Driving Test Centres in Suffolk: 5 DVSA Sites Ranked
5 DVSA driving test sites across Suffolk, part of England. Car pass rate 50.2% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK car average 48.7%.
DVSA data last updated June 2026
About Suffolk
Learners in Suffolk have 5 DVSA test sites to choose between. The county pulls candidates from Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich and surrounding areas, recording 325.6K car tests in the DVSA dataset. The headline figure is a 50.2% volume-weighted car pass rate for 2024-25, compared with 48.7% nationally.
The 50.2% county car figure is 1.5 pp above the 48.7% UK car number (2024-25 DVSA data), which makes Suffolk better than average on the headline measure. Within-county variation matters as much as the average, individual centres can sit well above or well below the county number once you compare them side by side.
The headline spread within Suffolk sits between Ipswich (63.1%) at the top of the league and Bury (Manchester) (40.3%) at the bottom, a gap of 22.8 percentage points. Urban-heavy routes with multi-lane roundabouts, bus lanes and dense pedestrian traffic typically drag the bottom-of-county figure down, even within a single county.
Top 5 highest pass rates in Suffolk
All test centres in Suffolk
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 1,000 current-period tests appear at the end.
Suffolk driving test: common questions
What is the average driving test pass rate in Suffolk?+
The car driving test pass rate across Suffolk is 50.2%, 1.5 points above the UK average of 48.7%. It is a volume-weighted figure from the 4 test centres in the county with enough current tests for a reliable rate.
Which Suffolk test centre has the highest pass rate?+
Ipswich has the highest current car pass rate in Suffolk at 63.1%, ahead of Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) on 46.1%. Pass rates reflect the routes and traffic a centre tests on, not just how candidates drive.
Which Suffolk test centre has the lowest pass rate?+
Among the county's busier centres, Bury (Manchester) currently has the lowest car pass rate at 40.3%. A lower rate usually points to tougher, busier test routes rather than stricter examiners.
How many driving test centres are there in Suffolk?+
Suffolk has 5 DVSA driving test centres, with sites around Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich. Each centre's full pass-rate history, waiting time and demographic breakdown is linked above.
Is it easier to pass your driving test in Suffolk?+
On average a little, yes: the 50.2% county figure sits just above the national 48.7%. The bigger factor is the spread between centres, currently 40.3% to 63.1%, so which centre you book matters more than the county itself.
Where does the Suffolk 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.