Volkswagen Up 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volkswagen Up 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 93.7% in UB down to 72.1% in DD — 21.5 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 110 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 21.5-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2014 Volkswagen Up in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.1 extra failures — about £44–£124 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
28 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Peugeot 107 (21.5). Narrower: Renault Captur (21.4).
Rates are for the 2014 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 | 72.1% | 330 |
| AB | 73.6% | 625 |
| ML | 76.0% | 296 |
| PH | 77.3% | 238 |
| KY | 77.5% | 440 |
| IV | 77.7% | 319 |
| G | 77.8% | 1,445 |
| EH | 78.4% | 1,262 |
| FK | 79.1% | 287 |
| SR | 79.3% | 203 |
| DL | 80.2% | 420 |
| LS | 81.3% | 973 |
| LN | 82.3% | 368 |
| TR | 82.4% | 556 |
| CA | 82.6% | 390 |
| ST | 82.6% | 685 |
| PL | 82.8% | 715 |
| CF | 82.9% | 1,655 |
| KA | 83.0% | 399 |
| TS | 83.1% | 444 |
| DH | 83.2% | 380 |
| HD | 83.2% | 381 |
| HU | 83.2% | 370 |
| SA | 83.3% | 1,093 |
| NP | 83.3% | 753 |
| SN | 83.3% | 599 |
| PA | 83.4% | 338 |
| WD | 83.5% | 255 |
| BS | 84.0% | 1,647 |
| YO | 84.2% | 914 |
| LA | 84.3% | 605 |
| BD | 84.3% | 822 |
| NE | 84.5% | 1,342 |
| LU | 84.6% | 246 |
| WS | 84.7% | 476 |
| OL | 84.9% | 405 |
| NW | 85.1% | 315 |
| HG | 85.2% | 270 |
| M | 85.4% | 1,027 |
| DN | 85.5% | 592 |
| GU | 85.5% | 1,369 |
| CO | 85.6% | 402 |
| SW | 85.6% | 487 |
| GL | 85.8% | 1,056 |
| TN | 85.8% | 1,405 |
| EX | 85.9% | 723 |
| CH | 85.9% | 732 |
| EN | 86.1% | 330 |
| WF | 86.1% | 546 |
| SK | 86.1% | 921 |
| HX | 86.2% | 282 |
| WN | 86.2% | 261 |
| BN | 86.5% | 1,013 |
| NR | 86.6% | 1,034 |
| HP | 86.7% | 946 |
| BL | 86.8% | 410 |
| CT | 86.9% | 548 |
| WR | 86.9% | 579 |
| L | 86.9% | 511 |
| RG | 87.0% | 1,156 |
| HR | 87.1% | 402 |
| BB | 87.1% | 472 |
| BA | 87.1% | 778 |
| IP | 87.2% | 796 |
| FY | 87.2% | 250 |
| S | 87.2% | 1,660 |
| TA | 87.2% | 439 |
| CV | 87.3% | 1,030 |
| SP | 87.3% | 355 |
| OX | 87.3% | 1,059 |
| TF | 87.4% | 206 |
| CB | 87.4% | 603 |
| NG | 87.4% | 1,424 |
| AL | 87.6% | 394 |
| NN | 87.6% | 790 |
| RH | 87.6% | 1,041 |
| DE | 87.6% | 969 |
| MK | 87.8% | 605 |
| WA | 88.0% | 648 |
| BH | 88.3% | 781 |
| SE | 88.4% | 439 |
| PE | 88.4% | 905 |
| PO | 88.5% | 905 |
| ME | 88.6% | 647 |
| LE | 88.6% | 925 |
| SO | 88.7% | 796 |
| TQ | 88.8% | 436 |
| HA | 89.0% | 281 |
| CM | 89.0% | 719 |
| N | 89.1% | 503 |
| B | 89.2% | 1,837 |
| PR | 89.2% | 594 |
| CW | 89.5% | 466 |
| SY | 89.5% | 467 |
| E | 89.8% | 315 |
| LL | 90.0% | 481 |
| SL | 90.3% | 569 |
| W | 90.4% | 218 |
| CR | 90.4% | 344 |
| SG | 90.8% | 522 |
| TW | 90.9% | 571 |
| KT | 91.2% | 842 |
| SS | 91.6% | 347 |
| DA | 91.7% | 384 |
| BR | 91.7% | 336 |
| WV | 92.1% | 303 |
| RM | 92.1% | 279 |
| DT | 92.9% | 354 |
| DY | 93.1% | 391 |
| UB | 93.7% | 237 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (87.0%), 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 7 points above its own all-years national rate.