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Driving Test Pass Rates in South East

Pass rates at 34 DVSA test centres across South East. 1.2% below the national average.

49.4%
Avg Pass Rate
34
Test Centres
352,100
Tests/Year
9
Counties

Counties in South East

49.4%

Berkshire

4 centres

 49%

Buckinghamshire

2 centres

 49.7%

East Sussex

4 centres

 48.1%

Hampshire

5 centres

 52.8%

Isle of Wight

1 centres

 50.6%

Kent

10 centres

 47.5%

Oxfordshire

2 centres

 47.7%

Surrey

3 centres

 50.7%

West Sussex

4 centres

All Test Centres in South East

Centre County Pass Rate Trend Tests/Year
Dover Kent 54.8% +0.5% 7,200
Tunbridge Wells Kent 53.1% +0.5% 8,700
Eastbourne East Sussex 52.9% +0.5% 8,400
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 52.8% +0.7% 4,900
Ashford Kent 52.4% +0.5% 9,300
Chichester West Sussex 52.3% +0.7% 8,100
Worthing West Sussex 51.7% -0.5% 9,100
Newbury Berkshire 51.7% +0.7% 7,500
Tunbridge Wells Kent 51.4% +0.7% 9,200
Eastbourne East Sussex 50.9% +0.7% 8,800
Fareham Hampshire 50.8% +0.5% 9,500
Maidstone Kent 50.3% -0.5% 11,100
Ashford Kent 50.2% +0.7% 9,800
Folkestone Kent 49.8% +0.7% 8,600
Worthing West Sussex 49.7% +0.7% 9,600
Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire 49.6% -0.5% 12,400
Basingstoke Hampshire 49.4% +0.5% 10,600
Crawley West Sussex 49.2% -0.5% 12,800
Guildford Surrey 48.7% +0.6% 11,200
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire 48.4% -0.5% 10,800
Hastings East Sussex 48.4% +0.7% 7,900
Dover Kent 48.3% +0.7% 7,800
Aldershot Hampshire 48.2% +0.7% 11,200
Medway (Chatham) Kent 48.1% +0.4% 11,600
Guildford Surrey 47.9% +0.7% 12,300
Oxford Oxfordshire 47.8% +0.4% 11,700
Maidstone Kent 47.6% +0.7% 11,400
Reading Berkshire 47.3% +0.5% 13,500
Oxford Oxfordshire 47.1% +0.7% 12,100
Brighton East Sussex 46.5% +0.5% 12,300
Woking Surrey 46.4% +0.7% 11,600
Portsmouth Hampshire 46.1% -0.5% 12,600
Southampton Hampshire 45.9% +0.5% 13,900
Reading Berkshire 44.8% +0.7% 14,600

About Driving Tests in South East

The South East region has 34 DVSA practical driving test centres with an average pass rate of 49.4%. The easiest centre is Dover with a pass rate of 54.8%, while Reading is the most challenging at 44.8%.

South East sits below the national average of 50.6%, likely due to busier roads and more complex traffic conditions that make test routes more challenging for candidates.