BMW 118 2020 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW 118 2020 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 96.7% in HR down to 86.6% in HA — 10.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 102 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 10.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2020 BMW 118 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.5 extra failures — about £19–£45 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
157 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Toyota Corolla (10.4). Narrower: Mercedes-Benz B-Class (9.8).
Rates are for the 2020 model year only, in areas with at least 200 tests of it. Mileage, trim and use are pooled — a city van and a motorway van are one line here. Method. Compare it with the model's full history or this exact year.
Every postcode area, worst first
| Area | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| HA | 86.6% | 291 |
| AB | 87.8% | 918 |
| TR | 88.0% | 200 |
| RM | 88.4% | 560 |
| ML | 88.4% | 794 |
| CM | 88.5% | 659 |
| G | 88.5% | 2,376 |
| LU | 88.5% | 358 |
| WR | 88.7% | 355 |
| EH | 88.8% | 1,189 |
| PL | 88.9% | 332 |
| DD | 89.0% | 491 |
| SG | 89.0% | 383 |
| PA | 89.2% | 369 |
| PO | 89.3% | 494 |
| WV | 89.4% | 555 |
| SW | 89.4% | 273 |
| WD | 89.8% | 304 |
| RH | 89.8% | 482 |
| NN | 89.9% | 680 |
| M | 90.1% | 1,109 |
| FK | 90.1% | 466 |
| ST | 90.3% | 729 |
| BS | 90.4% | 858 |
| BD | 90.5% | 338 |
| CH | 90.5% | 634 |
| WN | 90.6% | 363 |
| WA | 90.7% | 976 |
| PR | 90.7% | 870 |
| YO | 90.8% | 433 |
| KY | 90.8% | 424 |
| L | 90.8% | 980 |
| ME | 90.8% | 414 |
| WS | 90.8% | 306 |
| GL | 90.9% | 528 |
| IP | 90.9% | 473 |
| NW | 90.9% | 429 |
| SO | 91.0% | 480 |
| SK | 91.2% | 946 |
| OX | 91.2% | 468 |
| LL | 91.2% | 411 |
| FY | 91.4% | 405 |
| UB | 91.4% | 324 |
| GU | 91.4% | 898 |
| BN | 91.4% | 630 |
| SE | 91.5% | 516 |
| B | 91.5% | 1,881 |
| CR | 91.6% | 334 |
| RG | 91.6% | 838 |
| HP | 91.7% | 565 |
| CT | 91.7% | 289 |
| IV | 91.7% | 253 |
| LS | 91.8% | 705 |
| NG | 91.8% | 986 |
| PH | 91.9% | 234 |
| MK | 91.9% | 568 |
| HD | 92.1% | 303 |
| CO | 92.2% | 255 |
| DE | 92.2% | 778 |
| SA | 92.2% | 500 |
| CB | 92.4% | 314 |
| SN | 92.4% | 487 |
| BL | 92.4% | 672 |
| CW | 92.4% | 437 |
| BB | 92.5% | 732 |
| PE | 92.5% | 1,025 |
| NP | 92.5% | 575 |
| BA | 92.5% | 201 |
| TN | 92.6% | 444 |
| NR | 92.6% | 337 |
| BH | 92.7% | 245 |
| CF | 92.8% | 626 |
| N | 92.9% | 254 |
| HU | 92.9% | 438 |
| KA | 93.0% | 627 |
| WF | 93.0% | 588 |
| IG | 93.0% | 460 |
| DY | 93.1% | 216 |
| S | 93.1% | 1,152 |
| SS | 93.2% | 336 |
| SL | 93.2% | 454 |
| CA | 93.3% | 475 |
| CV | 93.3% | 900 |
| TW | 93.4% | 363 |
| LE | 93.4% | 817 |
| OL | 93.4% | 515 |
| LN | 93.5% | 246 |
| DA | 93.6% | 375 |
| EN | 93.7% | 462 |
| SY | 93.8% | 355 |
| NE | 93.9% | 1,206 |
| EX | 94.3% | 334 |
| DN | 94.5% | 710 |
| KT | 94.7% | 380 |
| E | 95.0% | 259 |
| LA | 95.2% | 292 |
| DH | 95.4% | 305 |
| TA | 96.1% | 205 |
| BR | 96.4% | 308 |
| DG | 96.4% | 224 |
| TS | 96.5% | 427 |
| HR | 96.7% | 211 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (84.8%), not against the national rate for all cars — a number that would flatter a new model and punish an old one.
What this cannot tell you
- Which garage to use. There is no test-station field in the anonymised data, so no station is implicated by any of this — why. The station directory lists what is near you.
- That the area causes it. Cars in some areas do more short trips, see more salt, or have owners who wait for an advisory to become a failure. The test cannot separate those.
- Anything about a single car. These are rates over hundreds or thousands of tests, not a prediction for one vehicle — one car with a bad exhaust is one car with a bad exhaust.
For context, this model's best area runs 12 points above its own all-years national rate.