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Cars, electric cars and public chargers for every council, county, region and nation in the UK, compared with their neighbours and the UK, from DVLA licensing records, DfT charger statistics and ONS population estimates.

  • Licensed cars, UK 34,888,140 End of June 2026
  • Private cars per 1,000 people 444 ONS mid-2024 population
  • Battery electric cars 2,016,968 5.8% of cars
  • Public chargers 121,171 175 per 100,000 people
  • Council areas 361 every one in the UK
  • Neighbourhoods 7,262 England and Wales, on council pages
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Licensed cars, electric cars and public chargers for every UK council, End of June 2026
Aberdeen Scotland 96,780 399 3.3% 2.8% 192 4.4%
Aberdeenshire Scotland 147,548 533 3.8% 3.3% 162 4.3%
Adur South East 32,233 476 3.2% 2.6% 168 4.1%
Amber Valley East Midlands 73,089 533 4.2% 3.5% 75 4.9%
Angus Scotland 61,113 507 3.4% 3.0% 221 4.7%
Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland 88,588 523 4.3% 1.9% 66 12.6%
Ards and North Down Northern Ireland 98,600 558 2.9% 2.1% 49 6.4%
Argyll and Bute Scotland 43,640 474 2.8% 2.4% 396 4.7%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Northern Ireland 128,474 537 2.1% 1.2% 46 7.0%
Arun South East 93,574 532 3.3% 2.9% 166 3.3%
Ashfield East Midlands 72,356 473 7.4% 3.2% 103 15.3%
Ashford South East 76,284 516 3.8% 3.1% 145 4.7%
Babergh East of England 59,120 590 3.3% 2.9% 164 3.2%
Barking and Dagenham London 67,286 264 4.4% 3.1% 100 8.6%
Barnet London 140,636 322 6.6% 5.4% 288 7.2%
Barnsley Yorkshire and the Humber 124,170 468 3.8% 3.0% 83 5.1%
Basildon East of England 101,221 461 3.9% 2.5% 62 11.9%
Basingstoke and Deane South East 105,452 529 4.4% 3.9% 141 3.2%
Bassetlaw East Midlands 67,679 518 4.3% 3.6% 146 4.4%
Bath and North East Somerset South West 93,293 450 4.2% 3.7% 90 3.5%
Bedford East of England 101,147 486 4.5% 3.6% 149 6.4%
Belfast Northern Ireland 153,034 347 6.6% 1.6% 78 20.2%
Bexley London 104,612 382 3.5% 3.0% 269 6.3%
Birmingham West Midlands 447,263 347 2.8% 2.0% 135 8.1%
Blaby East Midlands 59,904 523 4.7% 3.5% 192 5.6%
Blackburn with Darwen North West 68,622 394 3.4% 2.6% 79 6.6%
Blackpool North West 59,531 386 2.8% 2.1% 111 6.4%
Blaenau Gwent Wales 36,070 503 1.9% 1.5% 228 5.3%
Bolsover East Midlands 45,262 510 4.2% 3.4% 156 5.7%
Bolton North West 136,150 411 3.5% 2.8% 55 6.3%
Boston East Midlands 38,117 508 2.8% 2.1% 124 5.4%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 202,349 475 3.4% 2.8% 112 4.0%
Bracknell Forest South East 86,548 532 4.1% 3.6% 159 19.6%
Bradford Yorkshire and the Humber 234,866 390 3.1% 2.6% 99 6.4%
Braintree East of England 91,966 537 3.2% 2.7% 89 4.1%
Breckland East of England 85,422 558 3.4% 2.7% 114 4.3%
Brent London 94,055 232 7.3% 4.0% 367 12.8%
Brentwood East of England 41,798 501 4.2% 3.2% 97 4.9%
Bridgend Wales 80,468 490 4.7% 3.1% 146 10.2%
Brighton and Hove South East 92,706 309 4.0% 3.1% 283 5.3%
Bristol South West 187,774 362 3.0% 2.3% 99 4.7%
Broadland East of England 82,765 576 3.8% 3.2% 116 3.9%
Bromley London 143,363 409 4.5% 3.8% 67 4.4%
Bromsgrove West Midlands 59,138 555 5.1% 4.2% 191 4.7%
Broxbourne East of England 51,956 486 3.4% 2.8% 153 4.7%
