Driving Test Centres in Liverpool City Region: 8 DVSA Sites Ranked
8 DVSA driving test sites across Liverpool City Region, part of England. Car pass rate 44.6% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK car average 48.7%.
DVSA data last updated June 2026
About Liverpool City Region
Liverpool City Region, England runs 8 DVSA driving test sites. St Helens, Southport and Switch Island anchor the catchment, and the wider network has logged 298.7K car tests in the public DVSA release. The county's volume-weighted car pass rate is 44.6% (2024-25 DVSA data), set against the UK figure of 48.7%.
Liverpool City Region runs 4.1 pp below the UK car pass rate (2024-25 DVSA data). The pattern across most counties is similar, the busiest centres in the larger towns tend to under-perform the quieter centres in surrounding districts. Use the rankings below to see where individual centres sit, not just where the county car average lands.
The headline spread within Liverpool City Region sits between St Helens (Liverpool) (61.3%) at the top of the league and Speke (Liverpool) (38.6%) at the bottom, a gap of 22.7 percentage points. Spreads of 10 to 15 percentage points within a single county are common, the route a centre uses matters far more than the county boundary.
Top 5 highest pass rates in Liverpool City Region
All test centres in Liverpool City Region
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 1,000 current-period tests appear at the end.
Liverpool City Region driving test: common questions
What is the average driving test pass rate in Liverpool City Region?+
The car driving test pass rate across Liverpool City Region is 44.6%, 4.1 points below the UK average of 48.7%. It is a volume-weighted figure from the 7 test centres in the county with enough current tests for a reliable rate.
Which Liverpool City Region test centre has the highest pass rate?+
St Helens (Liverpool) has the highest current car pass rate in Liverpool City Region at 61.3%, ahead of Southport (Liverpool) on 59.2%. Pass rates reflect the routes and traffic a centre tests on, not just how candidates drive.
Which Liverpool City Region test centre has the lowest pass rate?+
Among the county's busier centres, Speke (Liverpool) currently has the lowest car pass rate at 38.6%. A lower rate usually points to tougher, busier test routes rather than stricter examiners.
How many driving test centres are there in Liverpool City Region?+
Liverpool City Region has 8 DVSA driving test centres, with sites around St Helens, Southport, Switch Island. Each centre's full pass-rate history, waiting time and demographic breakdown is linked above.
Is it easier to pass your driving test in Liverpool City Region?+
On average slightly less so: the 44.6% county figure sits a little below the national 48.7%. The bigger factor is the spread between centres, currently 38.6% to 61.3%, so which centre you book matters more than the county itself.
Where does the Liverpool City Region pass-rate data come from?+
The figures come from the DVSA's quarterly car practical test statistics, the official UK government release. We only rank centres with at least 1,000 current-period tests, so a small sample never produces a misleading rate.