BMW 5 Series 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW 5 Series 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 95.1% in E down to 83.9% in BN — 11.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 95 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 11.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2018 BMW 5 Series in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.6 extra failures — about £25–£61 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
146 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Hyundai Ioniq (11.3). Narrower: SEAT Leon (11.2).
Rates are for the 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN | 83.9% | 403 |
| HU | 84.5% | 309 |
| GL | 84.7% | 554 |
| TN | 85.2% | 533 |
| FY | 85.7% | 238 |
| TA | 86.0% | 200 |
| BS | 86.1% | 868 |
| WD | 86.3% | 437 |
| BH | 86.3% | 322 |
| PA | 86.5% | 229 |
| HD | 86.5% | 244 |
| ST | 86.5% | 548 |
| SN | 86.5% | 519 |
| LN | 86.6% | 238 |
| ML | 86.6% | 350 |
| RG | 86.6% | 1,147 |
| SK | 86.7% | 676 |
| IP | 86.8% | 471 |
| PO | 86.9% | 435 |
| RH | 87.0% | 598 |
| EH | 87.0% | 714 |
| MK | 87.0% | 799 |
| KY | 87.0% | 247 |
| WA | 87.2% | 764 |
| CM | 87.4% | 674 |
| CH | 87.5% | 479 |
| BL | 87.5% | 672 |
| AB | 87.5% | 433 |
| OX | 87.5% | 578 |
| CT | 87.7% | 243 |
| WR | 87.8% | 279 |
| GU | 87.9% | 1,029 |
| G | 87.9% | 1,248 |
| NG | 87.9% | 1,020 |
| CO | 88.1% | 286 |
| SY | 88.2% | 254 |
| PR | 88.2% | 620 |
| SO | 88.4% | 623 |
| CA | 88.5% | 244 |
| YO | 88.6% | 440 |
| NN | 88.7% | 847 |
| CB | 88.8% | 402 |
| DH | 88.9% | 208 |
| SG | 89.0% | 435 |
| CW | 89.0% | 354 |
| ME | 89.1% | 478 |
| LS | 89.1% | 672 |
| PE | 89.2% | 1,127 |
| LE | 89.3% | 1,253 |
| HP | 89.5% | 817 |
| NR | 89.5% | 314 |
| BR | 89.5% | 324 |
| KT | 89.7% | 767 |
| WV | 89.8% | 449 |
| NP | 89.8% | 362 |
| AL | 89.9% | 237 |
| NE | 89.9% | 882 |
| KA | 89.9% | 248 |
| SA | 90.1% | 322 |
| L | 90.3% | 750 |
| EX | 90.3% | 248 |
| B | 90.4% | 2,193 |
| WS | 90.4% | 323 |
| SW | 90.5% | 577 |
| WF | 90.6% | 479 |
| HA | 90.6% | 1,023 |
| OL | 90.9% | 516 |
| CF | 90.9% | 539 |
| HG | 91.0% | 201 |
| BB | 91.1% | 584 |
| CV | 91.2% | 1,102 |
| SS | 91.4% | 406 |
| S | 91.5% | 942 |
| LL | 91.5% | 248 |
| SL | 91.6% | 933 |
| W | 91.6% | 383 |
| BD | 91.8% | 429 |
| SE | 92.0% | 891 |
| IG | 92.0% | 1,142 |
| DE | 92.1% | 644 |
| DL | 92.1% | 216 |
| DA | 92.2% | 600 |
| M | 92.2% | 1,050 |
| UB | 92.3% | 1,176 |
| LU | 92.6% | 856 |
| TW | 92.7% | 863 |
| CR | 92.8% | 678 |
| NW | 92.8% | 1,275 |
| EN | 93.2% | 716 |
| RM | 93.3% | 1,102 |
| TS | 93.4% | 391 |
| DN | 93.4% | 655 |
| WN | 93.4% | 244 |
| N | 94.6% | 1,106 |
| E | 95.1% | 1,984 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (87.4%), 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 8 points above its own all-years national rate.