Broxtowe East Midlands 55,846 469 4.1% 3.5% 141 3.8%
Buckinghamshire South East 329,599 546 4.8% 4.2% 141 4.1%
Burnley North West 41,527 393 2.8% 2.2% 108 6.2%
Bury North West 105,848 432 5.6% 3.2% 55 18.8%
Caerphilly Wales 93,318 497 2.7% 2.1% 108 5.7%
Calderdale Yorkshire and the Humber 98,339 441 3.4% 2.8% 101 5.4%
Cambridge East of England 41,957 270 5.0% 4.4% 313 3.8%
Camden London 39,327 159 9.7% 7.6% 378 12.6%
Cannock Chase West Midlands 55,108 501 4.1% 3.3% 125 5.4%
Canterbury South East 77,911 458 3.9% 3.1% 162 4.8%
Cardiff Wales 157,688 385 3.4% 2.7% 118 6.3%
Carmarthenshire Wales 107,777 531 2.8% 2.2% 216 6.0%
Castle Point East of England 50,233 534 2.7% 2.2% 42 3.8%
Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland 81,479 539 1.6% 1.0% 66 6.0%
Central Bedfordshire East of England 179,392 542 4.7% 4.1% 168 4.5%
Ceredigion Wales 39,357 517 2.5% 2.1% 306 4.6%
Charnwood East Midlands 94,346 478 4.2% 3.5% 79 4.6%
Chelmsford East of England 99,995 504 4.0% 3.3% 105 4.8%
Cheltenham South West 58,834 466 3.9% 3.4% 272 3.5%
Cherwell South East 102,649 515 5.9% 3.8% 204 14.4%
Cheshire East North West 236,906 532 5.2% 4.3% 123 5.4%
Cheshire West and Chester North West 290,338 510 20.0% 4.0% 111 34.8%
Chesterfield East Midlands 57,815 480 5.0% 3.1% 258 12.0%
Chichester South East 75,556 562 3.8% 3.2% 173 4.1%
Chorley North West 63,798 506 4.7% 4.0% 124 4.2%
City of London London 2,405 79 24.6% 7.8% 443 50.4%
Clackmannanshire Scotland 27,196 496 3.4% 3.0% 205 4.9%
Colchester East of England 99,405 474 3.6% 2.9% 90 4.6%
Conwy Wales 63,135 519 2.9% 2.3% 152 5.6%
Cornwall South West 321,993 528 3.0% 2.5% 235 4.4%
Cotswold South West 57,691 606 4.2% 3.7% 310 3.7%
County Durham North East 257,411 453 3.7% 3.1% 149 5.3%
Coventry West Midlands 153,312 387 2.7% 2.1% 717 6.9%
Crawley South East 56,770 435 3.2% 2.5% 223 4.9%
Croydon London 137,614 318 4.3% 3.6% 153 5.5%
Cumberland North West 149,460 508 2.6% 2.2% 157 4.7%
Dacorum East of England 85,528 508 4.2% 3.5% 159 4.1%
Darlington North East 60,704 460 3.3% 2.9% 143 14.8%
Dartford South East 58,626 443 4.5% 3.7% 194 5.6%
Denbighshire Wales 53,320 508 3.2% 2.4% 179 6.4%
Derby East Midlands 118,937 410 3.5% 2.8% 120 5.5%
Derbyshire Dales East Midlands 43,702 587 4.0% 3.5% 180 3.6%
Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland 82,299 491 1.6% 0.8% 44 9.0%
Doncaster Yorkshire and the Humber 162,291 474 4.5% 3.4% 97 6.7%
Dorset South West 233,494 576 3.4% 2.9% 196 3.8%
Dover South East 62,448 499 3.0% 2.6% 137 4.2%
Dudley West Midlands 164,934 472 3.3% 2.6% 104 5.0%
Dumfries and Galloway Scotland 79,556 514 2.4% 2.0% 549 5.7%
Dundee Scotland 59,863 373 4.1% 3.2% 472 6.6%
Ealing London 114,142 274 4.7% 3.6% 264 7.5%
East Ayrshire Scotland 60,518 469 3.6% 3.1% 229 6.0%
East Cambridgeshire East of England 54,697 567 4.3% 3.9% 90 3.7%
East Devon South West 89,546 546 3.4% 3.0% 200 3.5%
East Dunbartonshire Scotland 55,254 482 5.1% 4.5% 103 4.0%
East Hampshire South East 80,658 600 4.6% 4.0% 84 3.3%
East Hertfordshire East of England 86,345 529 4.4% 3.7% 135 3.8%
East Lindsey East Midlands 81,940 533 3.0% 2.4% 143 5.5%
East Lothian Scotland 57,304 476 4.8% 4.4% 600 4.4%
