Driving Test Pass Rates in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 33.4% 15.3 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 Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is an English city served by a small group of 3 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 179.8K 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, Wolverhampton runs noticeably behind the UK average. The volume-weighted city car pass rate of 33.4% trails the UK figure by 15.3 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 28.7 percentage points: Wolverhampton leads at 62.1% (2024-25), while Wolverhampton sits at 33.4%. 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.
Wolverhampton vs the UK average
Wolverhampton below the UK average pass rate by 15.3 percentage points. Candidates here face a tougher-than-average pass rate, which usually correlates with busier urban routes and complex junction layouts.
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Pass rate by gender across Wolverhampton
Across Wolverhampton's test centres, men pass at 48.5% and women at 39.8% a gender gap of 8.7 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
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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 Wolverhampton is Wolverhampton at 62.1% (2024-25), and the toughest is Wolverhampton at 33.4% (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. 80.8K passes recorded across 3 Wolverhampton centres.