SEAT Leon 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The SEAT Leon 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.5% in E down to 81.3% in LS — 11.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 96 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 SEAT Leon 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 £20–£50 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
147 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: BMW 5 Series (11.2). Narrower: Volkswagen Tiguan (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 |
|---|---|---|
| LS | 81.3% | 1,420 |
| HG | 81.5% | 227 |
| NN | 81.6% | 1,087 |
| G | 82.8% | 2,045 |
| EH | 83.3% | 1,152 |
| BN | 83.5% | 442 |
| TN | 83.5% | 819 |
| DD | 83.6% | 383 |
| WF | 83.9% | 1,021 |
| AB | 84.2% | 703 |
| CO | 84.2% | 247 |
| NP | 84.2% | 697 |
| GL | 84.3% | 789 |
| PA | 84.4% | 719 |
| HX | 84.4% | 315 |
| ML | 84.5% | 446 |
| FK | 84.7% | 386 |
| IV | 84.8% | 427 |
| LE | 84.8% | 1,364 |
| KY | 84.9% | 529 |
| EX | 84.9% | 517 |
| CF | 84.9% | 1,307 |
| BS | 85.0% | 1,517 |
| SK | 85.1% | 1,022 |
| KA | 85.3% | 570 |
| HD | 85.3% | 557 |
| NG | 85.3% | 1,560 |
| SP | 85.4% | 322 |
| YO | 85.7% | 659 |
| ST | 85.9% | 1,026 |
| SN | 86.0% | 644 |
| LL | 86.1% | 524 |
| OX | 86.1% | 741 |
| CV | 86.1% | 1,282 |
| M | 86.2% | 1,287 |
| WS | 86.3% | 604 |
| BB | 86.3% | 568 |
| CW | 86.3% | 721 |
| HU | 86.3% | 743 |
| DN | 86.4% | 1,187 |
| TR | 86.4% | 462 |
| TF | 86.4% | 220 |
| TS | 86.4% | 671 |
| CH | 86.4% | 583 |
| CA | 86.5% | 679 |
| BA | 86.6% | 402 |
| BD | 86.6% | 837 |
| LU | 86.7% | 315 |
| ME | 86.7% | 488 |
| MK | 86.7% | 826 |
| DE | 86.7% | 1,427 |
| SA | 86.8% | 780 |
| N | 86.9% | 252 |
| CB | 86.9% | 543 |
| CT | 86.9% | 283 |
| OL | 86.9% | 659 |
| BL | 87.0% | 629 |
| GU | 87.0% | 944 |
| NE | 87.3% | 1,395 |
| RH | 87.4% | 533 |
| RG | 87.4% | 780 |
| LN | 87.7% | 462 |
| SS | 87.7% | 204 |
| IP | 87.8% | 712 |
| L | 87.8% | 756 |
| SO | 87.8% | 732 |
| KT | 87.8% | 288 |
| PO | 87.9% | 725 |
| PL | 88.1% | 452 |
| B | 88.1% | 2,908 |
| AL | 88.1% | 370 |
| WA | 88.1% | 793 |
| LA | 88.2% | 458 |
| DL | 88.2% | 638 |
| S | 88.3% | 2,300 |
| FY | 88.3% | 248 |
| DY | 88.3% | 437 |
| BH | 88.3% | 523 |
| PR | 88.3% | 841 |
| HP | 88.4% | 473 |
| DH | 88.8% | 502 |
| WR | 89.0% | 516 |
| WN | 89.0% | 309 |
| PE | 89.0% | 947 |
| NR | 89.3% | 600 |
| SE | 89.4% | 311 |
| SR | 89.5% | 332 |
| WV | 89.5% | 620 |
| SG | 89.9% | 614 |
| DA | 90.1% | 362 |
| TW | 90.3% | 361 |
| SL | 90.4% | 335 |
| CM | 90.6% | 564 |
| TQ | 90.9% | 243 |
| SY | 91.0% | 323 |
| E | 92.5% | 227 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (83.1%), 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 9 points above its own all-years national rate.