EV chargers and plug-in cars by UK region and council How many public chargers each part of the UK has, how that compares with its population, and how many plug-in cars and vans are registered there. Regions with many plug-in vehicles per charger can be a sign of unmet demand for new charging sites.
Chargers as at 1 July 2026; vehicles as at 2026 Q2.
By region Region Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger London 31,371 345.1 2,533 320,789 10 Scotland 12,847 231.6 3,277 193,992 15 Wales 5,910 185.5 1,364 82,662 14 West Midlands 10,143 163.9 2,825 193,174 19 South East 15,373 159.4 3,830 827,135 54 South West 9,232 156.7 2,913 269,587 29 North East 4,147 150.2 1,023 71,042 17 East of England 9,880 150.2 3,210 329,587 33 East Midlands 6,153 121.5 2,367 188,893 31 North West 8,678 112.2 3,098 398,258 46 Yorkshire and the Humber 6,281 110.7 2,075 239,497 38 Northern Ireland 1,156 60 372 49,126 42 United Kingdom 121,171 174.9 28,887 3,163,742 26
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London (33) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Barking and Dagenham 233 100.1 45 6,469 28 Barnet 1,167 288.1 139 15,749 13 Bexley 689 268.7 87 7,673 11 Brent 1,295 366.9 56 13,110 10 Bromley 225 67.1 80 11,730 52 Camden 819 377.5 40 6,527 8 City of London 67 443.4 7 927 14 Croydon 627 153.2 140 10,842 17 Ealing 1,017 263.5 94 11,195 11 Enfield 449 137.1 111 8,952 20 Greenwich 303 101.2 113 5,969 20 Hackney 1,701 637.7 53 3,829 2 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,603 1,379.5 90 12,102 5 Haringey 357 135.3 68 6,547 18 Harrow 325 120 42 9,695 30 Havering 261 94.5 104 8,696 33 Hillingdon 398 120.9 156 17,547 44 Hounslow 699 233.4 158 9,099 13 Islington 861 386.1 51 4,522 5 Kensington and Chelsea 921 637.3 7 5,419 6 Kingston upon Thames 417 241.5 73 5,953 14 Lambeth 772 243.6 59 5,671 7 Lewisham 400 132.8 104 5,192 13 Merton 953 436.1 39 8,038 8 Newham 597 159.4 52 6,978 12 Redbridge 637 198.3 73 9,938 16 Richmond upon Thames 1,263 642.2 43 7,841 6 Southwark 1,945 617.9 70 7,546 4 Sutton 253 117.9 74 6,600 26 Tower Hamlets 2,574 775.6 82 7,177 3 Waltham Forest 1,855 663.1 64 6,586 4 Wandsworth 1,795 531.6 67 7,964 4 Westminster 2,893 1,377.6 92 58,706 20
Scotland (32) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Aberdeen City 445 192 142 5,829 13 Aberdeenshire 428 161.5 118 9,160 21 Angus 254 221.2 78 3,278 13 Argyll and Bute 347 395.7 56 2,171 6 City of Edinburgh 1,020 192.2 229 13,696 13 Clackmannanshire 107 205.3 20 1,394 13 Dumfries and Galloway 800 548.5 132 3,356 4 Dundee City 707 471.7 179 3,685 5 East Ayrshire 278 228.8 77 3,352 12 East Dunbartonshire 113 102.8 34 4,275 38 East Lothian 691 599.9 49 4,103 6 East Renfrewshire 82 82.1 26 4,110 50 Falkirk 260 162.5 65 5,045 19 Fife 493 131.6 120 10,989 22 Glasgow City 1,172 180.2 332 12,803 11 Highland 918 386.9 235 6,068 7 Inverclyde 187 237.1 78 1,805 10 Midlothian 223 223.3 48 3,444 15 Moray 145 152.6 20 2,430 17 Na