East Renfrewshire Scotland 49,494 475 5.5% 4.9% 82 4.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber 197,775 532 3.9% 3.3% 113 4.3%
East Staffordshire West Midlands 68,832 504 3.9% 3.2% 133 5.0%
East Suffolk East of England 143,642 551 3.4% 2.7% 143 4.3%
Eastbourne South East 47,961 428 2.9% 2.2% 116 6.9%
Eastleigh South East 81,422 544 4.7% 3.8% 117 4.6%
Edinburgh Scotland 182,613 326 4.5% 3.6% 192 5.2%
Elmbridge South East 78,628 530 6.2% 4.8% 181 4.3%
Enfield London 117,487 334 3.6% 2.8% 137 6.9%
Epping Forest East of England 72,464 499 4.4% 3.6% 126 5.3%
Epsom and Ewell South East 40,072 463 4.9% 4.0% 131 3.8%
Erewash East Midlands 59,016 491 3.6% 3.0% 66 4.9%
Exeter South West 74,677 357 5.2% 2.8% 259 33.8%
Falkirk Scotland 83,710 495 3.9% 3.3% 163 5.4%
Fareham South East 67,561 568 4.3% 3.7% 62 3.0%
Fenland East of England 59,110 539 2.9% 2.4% 53 4.3%
Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland 71,201 568 1.1% 0.7% 71 6.1%
Fife Scotland 189,562 481 3.9% 3.4% 132 4.8%
Flintshire Wales 91,358 559 3.2% 2.6% 118 4.7%
Folkestone and Hythe South East 58,526 498 3.0% 2.5% 211 4.3%
Forest of Dean South West 54,047 581 3.4% 3.0% 194 3.6%
Fylde North West 47,865 533 4.3% 3.6% 133 4.9%
Gateshead North East 83,459 388 3.5% 2.8% 198 5.7%
Gedling East Midlands 60,682 480 4.4% 3.7% 99 5.0%
Glasgow Scotland 221,801 309 3.5% 2.4% 180 9.6%
Gloucester South West 67,553 465 3.3% 2.6% 149 4.6%
Gosport South East 40,708 475 2.7% 2.2% 100 3.3%
Gravesham South East 54,492 465 3.2% 2.6% 78 5.6%
Great Yarmouth East of England 49,760 472 2.4% 1.9% 211 4.7%
Greenwich London 76,448 239 4.1% 3.5% 101 6.3%
Guildford South East 79,733 501 5.1% 4.4% 182 4.8%
Gwynedd Wales 63,149 498 2.3% 1.7% 390 4.8%
Hackney London 41,053 138 4.6% 3.4% 638 10.4%
Halton North West 67,177 460 6.3% 3.4% 67 9.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham London 48,402 199 18.7% 5.2% 1,380 22.4%
Harborough East Midlands 72,664 560 5.2% 4.3% 126 19.3%
Haringey London 61,893 214 4.6% 3.7% 135 8.9%
Harlow East of England 45,736 444 3.2% 2.5% 74 4.6%
Harrow London 97,143 337 5.5% 4.3% 120 6.2%
Hart South East 64,525 599 5.2% 4.2% 210 4.2%
Hartlepool North East 43,385 418 3.1% 2.5% 91 5.4%
Hastings South East 39,976 417 2.5% 2.0% 52 4.8%
Havant South East 67,974 510 3.5% 2.7% 72 4.8%
Havering London 114,081 388 3.8% 2.9% 95 6.1%
Herefordshire West Midlands 113,216 568 3.3% 2.8% 97 4.2%
Hertsmere East of England 55,232 469 5.7% 4.4% 229 6.5%
High Peak East Midlands 49,111 514 3.7% 3.3% 108 3.8%
Highland Scotland 124,998 500 2.8% 2.3% 387 5.0%
Hillingdon London 143,836 364 5.4% 3.4% 121 16.7%
Hinckley and Bosworth East Midlands 66,935 553 4.3% 3.6% 85 3.7%
Horsham South East 91,479 583 4.3% 3.7% 195 3.4%
Hounslow London 96,599 301 4.2% 3.2% 233 6.8%
Huntingdonshire East of England 114,025 549 5.0% 3.8% 175 8.3%
Hyndburn North West 38,795 421 2.9% 2.1% 58 6.7%
Inverclyde Scotland 35,566 426 2.9% 2.5% 237 5.6%
Ipswich East of England 65,803 446 2.7% 1.9% 294 4.9%
Isle of Anglesey Wales 40,030 555 2.4% 1.9% 245 4.3%
Isle of Wight South East 74,010 500 2.8% 2.3% 135 4.2%
Isles of Scilly South West 592 238 3.2% 1.2% 676 5.1%
Islington London 33,332 132 6.0% 4.7% 386 11.6%
Kensington and Chelsea London 37,686 239 7.4% 6.7% 637 8.5%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England 87,929 540 3.2% 2.6% 172 4.1%
Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire and the Humber 105,260 359 2.7% 2.0% 89 6.1%
Kingston upon Thames London 63,588 354 5.2% 4.5% 242 3.9%
Kirklees Yorkshire and the Humber 209,218 443 3.6% 3.0% 61 5.1%
Knowsley North West 67,924 383 4.6% 3.7% 57 8.5%
Lambeth London 59,695 176 4.5% 3.8% 244 6.6%
Lancaster North West 66,309 438 3.3% 2.8% 135 4.2%
Leeds Yorkshire and the Humber 447,156 384 14.5% 3.2% 138 27.5%
Leicester East Midlands 135,245 328 2.6% 1.7% 88 5.9%
Lewes South East 52,448 493 3.7% 3.2% 140 3.8%
Lewisham London 74,381 233 3.6% 3.1% 133 5.6%
Lichfield West Midlands 65,380 542 5.4% 4.3% 75 7.2%
Lincoln East Midlands 40,958 363 3.1% 2.3% 176 6.9%
Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland 90,295 547 3.6% 2.1% 67 8.1%
Liverpool North West 170,901 304 3.5% 2.5% 196 9.4%
Luton East of England 95,240 378 2.9% 2.3% 65 5.2%
Maidstone South East 102,054 520 3.7% 3.1% 83 4.4%
Maldon East of England 43,369 605 3.5% 2.9% 61 3.6%
Malvern Hills West Midlands 51,558 596 4.1% 3.5% 123 3.9%
Manchester North West 184,211 282 3.7% 2.1% 128 9.9%
Mansfield East Midlands 56,732 474 3.8% 2.9% 85 5.5%
Medway South East 141,456 461 3.2% 2.5% 79 4.7%
Melton East Midlands 32,381 578 4.2% 3.6% 63 3.5%
Merthyr Tydfil Wales 28,708 455 2.2% 1.7% 139 6.6%
Merton London 68,223 294 5.2% 4.4% 436 5.7%
Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland 84,012 548 2.2% 1.5% 54 8.7%
Mid Devon South West 49,715 562 3.1% 2.7% 91 3.9%
Mid Suffolk East of England 71,065 612 3.9% 3.2% 135 4.6%
Mid Sussex South East 91,075 535 4.5% 3.8% 176 5.0%
Mid Ulster Northern Ireland 87,974 536 1.4% 0.8% 52 6.9%
Middlesbrough North East 63,780 385 2.6% 2.0% 91 5.7%
Midlothian Scotland 48,871 465 4.5% 4.1% 223 5.1%
Milton Keynes South East 372,777 459 28.0% 4.8% 323 62.3%
Mole Valley South East 62,765 595 4.8% 3.9% 286 15.9%
Monmouthshire Wales 57,783 581 4.1% 3.5% 283 4.5%
Moray Scotland 50,435 507 2.8% 2.3% 153 4.5%
Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland 13,776 507 1.6% 1.3% 515 4.2%
Neath Port Talbot Wales 73,254 477 2.8% 2.1% 73 6.8%
New Forest South East 110,295 606 3.6% 3.1% 177 3.3%
Newark and Sherwood East Midlands 70,326 524 4.8% 4.1% 120 4.7%
Newcastle upon Tyne North East 108,674 315 4.0% 3.2% 122 7.1%
Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands 64,301 481 3.7% 2.9% 161 4.5%
Newham London 69,561 168 3.8% 3.0% 159 9.3%
Newport Wales 81,818 461 3.5% 2.8% 303 5.5%
Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland 106,292 540 1.8% 1.1% 56 7.0%
North Ayrshire Scotland 65,179 458 3.5% 3.0% 199 5.9%
North Devon South West 54,747 518 2.7% 2.2% 208 4.2%
North East Derbyshire East Midlands 59,810 538 4.1% 3.5% 38 4.1%
North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber 75,632 448 2.9% 2.3% 70 5.4%
North Hertfordshire East of England 73,807 515 4.7% 4.0% 117 4.3%
North Kesteven East Midlands 70,886 552 4.4% 3.6% 100 4.6%
North Lanarkshire Scotland 161,659 436 4.0% 3.4% 168 7.2%
North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber 93,298 519 3.3% 2.6% 105 4.7%
North Norfolk East of England 61,457 575 2.8% 2.4% 225 3.5%
North Northamptonshire East Midlands 211,104 521 5.3% 3.4% 126 7.7%
