Insurance group 30: what it means & typical cost

What does group 30 mean?

Mid-size family cars, warm hatches and compact SUVs sit in this band, with average performance, value and repair complexity. Ratings on this 1–50 scale come from the Group Rating Panel — run jointly by Thatcham Research and the ABI — so group 30 means the same thing whichever car carries it, whether it's a compact hatchback or a performance model. Read our insurance groups explained guide for how the panel scores every car.

Groups 28–32 sit closest to it in cost, so they're worth comparing if you're weighing up a slightly cheaper or slightly pricier trim.

How much is insurance group 30?

On our published methodology, the insurance group 30 average cost is about £845 a year for a driver aged 30–49 in a medium-risk postcode on comprehensive cover, with most quotes falling between £675 and £1,055. That is the insurance group 30 cost before any no-claims discount is applied, so a settled driver with several claim-free years should expect to pay less than the midpoint. Age changes the picture completely: the same car gives a group 30 insurance cost of roughly £2,280 for a 17–20-year-old.

So is group 30 insurance expensive? Measured against the rest of the scale, it is about average — close enough to the midpoint of the scale that the car is rarely the thing making a quote painful. For context, our estimates put group 1 at around £220 a year and group 50 at around £1,275 on the same assumptions, which places group 30 in the medium band. The insurance group 30 price you are actually quoted will also move with your postcode, mileage, claims history and excess — the group sets the car-side base rate, not the final figure.

You will often see this written with a letter on dealer listings and quotes, as group 30E. The insurance group 30E cost is identical to plain group 30: the letter identifies which derivative was rated, not a separate price band. However you phrase it — an insurance group 30E average cost, an insurance group 30E price, or a 30E insurance group cost — you are asking about the same figure above.

Prefer to run the numbers on your own circumstances? The car insurance group 30E cost calculator on our pricing page lets you change the age band, postcode risk and cover type rather than accepting our midpoint. One thing we cannot give you is a car insurance quote for group 30E itself — no one can, because a quote prices the driver as well as the car, and the group is only the vehicle half of it.

The estimator sits on our group-by-group pricing page, and the insurance group prices table shows all fifty groups side by side. For the factors that sit outside the car entirely, see what affects car insurance price.

Example cars in insurance group 30

These models from our dataset typically fall in or around group 30 — trim and engine choice can move a specific car up or down within its range, so always check the variant table on each model's own page:

• Ford S-Max — typically groups 17–30
• Ford Ranger — typically groups 29–41
• Mini Cooper — typically groups 15–30
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class — typically groups 19–35
• Nissan Navara — typically groups 30–41
• Toyota Celica — typically groups 24–32
• Toyota MR2 — typically groups 26–33
• Audi A3 — typically groups 13–32
• BMW X3 — typically groups 21–35
• Honda Civic — typically groups 10–32
• Subaru Impreza — typically groups 14–30
• Subaru BRZ — typically groups 28–34
• Land Rover Discovery Sport — typically groups 26–37
• Volkswagen Golf — typically groups 10–37
• Ford Focus — typically groups 9–33
• BMW 3 Series — typically groups 22–43
• MG MG4 EV — typically groups 24–32
• Audi A4 — typically groups 24–43
• Audi Q3 — typically groups 20–42
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class — typically groups 28–46
• Mercedes-Benz GLA — typically groups 25–46
• Mercedes-Benz CLA — typically groups 26–45
• BMW 1 Series — typically groups 18–36
• BMW X1 — typically groups 21–36
• Land Rover Range Rover Evoque — typically groups 25–36
• Mini Countryman — typically groups 18–35
• Mini Clubman — typically groups 17–35
• Volkswagen ID.4 — typically groups 21–34
• Kia Sorento — typically groups 22–32

Why some group 30 cars show a letter, like 30E

You may see group 30 written with a letter suffix, such as 30E or 30D — the letter flags a specific trim or derivative, not a different cost scale. See our insurance group letters explained guide for what that means in practice.