Skoda Octavia 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Skoda Octavia 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 94.5% in RM down to 80.3% in TS — 14.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 106 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 14.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Skoda Octavia in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.7 extra failures — about £26–£70 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
120 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Viva (14.4). Narrower: Toyota Prius (14.2).
Rates are for the 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TS | 80.3% | 1,430 |
| EH | 80.4% | 1,599 |
| FK | 80.6% | 371 |
| HG | 82.5% | 268 |
| BN | 82.5% | 801 |
| HX | 83.0% | 218 |
| TQ | 83.1% | 260 |
| SP | 83.1% | 479 |
| AB | 83.2% | 463 |
| WD | 83.2% | 232 |
| SR | 83.2% | 238 |
| IV | 83.3% | 544 |
| NP | 83.7% | 546 |
| KY | 83.8% | 414 |
| WS | 83.9% | 558 |
| BA | 84.1% | 690 |
| TR | 84.2% | 417 |
| G | 84.6% | 1,198 |
| ML | 84.8% | 362 |
| PL | 84.8% | 692 |
| NN | 85.2% | 862 |
| LS | 85.4% | 869 |
| BS | 85.4% | 1,137 |
| PR | 85.5% | 538 |
| KA | 85.6% | 431 |
| EX | 85.6% | 752 |
| NE | 85.9% | 2,086 |
| BH | 86.0% | 585 |
| PA | 86.1% | 366 |
| GU | 86.1% | 1,063 |
| SG | 86.1% | 454 |
| PH | 86.2% | 421 |
| ST | 86.3% | 789 |
| CT | 86.3% | 446 |
| CF | 86.5% | 884 |
| WR | 86.7% | 413 |
| WV | 86.8% | 334 |
| WA | 86.9% | 525 |
| TA | 86.9% | 351 |
| DG | 86.9% | 336 |
| S | 86.9% | 2,106 |
| GL | 86.9% | 919 |
| DT | 87.0% | 270 |
| YO | 87.1% | 809 |
| BD | 87.2% | 596 |
| OX | 87.3% | 958 |
| HD | 87.3% | 355 |
| HP | 87.4% | 696 |
| TN | 87.4% | 791 |
| NR | 87.5% | 728 |
| PO | 87.5% | 1,051 |
| CH | 87.6% | 837 |
| CW | 87.6% | 387 |
| RG | 87.6% | 929 |
| DL | 87.6% | 615 |
| B | 87.7% | 2,414 |
| HR | 87.7% | 302 |
| TF | 87.8% | 311 |
| WN | 87.8% | 222 |
| SO | 87.9% | 1,292 |
| LA | 88.0% | 466 |
| LN | 88.1% | 607 |
| SA | 88.2% | 561 |
| RH | 88.2% | 774 |
| NG | 88.3% | 1,235 |
| DH | 88.3% | 358 |
| HU | 88.4% | 370 |
| CA | 88.4% | 560 |
| CM | 88.4% | 509 |
| SY | 88.5% | 589 |
| BL | 88.5% | 399 |
| SS | 88.5% | 322 |
| LL | 88.6% | 624 |
| ME | 88.6% | 589 |
| WF | 88.7% | 593 |
| DN | 88.7% | 807 |
| DE | 88.8% | 976 |
| SN | 88.9% | 650 |
| SK | 89.0% | 630 |
| M | 89.1% | 1,055 |
| L | 89.1% | 551 |
| TW | 89.3% | 298 |
| BB | 89.3% | 813 |
| IP | 89.3% | 627 |
| SL | 89.4% | 331 |
| AL | 89.5% | 237 |
| LE | 89.8% | 974 |
| EN | 89.9% | 218 |
| DA | 89.9% | 388 |
| MK | 90.1% | 604 |
| CB | 90.2% | 651 |
| PE | 90.2% | 964 |
| NW | 90.3% | 257 |
| CV | 90.3% | 875 |
| CR | 90.4% | 374 |
| N | 90.5% | 419 |
| CO | 90.5% | 358 |
| SW | 90.6% | 213 |
| DY | 90.6% | 469 |
| E | 90.9% | 450 |
| LU | 90.9% | 297 |
| KT | 91.0% | 468 |
| OL | 91.4% | 965 |
| HA | 92.3% | 222 |
| SE | 93.4% | 409 |
| RM | 94.5% | 255 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (83.2%), 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.