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Portsmouth driving test centre

South East, England

Portsmouth at a glance

Pass rate
52.8%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
13 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
13,518
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
19.4%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Portsmouth compares

Portsmouth passes 52.8% of car tests, which is 2.7 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 13 weeks, 0.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 13,518 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 54% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

The map below shows the Portsmouth area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Portsmouth

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 54.0%

49%52%56%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Portsmouth driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
54%
52.2%
49.6%
51.1%
51.4%
52.2%
56%
55.9%
53.6%
54.4%
52.5%
51.7%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 13.0w

8w12w16wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Portsmouth, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
13 weeks
13.1 weeks
11.7 weeks
14.1 weeks
14.1 weeks
14.4 weeks
13.6 weeks
12 weeks
15.1 weeks
16.4 weeks
15.4 weeks
13.3 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 1251

73910191299Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Portsmouth, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
1,251
1,116
1,131
1,048
1,285
1,311
1,057
954
1,135
1,099
1,124
1,007

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Portsmouth driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 13,518 7,141 52.8%
2024-25 11,305 5,857 51.8%
2023-24 11,237 5,655 50.3%
2022-23 11,948 5,756 48.2%
2021-22 10,234 5,160 50.4%
2020-21 2,907 1,549 53.3%
2019-20 7,747 3,655 47.2%
2018-19 7,373 3,278 44.5%
2017-18 7,195 3,210 44.6%
2016-17 8,386 3,674 43.8%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Portsmouth driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

Practice makes perfect

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