MINI COOPER 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The MINI COOPER 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 95.6% in OL down to 88.0% in AB — 7.7 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 7.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2019 MINI COOPER in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.4 extra failures — about £14–£33 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
168 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Audi Q2 (7.7). Narrower: Volkswagen T-Roc (7.2).
Rates are for the 2019 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 | 88.0% | 1,686 |
| DD | 88.0% | 684 |
| KY | 88.1% | 818 |
| PA | 88.6% | 624 |
| G | 88.7% | 3,490 |
| WD | 89.4% | 1,013 |
| EH | 89.9% | 2,714 |
| RH | 90.1% | 1,812 |
| HA | 90.1% | 538 |
| PO | 90.2% | 1,600 |
| NN | 90.2% | 2,092 |
| RG | 90.2% | 3,053 |
| BN | 90.2% | 2,336 |
| M | 90.4% | 1,767 |
| N | 90.5% | 600 |
| CR | 90.6% | 1,007 |
| ML | 90.6% | 1,204 |
| SW | 90.6% | 1,098 |
| FK | 90.6% | 1,013 |
| GU | 90.7% | 3,200 |
| SG | 90.8% | 1,138 |
| RM | 90.8% | 773 |
| CT | 90.9% | 975 |
| PL | 91.0% | 873 |
| CB | 91.0% | 1,053 |
| TN | 91.0% | 2,154 |
| KA | 91.0% | 1,179 |
| LU | 91.1% | 716 |
| WS | 91.1% | 795 |
| SO | 91.1% | 1,609 |
| SM | 91.1% | 237 |
| W | 91.3% | 597 |
| WA | 91.4% | 1,932 |
| CM | 91.4% | 2,300 |
| TR | 91.5% | 671 |
| IG | 91.5% | 660 |
| NW | 91.6% | 1,356 |
| SK | 91.6% | 1,990 |
| WV | 91.6% | 895 |
| CO | 91.6% | 907 |
| GL | 91.6% | 1,827 |
| NG | 91.7% | 2,469 |
| CH | 91.8% | 1,629 |
| LS | 91.9% | 1,687 |
| NP | 91.9% | 1,123 |
| CF | 92.0% | 1,841 |
| BS | 92.0% | 2,306 |
| ST | 92.0% | 1,883 |
| B | 92.0% | 3,771 |
| BB | 92.0% | 1,491 |
| CA | 92.0% | 1,005 |
| EX | 92.0% | 1,157 |
| LE | 92.1% | 2,171 |
| HU | 92.2% | 829 |
| CW | 92.2% | 1,191 |
| SS | 92.2% | 1,090 |
| DY | 92.3% | 646 |
| TA | 92.3% | 653 |
| IP | 92.4% | 1,548 |
| S | 92.4% | 2,760 |
| PH | 92.4% | 513 |
| BA | 92.5% | 1,007 |
| BH | 92.5% | 1,261 |
| CV | 92.5% | 2,397 |
| AL | 92.5% | 603 |
| SN | 92.6% | 1,927 |
| IV | 92.6% | 499 |
| FY | 92.6% | 744 |
| HP | 92.7% | 2,015 |
| BL | 92.7% | 1,059 |
| DH | 92.8% | 873 |
| TF | 92.8% | 305 |
| PE | 92.8% | 2,266 |
| KT | 92.9% | 2,112 |
| MK | 92.9% | 1,564 |
| PR | 92.9% | 1,639 |
| HR | 92.9% | 581 |
| BR | 93.0% | 673 |
| NR | 93.0% | 1,404 |
| TQ | 93.0% | 546 |
| SP | 93.1% | 567 |
| SE | 93.1% | 787 |
| WF | 93.2% | 1,172 |
| OX | 93.2% | 2,215 |
| L | 93.2% | 1,181 |
| LA | 93.3% | 743 |
| LN | 93.3% | 746 |
| WR | 93.3% | 1,125 |
| DA | 93.6% | 791 |
| TW | 93.6% | 1,309 |
| HX | 93.6% | 265 |
| HD | 93.7% | 680 |
| WN | 93.7% | 463 |
| LL | 93.7% | 719 |
| BD | 93.8% | 704 |
| SR | 93.8% | 304 |
| HG | 93.8% | 966 |
| UB | 93.8% | 404 |
| NE | 93.8% | 3,037 |
| SY | 93.8% | 1,008 |
| EN | 93.9% | 798 |
| E | 93.9% | 440 |
| DL | 93.9% | 587 |
| SA | 94.1% | 1,061 |
| DE | 94.2% | 1,747 |
| YO | 94.2% | 1,615 |
| SL | 94.5% | 1,411 |
| DG | 94.6% | 259 |
| DT | 94.6% | 355 |
| ME | 95.0% | 1,193 |
| DN | 95.0% | 1,424 |
| TS | 95.1% | 1,306 |
| OL | 95.6% | 757 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (89.6%), 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 6 points above its own all-years national rate.