Driving test centres in North East
11 DVSA car test centres in the North East region. Pass rates are for 2025/26; waits for August 2026.
Pass rate, North East
48.4%
GB 50.0%
Median wait
14.3weeks
GB 11.9
Tests a year
77,123
Where the odds are best in North East
Alnwick tops the region at 55.5%, 18 points ahead of Gateshead at 37.5%. The shortest wait is at Gateshead, where learners tested in Aug 2026 had booked a median of 7.1 weeks earlier. Taken together, North East's centres pass 48.4% of candidates, 1.6 points below the national figure.
All centres in North East
- AlnwickNE66 1JX55.5%+5.5 vs GB14.7 wkswait
- Berwick-On-TweedBerwick-upon-Tweed · TD15 2UY53.9%+3.9 vs GB20.3 wkswait
- DurhamMeadowfield · DH7 8XL53.2%+3.2 vs GB15.7 wkswait
- HexhamNE46 3EW53.0%+3.0 vs GB16.9 wkswait
- SunderlandSR5 3JJ51.1%+1.1 vs GB8.9 wkswait
- HartlepoolTS25 1TZ51.0%+1.0 vs GB13.4 wkswait
- BlythNE24 3BA50.9%+0.9 vs GB13.5 wkswait
- GosforthNewcastle Upon Tyne · NE3 5HB48.4%-1.6 vs GB16.3 wkswait
- MiddlesbroughTS3 8TE47.7%-2.3 vs GB14.3 wkswait
- DarlingtonDL1 4PW47.1%-2.9 vs GB8.9 wkswait
- GatesheadNE11 9HU37.5%-12.5 vs GB7.1 wkswait