MINI Mini 2011 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The MINI Mini 2011 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 89.3% in UB down to 70.3% in DD — 19.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 113 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 19.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2011 MINI Mini in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.0 extra failures — about £32–£98 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
48 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Volkswagen Transporter (19.3). Narrower: Vauxhall Astra (19.1).
Rates are for the 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 70.3% | 390 |
| KY | 70.8% | 624 |
| AB | 73.0% | 826 |
| ML | 74.8% | 408 |
| PH | 74.8% | 254 |
| PL | 75.4% | 1,401 |
| SP | 75.9% | 754 |
| KA | 76.0% | 470 |
| EH | 76.1% | 1,459 |
| EX | 76.3% | 1,470 |
| G | 76.5% | 1,378 |
| FY | 76.5% | 668 |
| TR | 76.7% | 847 |
| TF | 76.8% | 482 |
| HG | 76.8% | 418 |
| CF | 76.9% | 1,550 |
| FK | 76.9% | 312 |
| TQ | 77.1% | 726 |
| IV | 77.2% | 369 |
| PA | 77.3% | 428 |
| YO | 77.5% | 1,123 |
| BS | 77.5% | 2,674 |
| WD | 77.6% | 510 |
| SR | 78.2% | 344 |
| LS | 78.5% | 1,324 |
| PO | 78.6% | 2,139 |
| WR | 78.6% | 1,061 |
| HD | 78.6% | 407 |
| BN | 78.7% | 1,862 |
| NG | 78.8% | 2,294 |
| TA | 78.8% | 831 |
| CH | 79.2% | 1,530 |
| SA | 79.2% | 1,252 |
| GL | 79.6% | 1,729 |
| BA | 79.7% | 1,346 |
| NP | 79.8% | 877 |
| LN | 79.9% | 762 |
| BH | 80.1% | 1,653 |
| BL | 80.1% | 729 |
| NN | 80.1% | 1,727 |
| DT | 80.2% | 616 |
| SO | 80.3% | 1,562 |
| HX | 80.4% | 280 |
| CT | 80.4% | 1,153 |
| HR | 80.5% | 481 |
| NE | 80.5% | 1,725 |
| CA | 80.5% | 513 |
| HU | 80.5% | 760 |
| WA | 80.6% | 1,266 |
| WF | 80.7% | 889 |
| LL | 80.7% | 1,274 |
| DL | 80.8% | 666 |
| WN | 80.8% | 469 |
| CB | 80.8% | 903 |
| CW | 81.1% | 813 |
| ST | 81.1% | 1,288 |
| GU | 81.1% | 2,360 |
| SK | 81.3% | 1,377 |
| BD | 81.3% | 887 |
| NR | 81.5% | 1,748 |
| DN | 81.5% | 1,482 |
| IP | 81.5% | 1,596 |
| CO | 81.5% | 1,116 |
| DY | 81.8% | 861 |
| LE | 81.9% | 2,071 |
| TS | 82.0% | 1,009 |
| OX | 82.0% | 1,916 |
| CM | 82.0% | 1,660 |
| PE | 82.1% | 2,338 |
| TN | 82.3% | 2,237 |
| BB | 82.3% | 902 |
| SW | 82.3% | 914 |
| M | 82.4% | 1,487 |
| DE | 82.5% | 1,442 |
| PR | 82.5% | 1,284 |
| WS | 82.6% | 881 |
| SY | 82.7% | 907 |
| SN | 82.8% | 1,387 |
| RG | 82.9% | 2,172 |
| AL | 82.9% | 644 |
| OL | 82.9% | 580 |
| W | 82.9% | 416 |
| CV | 83.0% | 1,861 |
| DH | 83.0% | 560 |
| SG | 83.4% | 1,037 |
| E | 83.4% | 586 |
| LU | 83.5% | 623 |
| HP | 83.5% | 1,412 |
| RH | 83.6% | 1,500 |
| ME | 83.9% | 1,376 |
| WV | 84.0% | 599 |
| L | 84.1% | 924 |
| DG | 84.3% | 204 |
| MK | 84.4% | 1,217 |
| B | 84.4% | 3,006 |
| SS | 84.5% | 1,216 |
| LA | 84.6% | 856 |
| S | 84.9% | 2,121 |
| TW | 85.0% | 944 |
| HA | 85.1% | 483 |
| NW | 85.2% | 715 |
| BR | 85.4% | 485 |
| IG | 85.4% | 418 |
| KT | 85.5% | 1,476 |
| N | 85.9% | 815 |
| SE | 87.1% | 961 |
| EN | 87.6% | 629 |
| CR | 87.9% | 749 |
| DA | 87.9% | 693 |
| RM | 88.1% | 687 |
| SL | 88.5% | 1,286 |
| SM | 88.6% | 281 |
| UB | 89.3% | 535 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (76.0%), 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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.