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Theory Test Pass Rates (Alphabetical Order) April-September
Theory Test Pass Rates (Alphabetical Order) April-September
| Total tests | |||
| Conducted | Passes | Pass Rate (%) | |
| Aberdeen North | 8318 | 4056 | 48.8 |
| Aberdeen South | – | – | – |
| Aberystwyth | 1125 | 515 | 45.8 |
| Aldershot | 8150 | 3733 | 45.8 |
| Alnwick | 671 | 280 | 41.7 |
| Andover | 3856 | 1897 | 49.2 |
| Aviemore | .. | .. | .. |
| Axminster | 1154 | 540 | 46.8 |
| Aylesbury | 7151 | 3342 | 46.7 |
| Ayr | 5055 | 2286 | 45.2 |
| Bala | 258 | 108 | 41.9 |
| Ballater | .. | .. | .. |
| Bangor | 3589 | 1562 | 43.5 |
| Barnstaple | 2507 | 1127 | 45.0 |
| Barrow | 1736 | 739 | 42.6 |
| Berwick | 519 | 205 | 39.5 |
| Bethnal Green | 19592 | 9468 | 48.3 |
| Birmingham | 40271 | 16238 | 40.3 |
| Bishop Auckland | 209 | 98 | 46.9 |
| Blandford Forum | 721 | 376 | 52.1 |
| Bodmin | 747 | 347 | 46.5 |
| Bolton | 22394 | 9338 | 41.7 |
| Boston | 3181 | 1324 | 41.6 |
| Bournemouth | 7711 | 3676 | 47.7 |
| Bowmore (Isle of Islay) | .. | .. | .. |
| Bradford | 19952 | 7402 | 37.1 |
| Brechin | 53 | 29 | 54.7 |
| Bridgend | 4118 | 1797 | 43.6 |
| Brighton | 9470 | 4845 | 51.2 |
| Bristol | 21789 | 10577 | 48.5 |
| Brodick (Isle of Arran) | 26 | 15 | 57.7 |
| Builth Wells | 708 | 319 | 45.1 |
| Burnley | 722 | 313 | 43.4 |
| Bury St Edmunds | 3832 | 1878 | 49.0 |
| Cambridge | 11069 | 5961 | 53.9 |
| Campbeltown | 49 | 21 | 42.9 |
| Canterbury | 13426 | 6186 | 46.1 |
| Cardiff | 13513 | 6174 | 45.7 |
| Cardigan | 358 | 148 | 41.3 |
| Carlisle | 3171 | 1389 | 43.8 |
| Carmarthen | 847 | 385 | 45.5 |
| Castlebay (Isle of Barra) | .. | .. | .. |
| Chatham | 16180 | 7175 | 44.3 |
| Chelmsford | 9841 | 4685 | 47.6 |
| Cheltenham | 4377 | 2207 | 50.4 |
| Chester | 9025 | 4291 | 47.5 |
| Chesterfield | 6754 | 3077 | 45.6 |
| Chichester | 3511 | 1632 | 46.5 |
| Colchester | 7408 | 3411 | 46.0 |
| Corby | 5744 | 2598 | 45.2 |
| Coventry | 23793 | 10517 | 44.2 |
| Craignure (Isle of Mull) | .. | .. | .. |
| Crewe | 7160 | 3266 | 45.6 |
| Crianlarich | .. | .. | .. |
| Cromer | 72 | 32 | 44.4 |
| Crossapol | .. | .. | .. |
| Croydon | 21797 | 10070 | 46.2 |
| Cumnock | 33 | 15 | 45.5 |
| Derby | 16228 | 7200 | 44.4 |
| Diss | 47 | 29 | 61.7 |
| Dolgellau | 242 | 104 | 43.0 |
| Doncaster | 12404 | 5226 | 42.1 |
| Dudley | 14582 | 5567 | 38.2 |
| Dumbarton | 1999 | 856 | 42.8 |
| Dumfries | 1763 | 778 | 44.1 |
| Dundee | 8586 | 4194 | 48.8 |
