Volkswagen Golf 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volkswagen Golf 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.7% in UB down to 80.7% in KY — 12 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 12-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2015 Volkswagen Golf 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–£64 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
141 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Nissan Leaf (12). Narrower: Audi A3 (11.7).
Rates are for the 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KY | 80.7% | 1,515 |
| PA | 81.3% | 1,134 |
| ML | 81.4% | 1,097 |
| DD | 81.7% | 1,100 |
| AB | 81.8% | 2,588 |
| SR | 83.2% | 726 |
| G | 83.5% | 3,992 |
| FK | 84.0% | 1,089 |
| PH | 84.4% | 826 |
| KA | 84.5% | 1,147 |
| EH | 84.6% | 3,881 |
| HU | 84.6% | 1,141 |
| BS | 84.7% | 4,006 |
| HG | 85.0% | 788 |
| NP | 85.5% | 1,967 |
| W | 85.5% | 881 |
| CF | 85.5% | 3,555 |
| PL | 85.5% | 2,359 |
| TR | 85.6% | 1,324 |
| LN | 85.7% | 1,251 |
| IV | 85.9% | 1,316 |
| HD | 86.0% | 1,020 |
| LS | 86.0% | 3,215 |
| EX | 86.1% | 2,551 |
| TD | 86.1% | 575 |
| BN | 86.4% | 2,633 |
| DH | 86.4% | 1,263 |
| PO | 86.4% | 2,576 |
| DG | 86.5% | 644 |
| CW | 86.5% | 1,275 |
| SP | 86.5% | 1,476 |
| SW | 86.7% | 1,694 |
| SN | 86.8% | 2,285 |
| LA | 86.8% | 1,415 |
| WS | 86.8% | 1,393 |
| OL | 86.8% | 1,682 |
| TF | 86.8% | 897 |
| NN | 86.9% | 3,101 |
| GL | 86.9% | 3,343 |
| DT | 86.9% | 988 |
| SO | 87.0% | 2,912 |
| FY | 87.0% | 531 |
| DL | 87.1% | 1,630 |
| NG | 87.1% | 3,931 |
| SA | 87.1% | 2,504 |
| SK | 87.2% | 2,408 |
| YO | 87.2% | 2,260 |
| CA | 87.2% | 1,552 |
| WA | 87.2% | 1,991 |
| NE | 87.3% | 4,354 |
| M | 87.3% | 3,632 |
| ST | 87.3% | 1,976 |
| CO | 87.4% | 1,404 |
| HR | 87.5% | 1,028 |
| WD | 87.5% | 808 |
| TS | 87.5% | 1,965 |
| CH | 87.6% | 2,125 |
| IP | 87.7% | 2,738 |
| WF | 87.7% | 2,079 |
| TQ | 87.7% | 1,106 |
| NR | 87.7% | 3,166 |
| WR | 87.7% | 1,671 |
| L | 87.8% | 1,647 |
| OX | 87.8% | 3,371 |
| CB | 87.9% | 1,965 |
| WN | 87.9% | 851 |
| PE | 87.9% | 3,811 |
| BA | 88.1% | 2,188 |
| SY | 88.1% | 1,746 |
| CV | 88.2% | 3,493 |
| BH | 88.2% | 1,962 |
| ME | 88.3% | 1,916 |
| PR | 88.3% | 1,858 |
| TN | 88.4% | 2,946 |
| RH | 88.4% | 2,508 |
| GU | 88.5% | 3,866 |
| TA | 88.5% | 1,501 |
| BL | 88.6% | 1,479 |
| CT | 88.6% | 1,419 |
| RG | 88.6% | 3,725 |
| HX | 88.8% | 695 |
| LE | 88.8% | 4,175 |
| MK | 88.8% | 1,968 |
| DE | 88.9% | 3,153 |
| DN | 88.9% | 2,588 |
| KW | 89.1% | 202 |
| HP | 89.1% | 2,353 |
| SS | 89.1% | 883 |
| LL | 89.3% | 2,350 |
| BD | 89.6% | 3,203 |
| AL | 89.6% | 1,098 |
| DY | 89.6% | 1,147 |
| SG | 89.7% | 1,657 |
| WV | 89.8% | 1,282 |
| NW | 89.8% | 1,571 |
| CR | 89.9% | 1,140 |
| EN | 89.9% | 1,121 |
| CM | 90.0% | 2,029 |
| S | 90.2% | 4,920 |
| IG | 90.3% | 862 |
| B | 90.4% | 6,717 |
| N | 90.5% | 1,698 |
| SL | 90.6% | 1,877 |
| TW | 90.7% | 1,690 |
| BR | 90.7% | 744 |
| BB | 91.0% | 2,130 |
| SM | 91.2% | 422 |
| LU | 91.3% | 1,368 |
| KT | 91.3% | 1,902 |
| LD | 91.4% | 243 |
| RM | 91.5% | 1,078 |
| HA | 91.5% | 1,214 |
| SE | 91.6% | 1,540 |
| DA | 91.8% | 1,075 |
| E | 92.1% | 1,609 |
| UB | 92.7% | 1,046 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (82.1%), 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 11 points above its own all-years national rate.