# Melton Mowbray Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Melton Mowbray driving test centre has a 69.7% pass rate and an average 23.3 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/melton-mowbray/

# Melton Mowbray driving test centre

East Midlands, England · Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, Melton · LE13 0GP

## Melton Mowbray at a glance

Pass rate

69.7%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

23.3 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

1,984

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

45.8%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Melton Mowbray compares

Melton Mowbray passes **69.7%** of car tests, which is **19.6 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **23.3 weeks**, 10.5 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **1,984** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **65.3%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Melton Mowbray

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **65.3%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Melton Mowbray driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 65.3% |
| February 2026 | 69.3% |
| January 2026 | 73.5% |
| December 2025 | 66.7% |
| November 2025 | 74.2% |
| October 2025 | 77.4% |
| September 2025 | 70.8% |
| August 2025 | 72% |
| July 2025 | 67.1% |
| June 2025 | 66.7% |
| May 2025 | 70.5% |
| April 2025 | 65.1% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **23.3w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Melton Mowbray, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 23.3 weeks |
| July 2026 | 23.3 weeks |
| June 2026 | 21.7 weeks |
| May 2026 | 21.3 weeks |
| April 2026 | 19.4 weeks |
| March 2026 | 18.1 weeks |
| February 2026 | 13.9 weeks |
| January 2026 | 16 weeks |
| December 2025 | 16 weeks |
| November 2025 | 22.1 weeks |
| October 2025 | 20 weeks |
| September 2025 | 21.1 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **239**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Melton Mowbray, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 239 |
| February 2026 | 238 |
| January 2026 | 211 |
| December 2025 | 192 |
| November 2025 | 155 |
| October 2025 | 137 |
| September 2025 | 137 |
| August 2025 | 125 |
| July 2025 | 158 |
| June 2025 | 144 |
| May 2025 | 122 |
| April 2025 | 126 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Melton Mowbray driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 1,984 | 1,382 | 69.7% |
| 2024-25 | 2,486 | 1,589 | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 2,427 | 1,451 | 59.8% |
| 2022-23 | 2,159 | 1,337 | 61.9% |
| 2021-22 | 1,873 | 1,175 | 62.7% |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 279 | 58.2% |
| 2019-20 | 1,960 | 1,149 | 58.6% |
| 2018-19 | 2,203 | 1,234 | 56% |
| 2017-18 | 2,267 | 1,256 | 55.4% |
| 2016-17 | 1,755 | 1,019 | 58.1% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

-   [Grantham (Somerby)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/grantham-somerby/)
    
    12 km away
    
    57.9% pass · 16.3 weeks wait
    
-   [Loughborough](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/loughborough/)
    
    21 km away
    
    42.3% pass · 23 weeks wait
    
-   [Leicester (Cannock Street)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/leicester-cannock-street/)
    
    22 km away
    
    40.2% pass · 6.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Boston](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/boston/)
    
    26 km away
    
    50.7% pass · 4.5 weeks wait
    
-   [Leicester (Wigston)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/leicester-wigston/)
    
    27 km away
    
    51.2% pass · 7.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Northampton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/northampton/)
    
    27 km away
    
    52.1% pass · 7.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Melton Mowbray driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets [DRT122A and DRT122F](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to August 2026. This page was last updated 14 September 2026.