h-Eileanan Siar 134 515 36 428 3 North Ayrshire 266 198.5 76 3,584 13 North Lanarkshire 579 168.1 250 10,323 18 Orkney Islands 85 386 15 829 10 Perth and Kinross 561 363.3 138 5,631 10 Renfrewshire 459 242.6 141 26,804 58 Scottish Borders 262 224 59 3,239 12 Shetland Islands 75 323.4 16 479 6 South Ayrshire 230 204.9 53 3,533 15 South Lanarkshire 607 181.7 187 11,504 19 Stirling 481 510.6 103 17,746 37 West Dunbartonshire 182 204.2 57 2,153 12 West Lothian 256 137.3 108 6,746 26
Wales (22) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Blaenau Gwent 155 228.4 35 1,022 7 Bridgend 215 145.7 66 6,425 30 Caerphilly 191 108 36 3,777 20 Cardiff 454 118.3 181 8,741 19 Carmarthenshire 412 215.9 144 4,647 11 Ceredigion 222 305.8 42 1,573 7 Conwy 175 152.3 14 2,865 16 Denbighshire 176 179.2 46 2,613 15 Flintshire 184 118 66 4,344 24 Gwynedd 471 389.9 55 2,470 5 Isle of Anglesey 169 244.6 38 1,518 9 Merthyr Tydfil 82 139 12 1,054 13 Monmouthshire 269 283.4 71 3,656 14 Neath Port Talbot 105 73.3 21 3,184 30 Newport 509 303.2 106 4,475 9 Pembrokeshire 459 365 64 2,933 6 Powys 365 270.3 63 3,246 9 Rhondda Cynon Taf 294 121.1 49 4,946 17 Swansea 387 154 129 9,428 24 Torfaen 146 155.1 30 2,138 15 Vale of Glamorgan 188 138.5 50 4,404 23 Wrexham 282 204 46 3,203 11
West Midlands (30) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Birmingham 1,600 135.2 406 21,062 13 Bromsgrove 194 190.8 155 4,756 25 Cannock Chase 130 124.9 89 3,630 28 Coventry 2,644 716.5 129 8,301 3 Dudley 345 103.9 157 8,753 25 East Staffordshire 173 133.4 69 4,334 25 Herefordshire, County of 185 96.8 34 6,056 33 Lichfield 84 75 36 5,867 70 Malvern Hills 102 122.6 11 3,209 31 Newcastle-under-Lyme 206 161.3 81 3,709 18 North Warwickshire 92 137.1 41 2,433 26 Nuneaton and Bedworth 84 59.3 50 4,238 50 Redditch 71 80.8 35 2,842 40 Rugby 195 159.3 98 4,859 25 Sandwell 310 87.6 121 9,871 32 Shropshire 515 154.9 111 10,918 21 Solihull 614 277.5 148 22,748 37 South Staffordshire 137 119.7 97 4,231 31 Stafford 209 147.6 119 5,773 28 Staffordshire Moorlands 103 106.6 12 2,886 28 Stoke-on-Trent 289 106.9 156 5,684 20 Stratford-on-Avon 293 200.3 107 6,834 23 Tamworth 102 125.7 76 2,528 25 Telford and Wrekin 268 136.8 98 7,310 27 Walsall 196 66.3 59 6,512 33 Warwick 311 200.8 70 6,426 21 Wolverhampton 193 68.6 91 5,970 31 Worcester 219 205.3 55 2,816 13 Wychavon 207 150 85 5,515 27 Wyre Forest 72 69.3 29 3,103 43
South East (64) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Adur 109 168 31 1,681 15 Arun 283 166.4 44 4,725 17 Ashford 204 144.7 48 4,677 23 Basingstoke and Deane 273 141.4 79 7,189 26 Bracknell Forest 208 159 69 8,090 39 Brighton and Hove 804 283.2 33 5,806 7 Buckinghamshire 818 141.3 147 26,354 32 Canterbury 263 162.2 59 4,770 18 Cherwell 347 203.6 133 9,325 27 Chichester 223 173 39 4,651 21 Crawley 277 223.4 62 3,070 11 Dartford 243 194.4 90 4,704 19 Dover 164 136.9 73 3,026 18 East Hampshire 109 83.9 49 5,721 52 Eastbourne 121 116.1 47 2,689 22 Eastleigh 