Counting Public Chargers
The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles' methodology
In February 2026, OZEV decided to count chargers as opposed to charging devices, which it had previously counted.
A charger is defined by OZEV and Zapmap to be "an independent part of a charging device which controls the charge session, enabling one EV to charge at a time".
Please see the above link for a diagram on GOV.UK of the different components of EV infrastructure, such as charging location, charging device, and connector.
OZEV's charger statistics, which are obtained in partnership with Zapmap, include:
- number of chargers in each local authority
- number of 50kW+ chargers in each local authority
- number of chargers per 100,000 population in each local authority
- number of 50kW+ chargers per 100,000 population in each local authority
- number of chargers in each parliamentary constituency
- number of 50kW+ chargers in each parliamentary constituency
- number of chargers by power rating (national)
- number of chargers by urban/rural classification (national)
- number of chargers by charging location and classification (national)
OZEV's national statistics for January 2026 are summarised here.
On EVinfrastructure.co.uk
On our local authority pages, we are presenting the NEVIS Near Home charging metric from August 2025. This metric is designed to measure public charging provision for those who use public chargers because they cannot access home chargers.
We have decided against presenting the raw numbers on our local authority pages. This is because power and spatial distribution are important to those who use public chargers because they cannot access home chargers.
We are working on statistics using chargepoint data under the Open Data requirement of the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.
In the case of government-funded public chargepoint schemes, we are presenting charging devices rather than chargers. OZEV used this charging devices metric in its grant scheme statistics.
Geographical boundaries
OZEV publish statistics by local authorities, regions, and Westminster constituencies. EVA England (in partnership with Field Dynamics) has an excellent Constituency Dashboard to illustrate chargepoint provision in Westminster constituencies.
At EVinfrastructure.co.uk, we have focused on local authority areas in our local government section, because local authorities have significant power over EV infrastructure, whereas MPs hold little influence over their provision in their constituents' neighbourhoods.