London and Scotland have highest level of charging provision

According to the latest DfT quarterly statistics on charging devices, London and Scotland had the highest level of charging provision per 100,000 of population, with 116 and 55 devices per 100,000 respectively. In comparison, the average provision in the UK was 48 per 100,000.

Northern Ireland had the lowest level of charging device provision in the UK, with 17 devices per 100,000, followed by the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber with 27 and 29 devices per 100,000 respectively.

Scotland had the highest rate of rapid device provision of 14.2 rapid devices per 100,000, whilst the average provision in the UK was 8.9 per 100,000. Rapid device provision was lowest for Northern Ireland with 1.1 rapid devices per 100,000. North West and Wales were the second and third lowest regions both with 6.7 rapid devices per 100,000 respectively.

All regions, apart from Northern Ireland, across the UK saw an increase in total charging devices between April and June 2022. North East had the greatest increase at 14.2%, whilst Scotland had the smallest increase at 1.2%. London also had the greatest increase in absolute number of devices at 462 devices, contributing to 27% of the increase in devices across the UK in this period. Northern Ireland saw a decrease in the number of chargepoints by 5.7%, this represents 20 devices.

Rapid charging devices have increased in every region apart from Northern Ireland in the UK. The smallest percentage increase in the number of rapid devices was in London at 3.3%. East of England had the largest percentage increase in rapid devices at 18.7%, corresponding to an increase of 82 rapid devices. Northern Ireland saw a decrease of 16% compared to April 2022, this attributes to a reduction of 4 rapid charge points.

Overall, the statistics show there were 32,011 public electric vehicle charging devices available in the UK as of 1 July 2022 - of which  5,974 were rapid chargers. Compared to 1 April 2022, the amount of available devices increased by 1,721, an increase of 6%, while rapid devices increased by 480, an increase of 9%.

Since 1 July 2021, the number of public devices has increased by 31%, corresponding to 7,637 devices, according to the latest DfT statistics.

The number of rapid devices increased by 31%, with an additional 1,423 public devices.

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