Driving Test Pass Rates in Watford
Watford has 1 DVSA driving test centre with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 46.6% 2.1 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 Watford
Watford is an English city served by a single of 1 DVSA practical driving test centre. Together, these centres have processed 122.1K 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, Watford sits a little below the UK average. The city-wide car pass rate of 46.6% trails the UK figure by 2.1 percentage points, suggesting routes here may be modestly more demanding than the national norm.
Watford is the only centre in Watford, with a current pass rate of 46.6% (2024-25). Whether you're booking your first attempt or a retest, taking lessons on the actual Watford test routes, not just generic local roads, is the single biggest preparation lever available to candidates here.
Watford vs the UK average
Watford below the UK average pass rate by 2.1 percentage points. Pass rates in Watford sit close to the UK norm, expect a typical level of difficulty.
Easiest & hardest centres in Watford
Pass rate by gender across Watford
Across Watford's test centres, men pass at 50.2% and women at 45.6% a gender gap of 4.6 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
All test centres in Watford
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. 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. 58.7K passes recorded across 1 Watford centre.