167 116.8 35 5,630 34 Elmbridge 257 181.1 119 8,237 32 Epsom and Ewell 109 130.9 14 3,331 31 Fareham 71 61.5 28 4,403 62 Folkestone and Hythe 237 210.8 82 2,912 12 Gosport 83 100.1 34 1,652 20 Gravesham 86 77.7 28 3,406 40 Guildford 276 182.3 60 6,523 24 Hart 217 210.3 125 5,430 25 Hastings 47 51.5 22 1,709 36 Havant 92 72.4 48 3,814 41 Horsham 296 195.4 51 6,176 21 Isle of Wight 191 134.8 36 3,145 16 Lewes 143 139.7 13 3,017 21 Maidstone 156 83.1 81 6,368 41 Medway 232 79.3 87 7,824 34 Mid Sussex 284 175.6 59 6,448 23 Milton Keynes 987 322.7 309 150,129 152 Mole Valley 254 286.3 45 4,716 19 New Forest 311 176.6 118 6,531 21 Oxford 278 167.4 53 3,614 13 Portsmouth 434 202.5 43 24,637 57 Reading 346 189.2 54 4,140 12 Reigate and Banstead 196 123.2 35 7,980 41 Rother 64 66.6 23 2,984 47 Runnymede 227 246.4 27 4,210 19 Rushmoor 165 156 32 15,420 93 Sevenoaks 117 95.3 29 5,704 49 Slough 168 100.4 55 52,369 312 South Oxfordshire 189 120.8 38 7,091 38 Southampton 181 69.8 35 4,389 24 Spelthorne 171 159.7 23 3,491 20 Surrey Heath 196 207.4 40 4,620 24 Swale 169 106.7 71 4,289 25 Tandridge 125 138 23 3,823 31 Test Valley 160 118.3 62 5,587 35 Thanet 140 98.1 49 3,109 22 Tonbridge and Malling 175 127.9 51 5,679 32 Tunbridge Wells 135 112.8 63 4,384 32 Vale of White Horse 289 193.5 64 6,705 23 Waverley 208 154.9 32 6,391 31 Wealden 192 115 47 6,509 34 West Berkshire 467 282.8 194 7,183 15 West Oxfordshire 236 195.1 35 4,929 21 Winchester 289 213.1 108 6,258 22 Windsor and Maidenhead 238 149.7 24 267,700 1,125 Woking 289 273.5 24 4,002 14 Wokingham 297 158.7 69 9,340 31 Worthing 290 254.7 30 2,719 9
South West (27) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Bath and North East Somerset 179 89.5 35 6,189 35 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 458 112 201 11,278 25 Bristol, City of 488 98.7 136 10,102 21 Cheltenham 331 271.9 46 3,762 11 Cornwall 1,372 235.2 264 14,502 11 Cotswold 284 309.8 37 4,054 14 Dorset 766 196.4 239 12,214 16 East Devon 316 199.7 94 4,821 15 Exeter 359 259.4 182 10,897 30 Forest of Dean 174 193.9 25 2,736 16 Gloucester 207 149.4 46 3,497 17 Isles of Scilly 16 676.2 0 91 6 Mid Devon 77 90.6 37 2,379 31 North Devon 210 207.5 71 2,500 12 North Somerset 241 107.3 71 8,717 36 Plymouth 440 161.7 165 4,537 10 Somerset 804 136.7 258 16,547 21 South Gloucestershire 495 161.6 259 64,152 130 South Hams 134 145.4 26 3,187 24 Stroud 250 198.9 136 5,169 21 Swindon 336 137.8 138 7,279 22 Teignbridge 204 147.2 66 4,011 20 Tewkesbury 160 156.9 41 4,196 26 Torbay 136 97.1 50 2,790 21 Torridge 75 107.4 9 1,666 22 West Devon 105 178.2 32 1,631 16 Wiltshire 615 117.4 249 56,683 92
North East (12) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger County Durham 802 149.1 204 13,984 17 Darlington 161 143.1 28 6,221 39 Gateshead 401 197.8 165 4,486 11 Hartlepool 89 90.6 20 2,055 23 Middlesbrough 142 90.9 39 2,699 19 Newcastle upon Tyne 392 122.3 90 6,643 17 North Tyneside 133 61.9 55 5,854 44 Northumberland 790 238.4 160 10,799 14 Redcar and Cleveland 143 102.7 33 2,862 20 South Tyneside 265 175 17 3,281 12 Stockton-on-Tees 275 133 65 5,639 21 Sunderland 554 192 147 6,519 12
