Newport, Wales

Driving Test Centres in Newport: 6 DVSA Centres Ranked

6 DVSA driving test centres across Newport, part of Wales. Average pass rate 56.7% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.

Centres
6
6 with 500+ tests
Newport avg
56.7%
+8.0 pp vs UK
UK average
48.7%
for comparison
Total tests
134.0K
lifetime DVSA

About Newport

Newport, Wales runs 6 DVSA driving test centres. Newport anchor the catchment, and the wider network has logged 134.0K tests in the public DVSA release. The county's volume-weighted current pass rate is 56.7%, set against the UK figure of 48.7%.

Newport runs 8.0 pp above the UK 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 average lands.

The headline spread within Newport sits between Newport (Isle Of Wight) (86.3%) at the top of the league and Newport (Gwent) (51%) at the bottom, a gap of 35.3 percentage points. That spread is typical of Wales, where rural routes with quieter junctions pull the headline figure higher than urban-heavy English counties.

Top 5 highest pass rates in Newport

  1. 1
    Newport (Isle Of Wight)
    Newport, 540 tests (2016-17)
    86.3%
  2. 2
    Newport (Gwent)
    Newport, 1.0K tests (2024-25)
    74.7%
  3. 3
    Newport (Gwent) LGV
    Newport, 2.2K tests (2024-25)
    69.1%
  4. 4
    Newport (Gwent)
    Newport, 2.4K tests (2024-25)
    55.2%
  5. 5
    Newport (Isle of Wight)
    Newport, 3.9K tests (2024-25)
    52.4%

Top 5 lowest pass rates in Newport

  1. 1
    Newport (Gwent)
    Newport, 7.1K tests (2024-25)
    51%
  2. 2
    Newport (Isle of Wight)
    Newport, 3.9K tests (2024-25)
    52.4%
  3. 3
    Newport (Gwent)
    Newport, 2.4K tests (2024-25)
    55.2%
  4. 4
    Newport (Gwent) LGV
    Newport, 2.2K tests (2024-25)
    69.1%
  5. 5
    Newport (Gwent)
    Newport, 1.0K tests (2024-25)
    74.7%

All test centres in Newport

Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.

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