Public EV charger numbers rise by 37 per cent year-on-year
A total of 73,334 public chargers were recorded as of January 1 2025.
The UK’s public electric vehicle charger network grew by 37 per cent year-on-year according to new figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT).
The figures – provided by charging location mapping company Zap-Map – show that as of January 1 2025, there were 73,334 public chargers across the UK of which 14,448 were 50kW and above rapid chargers.
Rapid chargers can deliver a higher rate of electricity and, depending on the unit, can take an average EV from 10 to 80 per cent charge in around 30 minutes.
The increase means that there are an additional 19,657 chargers compared to figures published in January 2024.
Rapid chargers now represent 20 per cent of all of the UK’s charging infrastructure. However, the data shows that on-street charging now equates to over a third at 36 per cent.
This means that there are now 111 standard charging points per 100,000 people. A further 21.7 charging points per 100,000 people are 50kW and above rapid devices.
London has the highest concentration of chargers, with 250 devices per 100,000 people.
This is higher than the West Midlands, South East and South West at 108, 97 and 92 per 100,000 people respectively.
Northern Ireland has the lowest number of chargers, at just 36 per 100,000 people. This was followed by North West Yorkshire and the Humber, both having 66 devices per 100,000 people.
London, despite having the highest number of total devices, was the second lowest region in terms of rapid 50kW chargers and above at 15.1 per 100,000 people.