East of England (45) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Babergh 159 163.9 43 3,177 20 Basildon 120 62 51 9,457 79 Bedford 291 149.2 94 8,256 28 Braintree 146 88.9 58 5,029 34 Breckland 167 113.9 62 4,408 26 Brentwood 77 97.1 37 3,322 43 Broadland 160 115.8 61 4,780 30 Broxbourne 156 153.1 50 3,324 21 Cambridge 467 312.7 78 3,298 7 Castle Point 38 42 26 2,571 68 Central Bedfordshire 530 167.8 209 13,906 26 Chelmsford 199 105.4 86 6,728 34 Colchester 181 90.4 73 5,850 32 Dacorum 257 159.2 89 6,059 24 East Cambridgeshire 84 90.4 18 3,642 43 East Hertfordshire 211 134.5 30 6,412 30 East Suffolk 357 143 116 7,636 21 Epping Forest 173 125.9 118 6,042 35 Fenland 56 53.4 9 2,793 50 Great Yarmouth 212 210.9 49 1,869 9 Harlow 73 74.3 15 2,548 35 Hertsmere 252 228.7 163 5,315 21 Huntingdonshire 333 174.7 186 9,857 30 Ipswich 413 294.4 85 2,992 7 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 269 172.2 88 4,549 17 Luton 155 64.8 63 5,250 34 Maldon 42 60.8 17 2,616 62 Mid Suffolk 149 134.5 40 4,793 32 North Hertfordshire 161 117.3 74 5,505 34 North Norfolk 232 224.8 31 2,778 12 Norwich 289 196.4 61 2,525 9 Peterborough 288 128.8 95 109,387 380 Rochford 68 75.7 33 3,008 44 South Cambridgeshire 353 204.6 124 8,710 25 South Norfolk 195 131.4 32 5,265 27 Southend-on-Sea 95 51.3 49 3,816 40 St Albans 167 110.6 69 7,332 44 Stevenage 178 194 79 2,259 13 Tendring 131 83.6 94 3,690 28 Three Rivers 154 160.7 26 4,471 29 Thurrock 208 114.9 104 5,737 28 Uttlesford 156 164 94 5,291 34 Watford 603 562.7 78 3,308 5 Welwyn Hatfield 430 350.1 51 4,682 11 West Suffolk 445 236.1 102 5,344 12
East Midlands (35) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Amber Valley 98 75.1 30 4,671 48 Ashfield 133 102.6 45 9,361 70 Bassetlaw 182 145.7 98 4,393 24 Blaby 208 192.3 151 4,482 22 Bolsover 131 156.4 62 3,392 26 Boston 88 123.8 54 1,749 20 Broxtowe 162 141.4 91 3,571 22 Charnwood 148 78.6 56 6,353 43 Chesterfield 274 258.4 154 15,365 56 Derby 329 120 157 6,670 20 Derbyshire Dales 129 179.8 31 2,899 22 East Lindsey 208 143.3 35 4,071 20 Erewash 75 65.6 34 3,370 45 Gedling 119 99 26 4,076 34 Harborough 132 126.1 44 7,426 56 High Peak 99 107.7 28 2,853 29 Hinckley and Bosworth 99 84.8 20 4,385 44 Leicester 342 88.1 101 6,389 19 Lincoln 185 176 56 2,029 11 Mansfield 96 84.9 67 3,294 34 Melton 34 62.9 6 2,135 63 Newark and Sherwood 153 119.6 84 5,046 33 North East Derbyshire 40 37.5 7 3,771 94 North Kesteven 123 100.4 65 4,855 39 North Northamptonshire 472 126.2 166 18,475 39 North West Leicestershire 165 147.5 48 4,904 30 Nottingham 511 154.3 166 6,077 12 Oadby and Wigston 81 131.3 13 1,920 24 Rushcliffe 180 142 92 6,183 34 Rutland 78 188.2 11 1,697 22 South Derbyshire 134 114 25 4,897 37 South Holland 78 78.6 17 3,165 41 South Kesteven 164 111.5 71 5,298 32 West Lindsey 69 69.6 34 3,677 53 West Northamptonshire 634 144.2 222 15,994 25