| Dunoon | .. | .. | .. |
| Eastbourne | 3368 | 1473 | 43.7 |
| Edinburgh | 18344 | 9351 | 51.0 |
| Elgin | 1794 | 759 | 42.3 |
| Exeter | 6715 | 3467 | 51.6 |
| Fakenham | 64 | 21 | 32.8 |
| Fareham | 5075 | 2426 | 47.8 |
| Fort William | 278 | 125 | 45.0 |
| Frome | 5545 | 2703 | 48.7 |
| Gairloch | .. | .. | .. |
| Galashiels | 1547 | 756 | 48.9 |
| Garve | .. | .. | .. |
| Glasgow | 34183 | 15468 | 45.3 |
| Glossop | 179 | 84 | 46.9 |
| Gloucester | 5502 | 2414 | 43.9 |
| Grantham | 2886 | 1401 | 48.5 |
| Greenock | 2334 | 1023 | 43.8 |
| Grimsby | 4530 | 2033 | 44.9 |
| Guildford | 7935 | 4312 | 54.3 |
| Harrogate | 3312 | 1734 | 52.4 |
| Hastings | 3078 | 1399 | 45.5 |
| Haverfordwest | 2277 | 959 | 42.1 |
| Helmsdale | .. | .. | .. |
| Hereford | 4192 | 1861 | 44.4 |
| Hertford | 12474 | 5853 | 46.9 |
| Hexham | 75 | 33 | 44.0 |
| Horley | 9340 | 4333 | 46.4 |
| Hornsea | 42 | 22 | 52.4 |
| Huddersfield | 13439 | 5774 | 43.0 |
| Hull | 9717 | 4295 | 44.2 |
| Huntingdon | 61 | 29 | 47.5 |
| Huntly | 86 | 37 | 43.0 |
| Ilford | 44807 | 18423 | 41.1 |
| Inverness | 2915 | 1394 | 47.8 |
| Ipswich | 6881 | 3139 | 45.6 |
| Isles of Scilly | .. | .. | .. |
| Kendal | 1932 | 960 | 49.7 |
| Kings Lynn | 3898 | 1636 | 42.0 |
| Kingsbridge | 521 | 255 | 48.9 |
| Kinlochbervie | .. | .. | .. |
| Kirkbymoorside | 63 | 29 | 46.0 |
| Kirkwall | 236 | 116 | 49.2 |
| Kyle of Lochalsh | 25 | 16 | 64.0 |
| Lairg | .. | .. | .. |
| Lanark | 304 | 148 | 48.7 |
| Launceston | 754 | 365 | 48.4 |
| Leeds | 24069 | 10585 | 44.0 |
| Leicester | 24202 | 9691 | 40.0 |
| Lerwick | 240 | 119 | 49.6 |
| Leven | 203 | 91 | 44.8 |
| Lincoln | 6169 | 2901 | 47.0 |
| Liverpool | 31398 | 14349 | 45.7 |
| Lochmaddy | .. | .. | .. |
| Louth | 88 | 40 | 45.5 |
| Lowestoft | 3205 | 1348 | 42.1 |
| Luton | 17053 | 7189 | 42.2 |
| Mallaig | 20 | 12 | 60.0 |
| Manchester | 42456 | 18569 | 43.7 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 6630 | 2751 | 41.5 |
| Mid Yell | .. | .. | .. |
| Middlesbrough | 15978 | 6784 | 42.5 |
| Millom | .. | .. | .. |
| Milton Keynes | 14617 | 6984 | 47.8 |
| Morden | 20529 | 10666 | 52.0 |
| New Romney | 1032 | 473 | 45.8 |
| Newcastle | 21673 | 10179 | 47.0 |
| Newport (Gwent) | 7534 | 3162 | 42.0 |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 2118 | 1011 | 47.7 |
| Newton Stewart | 43 | 12 | 27.9 |
| Newtown | 617 | 252 | 40.8 |
| North Berwick Total | 189 | 108 | 57.1 |
| North Finchley | 29949 | 13352 | 44.6 |
