Driving Test Centres in North East: 14 DVSA Centres Ranked
14 DVSA driving test centres across North East, part of England. Average pass rate 50.2% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.
About North East
Across North East, 14 DVSA test centres serve learners between Berwick-upon-Tweed, Gateshead and Sunderland. The county's 478.4K recorded car tests put it among the larger sub-regional networks in England, and the volume-weighted current pass rate sits at 50.2% (UK average 48.7%).
On the 1.5 pp above the UK comparison (2024-25 DVSA data), North East looks kinder than the UK average on paper. Pass rates within the county aren't uniform though, and the spread between the easiest and hardest centre tells the real story. Plenty of candidates travel to a neighbouring centre to find a route that suits them better.
The headline spread within North East sits between Berwick-On-Tweed (85.7%) at the top of the league and Gateshead (37.4%) at the bottom, a gap of 48.3 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 North East
All test centres in North East
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.