North West (35) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Blackburn with Darwen 129 79.4 45 3,904 30 Blackpool 160 111 42 2,527 16 Bolton 170 54.8 91 8,934 53 Burnley 107 107.8 22 1,889 18 Bury 109 54.8 53 9,143 84 Cheshire East 520 123.4 189 19,890 38 Cheshire West and Chester 412 110.9 107 95,299 231 Chorley 150 124.1 109 4,462 30 Cumberland 439 156.5 132 6,506 15 Fylde 114 133.4 58 3,228 28 Halton 88 66.9 11 5,819 66 Hyndburn 50 58.1 19 1,776 36 Knowsley 92 56.6 59 4,901 53 Lancaster 196 135.2 58 3,413 17 Liverpool 996 195.7 86 9,855 10 Manchester 756 128.2 206 11,206 15 Oldham 178 70.8 105 5,441 31 Pendle 63 63.1 34 1,950 31 Preston 129 79.2 64 4,369 34 Ribble Valley 81 123.1 5 2,836 35 Rochdale 169 71.7 108 5,875 35 Rossendale 131 179.3 47 2,140 16 Salford 283 96.1 65 9,424 33 Sefton 175 61.1 83 7,754 44 South Ribble 194 167.1 85 4,225 22 St. Helens 135 71.5 75 5,417 40 Stockport 350 115.2 234 100,304 287 Tameside 142 59.3 100 5,195 37 Trafford 455 188.8 189 8,521 19 Warrington 344 159.7 145 8,718 25 West Lancashire 93 76.2 38 4,886 53 Westmorland and Furness 612 265.9 181 6,014 10 Wigan 261 75.7 111 9,496 36 Wirral 234 71.2 80 9,191 39 Wyre 161 135.6 62 3,750 23
Yorkshire and the Humber (15) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Barnsley 208 82.6 54 7,398 36 Bradford 555 98.5 188 12,905 23 Calderdale 212 100.5 88 5,922 28 Doncaster 311 97.3 134 11,321 36 East Riding of Yorkshire 403 113.2 66 12,456 31 Kingston upon Hull, City of 246 89.3 79 4,782 19 Kirklees 274 61.2 112 12,555 46 Leeds 1,169 138.3 300 96,623 83 North East Lincolnshire 112 70 57 3,755 34 North Lincolnshire 180 105.1 50 5,153 29 North Yorkshire 1,113 175.2 275 25,485 23 Rotherham 364 131.6 144 8,267 23 Sheffield 531 91.2 195 16,367 31 Wakefield 361 98.2 241 10,356 29 York 242 115.6 92 6,152 25
Northern Ireland (11) Council Public chargers Per 100,000 people Rapid (50 kW+) Plug-in vehicles Plug-in vehicles per charger Antrim and Newtownabbey 97 65.5 34 5,803 60 Ards and North Down 81 49 42 4,150 51 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 103 46.3 29 4,075 40 Belfast 273 77.5 85 16,524 61 Causeway Coast and Glens 93 65.5 33 2,030 22 Derry City and Strabane 67 44 16 2,238 33 Fermanagh and Omagh 84 71.4 14 1,413 17 Lisburn and Castlereagh 101 66.6 31 5,326 53 Mid and East Antrim 75 53.6 37 2,633 35 Mid Ulster 80 52.4 26 1,997 25 Newry, Mourne and Down 102 55.7 25 2,937 29
Notes Region rates are worked out from council figures, weighted by population (chargers ÷ rate per 100,000 gives each council's population). Rapid chargers are 50 kW and above, as defined in the DfT table. Plug-in vehicles are licensed cars and vans registered to keepers in the area, which may differ from where they charge. Sources Is your site in a gap? If your area has few chargers for its drivers, a new charging site may see more demand. Tell us about it.