| Northallerton | 2623 | 1234 | 47.0 |
| Northampton | 13271 | 5726 | 43.1 |
| Norwich | 9395 | 4604 | 49.0 |
| Nottingham | 20539 | 9690 | 47.2 |
| Oban | 332 | 165 | 49.7 |
| Oxford | 10603 | 5425 | 51.2 |
| Penrith | 89 | 47 | 52.8 |
| Penzance | 797 | 402 | 50.4 |
| Peterborough | 10402 | 4502 | 43.3 |
| Peterhead | 56 | 25 | 44.6 |
| Pitlochry | 68 | 35 | 51.5 |
| Plymouth | 6463 | 3110 | 48.1 |
| Porthmadog | 322 | 112 | 34.8 |
| Portree | .. | .. | .. |
| Portsmouth | 7960 | 3598 | 45.2 |
| Preston | 26169 | 11586 | 44.3 |
| Reading | 16084 | 7859 | 48.9 |
| Redditch | 7693 | 3690 | 48.0 |
| Rhyl | 3231 | 1325 | 41.0 |
| Rothesay | .. | .. | .. |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 4981 | 2708 | 54.4 |
| Rushden | 62 | 36 | 58.1 |
| Salisbury | 3193 | 1556 | 48.7 |
| Saxmundham | 45 | 24 | 53.3 |
| Scarborough | 2460 | 1110 | 45.1 |
| Sheffield | 20848 | 9301 | 44.6 |
| Shrewsbury | 6949 | 3265 | 47.0 |
| Sidcup | 20439 | 9492 | 46.4 |
| Skegness | 113 | 46 | 40.7 |
| Slough | 13021 | 5534 | 42.5 |
| Southampton | 10194 | 4752 | 46.6 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 11629 | 5296 | 45.5 |
| Southwark | 32574 | 17197 | 52.8 |
| Staines | 8838 | 4051 | 45.8 |
| Stirling | 6264 | 2914 | 46.5 |
| Stockport | 15934 | 7268 | 45.6 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 10474 | 4595 | 43.9 |
| Stornoway | 281 | 115 | 40.9 |
| Stranraer | 142 | 57 | 40.1 |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 5929 | 2979 | 50.2 |
| Strathpeffer | .. | .. | .. |
| Sunderland | 10048 | 4443 | 44.2 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 12333 | 5175 | 42.0 |
| Swansea | 10342 | 4370 | 42.3 |
| Swindon | 9936 | 4541 | 45.7 |
| Symbister | .. | .. | .. |
| Tain | 45 | 28 | 62.2 |
| Tarbert (Argyll & Bute) | 37 | 19 | 51.4 |
| Tarbert (Isle of Harris) | 31 | 14 | 45.2 |
| Taunton | 4767 | 2214 | 46.4 |
| Tongue | 27 | 16 | 59.3 |
| Torquay | 3658 | 1768 | 48.3 |
| Truro | 4987 | 2449 | 49.1 |
| Ullapool | .. | .. | .. |
| Uxbridge | 42070 | 16411 | 39.0 |
| Watford | 17703 | 8413 | 47.5 |
| Weymouth | 2377 | 1020 | 42.9 |
| Wick | 151 | 61 | 40.4 |
| Williton | 334 | 156 | 46.7 |
| Wolverhampton | 17096 | 6625 | 38.8 |
| Worcester | 7874 | 3585 | 45.5 |
| Workington | 2070 | 849 | 41.0 |
| Worksop | 118 | 46 | 39.0 |
| Worthing | 3989 | 1836 | 46.0 |
| Wrexham | 4204 | 1848 | 44.0 |
| Yeovil | 3924 | 1847 | 47.1 |
| York | 5942 | 2962 | 49.8 |
| National Figures | 1379182 | 623175 | 45.2 |