Volkswagen Polo 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volkswagen Polo 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.8% in RM down to 69.2% in DD — 19.6 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 114 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 19.6-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2015 Volkswagen Polo 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 £31–£87 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
45 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Vectra (19.6). Narrower: Volkswagen Caddy (19.3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 69.2% | 1,049 |
| AB | 71.2% | 2,500 |
| ML | 71.9% | 869 |
| KY | 72.3% | 1,528 |
| FK | 72.8% | 999 |
| G | 73.1% | 4,087 |
| EH | 73.8% | 3,475 |
| PA | 74.3% | 1,051 |
| SR | 74.8% | 647 |
| KA | 75.3% | 984 |
| DL | 76.3% | 1,216 |
| HG | 76.5% | 646 |
| DH | 76.7% | 918 |
| IV | 76.9% | 1,002 |
| PH | 77.0% | 726 |
| LS | 77.1% | 2,761 |
| NE | 77.4% | 3,272 |
| TD | 77.6% | 455 |
| HX | 78.0% | 626 |
| YO | 78.0% | 1,613 |
| NP | 78.0% | 1,556 |
| HU | 78.2% | 970 |
| LN | 78.4% | 792 |
| TS | 78.4% | 1,432 |
| CF | 78.5% | 3,341 |
| BS | 78.8% | 3,493 |
| WN | 78.9% | 745 |
| PL | 79.0% | 1,387 |
| SA | 79.3% | 2,135 |
| NG | 79.5% | 3,106 |
| ST | 79.6% | 1,868 |
| NN | 79.6% | 2,145 |
| WD | 79.9% | 790 |
| TR | 79.9% | 954 |
| BB | 79.9% | 1,409 |
| DG | 80.0% | 484 |
| SP | 80.0% | 1,053 |
| TF | 80.0% | 589 |
| CW | 80.1% | 1,061 |
| WF | 80.2% | 1,620 |
| CH | 80.2% | 1,929 |
| BD | 80.6% | 1,749 |
| BA | 80.6% | 1,466 |
| HD | 80.6% | 894 |
| BN | 80.9% | 2,190 |
| SN | 81.1% | 1,431 |
| SK | 81.2% | 2,325 |
| CA | 81.2% | 1,066 |
| DN | 81.4% | 1,529 |
| OL | 81.5% | 1,429 |
| M | 81.5% | 3,311 |
| SY | 81.6% | 1,077 |
| EX | 81.6% | 1,747 |
| LL | 81.7% | 1,638 |
| GL | 81.8% | 2,271 |
| BL | 81.9% | 1,410 |
| CV | 82.0% | 2,634 |
| WA | 82.0% | 1,777 |
| L | 82.1% | 1,485 |
| DE | 82.2% | 2,152 |
| WS | 82.3% | 1,079 |
| LA | 82.4% | 1,253 |
| SO | 82.4% | 2,059 |
| WR | 82.4% | 1,111 |
| LE | 82.7% | 2,636 |
| PO | 82.8% | 2,234 |
| TA | 82.8% | 914 |
| S | 82.9% | 3,953 |
| RG | 83.0% | 2,988 |
| MK | 83.0% | 1,680 |
| PR | 83.0% | 1,580 |
| AL | 83.1% | 906 |
| GU | 83.2% | 3,255 |
| WV | 83.2% | 1,022 |
| SW | 83.2% | 1,410 |
| OX | 83.3% | 2,402 |
| NR | 83.4% | 2,175 |
| BH | 83.6% | 1,759 |
| CO | 83.7% | 1,093 |
| PE | 83.8% | 2,134 |
| IP | 83.9% | 1,932 |
| FY | 83.9% | 585 |
| CT | 84.0% | 1,159 |
| HR | 84.0% | 764 |
| RH | 84.0% | 2,399 |
| CM | 84.2% | 2,022 |
| TQ | 84.3% | 924 |
| CB | 84.5% | 1,290 |
| W | 84.5% | 640 |
| HP | 84.7% | 2,057 |
| TN | 84.8% | 2,826 |
| SG | 84.9% | 1,354 |
| NW | 84.9% | 1,254 |
| DY | 85.0% | 895 |
| B | 85.1% | 5,435 |
| ME | 85.1% | 1,762 |
| IG | 85.8% | 670 |
| DT | 85.9% | 652 |
| KT | 85.9% | 1,976 |
| EN | 86.1% | 1,230 |
| DA | 86.2% | 1,163 |
| E | 86.3% | 1,160 |
| N | 86.3% | 1,439 |
| LU | 86.4% | 737 |
| TW | 86.6% | 1,606 |
| BR | 86.7% | 787 |
| SM | 86.7% | 450 |
| SE | 86.7% | 1,397 |
| SS | 87.0% | 902 |
| SL | 87.3% | 1,498 |
| CR | 87.6% | 1,189 |
| HA | 87.6% | 1,214 |
| UB | 87.7% | 1,159 |
| RM | 88.8% | 966 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (78.3%), 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.