Ford Focus 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford Focus 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 86.6% in E down to 69.3% in AB — 17.3 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 116 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.3-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2013 Ford Focus in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.9 extra failures — about £31–£83 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
78 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Kia Sportage (17.4). Narrower: Nissan X-Trail (17.3).
Rates are for the 2013 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 69.3% | 2,183 |
| KY | 69.5% | 2,165 |
| DD | 69.8% | 1,081 |
| SP | 71.3% | 1,350 |
| ML | 71.9% | 1,426 |
| LN | 72.2% | 1,516 |
| FK | 72.9% | 1,072 |
| EH | 72.9% | 3,184 |
| FY | 73.0% | 1,177 |
| HU | 73.4% | 2,364 |
| BN | 73.4% | 2,856 |
| LD | 73.4% | 259 |
| TD | 73.4% | 473 |
| IV | 73.4% | 1,099 |
| PL | 73.6% | 3,390 |
| KA | 74.0% | 1,488 |
| BS | 74.0% | 4,445 |
| PA | 74.1% | 1,268 |
| PH | 74.2% | 697 |
| HG | 74.2% | 562 |
| BA | 74.3% | 1,962 |
| NP | 74.3% | 2,868 |
| CF | 74.6% | 5,578 |
| EX | 74.7% | 2,747 |
| SA | 74.8% | 3,457 |
| PO | 74.9% | 3,469 |
| HD | 74.9% | 869 |
| G | 75.0% | 3,767 |
| GL | 75.1% | 3,565 |
| ST | 75.2% | 3,387 |
| NN | 75.2% | 3,910 |
| CH | 75.5% | 3,345 |
| DL | 75.6% | 1,712 |
| NG | 75.6% | 6,124 |
| KW | 75.7% | 230 |
| WD | 75.7% | 727 |
| HR | 75.7% | 889 |
| TR | 75.8% | 1,075 |
| WA | 75.9% | 3,415 |
| CW | 76.0% | 1,863 |
| YO | 76.0% | 2,654 |
| BL | 76.0% | 1,947 |
| LS | 76.0% | 3,452 |
| CT | 76.0% | 1,932 |
| BH | 76.1% | 2,380 |
| SN | 76.1% | 2,297 |
| TQ | 76.1% | 1,042 |
| WN | 76.2% | 1,478 |
| DT | 76.3% | 932 |
| GU | 76.5% | 2,875 |
| LA | 76.6% | 1,494 |
| OL | 76.6% | 1,714 |
| SO | 76.6% | 3,067 |
| TA | 76.8% | 1,715 |
| OX | 76.8% | 2,808 |
| HX | 76.9% | 528 |
| PR | 77.0% | 2,362 |
| BB | 77.1% | 2,182 |
| TN | 77.1% | 2,829 |
| SY | 77.1% | 1,754 |
| NR | 77.2% | 4,430 |
| WS | 77.2% | 2,196 |
| AL | 77.2% | 1,006 |
| CB | 77.3% | 1,857 |
| SK | 77.3% | 2,817 |
| TF | 77.4% | 1,225 |
| CO | 77.4% | 2,535 |
| NE | 77.6% | 5,365 |
| CA | 77.6% | 2,131 |
| BD | 77.7% | 2,225 |
| DN | 77.7% | 4,175 |
| WR | 77.7% | 1,540 |
| LL | 77.9% | 3,097 |
| SR | 78.2% | 985 |
| WF | 78.2% | 2,980 |
| W | 78.2% | 331 |
| IP | 78.3% | 3,381 |
| DY | 78.3% | 1,754 |
| WV | 78.5% | 2,112 |
| L | 78.5% | 5,363 |
| RH | 78.6% | 2,341 |
| PE | 78.6% | 5,018 |
| DE | 78.7% | 4,118 |
| LE | 78.8% | 5,197 |
| RG | 79.0% | 3,540 |
| M | 79.1% | 4,235 |
| HP | 79.1% | 2,155 |
| MK | 79.2% | 2,501 |
| CV | 79.3% | 4,586 |
| DG | 79.4% | 602 |
| S | 79.4% | 7,581 |
| TS | 79.5% | 3,232 |
| DH | 79.7% | 1,447 |
| CM | 79.8% | 3,517 |
| LU | 80.0% | 1,611 |
| SG | 80.1% | 2,104 |
| ME | 80.5% | 3,292 |
| B | 80.7% | 9,617 |
| SM | 81.3% | 567 |
| SS | 81.3% | 3,308 |
| NW | 81.5% | 802 |
| KT | 81.8% | 1,497 |
| SL | 82.2% | 1,543 |
| SE | 82.7% | 1,713 |
| SW | 82.8% | 641 |
| TW | 83.0% | 1,443 |
| HA | 83.0% | 1,196 |
| DA | 83.1% | 1,997 |
| BR | 83.4% | 710 |
| N | 84.6% | 1,148 |
| CR | 84.7% | 1,277 |
| EN | 84.9% | 1,153 |
| IG | 85.0% | 1,213 |
| UB | 85.1% | 1,248 |
| RM | 85.1% | 3,081 |
| E | 86.6% | 1,672 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.7%), 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 7 points above its own all-years national rate.