test Pass Rates in The Old Town
The Old Town has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average pass rate of 66.3% 18.3 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 The Old Town
The Old Town is a English city served by a small cluster of 3 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 25.1K 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, The Old Town runs notably ahead of the UK average. The volume-weighted city pass rate of 66.3% is 18.3 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 20.7 percentage points: Aberdeen South (Cove) leads at 74%, while Aberdeen South (Cove) sits at 53.3%. 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.
The Old Town vs the UK average
The Old Town above the UK average pass rate by 18.3 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 The Old Town
All centres compared
Bars sorted high to low. Hover or tap a bar for centre details. Faded bars are low-sample (<500 tests). Dashed line marks the UK national average (48%).
Pass rate by gender across The Old Town
Across The Old Town's test centres, men pass at 67.2% and women at 59.5% a gender gap of 7.8 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 The Old Town
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 The Old Town is Aberdeen South (Cove) at 74%, and the toughest is Aberdeen South (Cove) at 53.3%. 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. 16.6K passes recorded across 3 The Old Town centres. Last refreshed 2026-05-01.