North Somerset South West 129,021 549 4.3% 3.6% 107 4.4%
North Tyneside North East 96,049 419 4.0% 3.3% 62 6.3%
North Warwickshire West Midlands 39,043 548 3.8% 2.9% 137 5.9%
North West Leicestershire East Midlands 63,995 547 4.9% 4.1% 148 4.3%
North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber 355,920 531 4.2% 3.3% 175 5.3%
Northumberland North East 175,187 505 4.1% 3.6% 238 4.4%
Norwich East of England 54,869 351 3.0% 1.9% 196 5.7%
Nottingham East Midlands 106,894 299 3.4% 2.4% 154 7.5%
Nuneaton and Bedworth West Midlands 71,881 484 3.4% 2.7% 59 4.6%
Oadby and Wigston East Midlands 31,440 464 3.8% 3.1% 131 9.0%
Oldham North West 103,657 381 3.1% 2.3% 71 7.5%
Orkney Islands Scotland 11,512 496 4.5% 4.0% 386 5.2%
Oxford South East 49,151 279 4.2% 3.3% 167 5.6%
Pembrokeshire Wales 71,871 540 2.5% 2.1% 365 5.4%
Pendle North West 45,151 425 2.5% 2.0% 63 6.0%
Perth and Kinross Scotland 82,976 510 4.4% 3.9% 363 5.1%
Peterborough East of England 242,499 430 29.7% 2.7% 129 60.3%
Plymouth South West 121,541 426 2.2% 1.7% 162 4.6%
Portsmouth South East 121,131 362 8.2% 1.8% 203 36.0%
Powys Wales 78,797 554 2.5% 2.1% 270 5.1%
Preston North West 69,543 396 3.9% 3.0% 79 7.2%
Reading South East 69,797 362 3.6% 2.9% 189 5.1%
Redbridge London 104,614 302 4.7% 3.8% 198 7.2%
Redcar and Cleveland North East 68,703 469 2.7% 2.2% 103 4.9%
Redditch West Midlands 47,694 512 3.9% 3.0% 81 5.7%
Reigate and Banstead South East 88,354 500 4.6% 3.6% 123 9.9%
Renfrewshire Scotland 127,303 439 12.8% 3.5% 243 34.8%
Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales 122,372 474 2.6% 2.1% 121 6.0%
Ribble Valley North West 37,337 546 4.7% 4.2% 123 3.8%
Richmond upon Thames London 74,813 359 5.6% 4.7% 642 5.6%
Rochdale North West 102,053 406 3.4% 2.7% 72 6.2%
Rochford East of England 51,806 554 3.3% 2.9% 76 4.0%
Rossendale North West 36,707 476 3.5% 2.9% 179 5.3%
Rother South East 55,076 551 3.2% 2.8% 67 3.9%
Rotherham Yorkshire and the Humber 136,474 469 4.0% 3.3% 132 5.0%
Rugby West Midlands 65,245 512 4.8% 4.1% 159 4.0%
Runnymede South East 48,725 498 4.6% 3.6% 246 5.9%
Rushcliffe East Midlands 67,088 511 6.2% 5.5% 142 3.6%
Rushmoor South East 150,604 482 4.6% 2.6% 156 66.2%
Rutland East Midlands 23,613 547 4.2% 3.7% 188 4.0%
Salford North West 115,457 332 4.9% 2.8% 96 15.3%
Sandwell West Midlands 145,106 383 2.6% 1.8% 88 6.5%
Scottish Borders Scotland 62,707 510 3.2% 2.9% 224 4.8%
Sefton North West 131,142 427 3.7% 3.0% 61 6.7%
Sevenoaks South East 71,488 554 4.5% 3.9% 95 4.9%
Sheffield Yorkshire and the Humber 240,345 382 3.9% 3.0% 91 7.3%
Shetland Islands Scotland 12,135 476 2.2% 1.7% 323 9.1%
Shropshire West Midlands 189,118 541 3.5% 3.0% 155 4.9%
Slough South East 130,358 386 26.3% 2.8% 100 50.4%
Solihull West Midlands 127,260 497 7.8% 3.5% 278 13.6%
Somerset South West 341,886 560 3.1% 2.7% 137 3.7%
South Ayrshire Scotland 57,131 483 3.9% 3.4% 205 5.1%
South Cambridgeshire East of England 97,849 547 5.9% 5.4% 205 3.5%
South Derbyshire East Midlands 65,935 542 4.8% 4.4% 114 3.5%
South Gloucestershire South West 254,250 523 18.8% 3.4% 162 37.0%
South Hams South West 54,748 572 3.9% 3.3% 145 3.7%
South Holland East Midlands 58,768 567 3.3% 2.7% 79 4.2%
South Kesteven East Midlands 83,860 545 4.0% 3.4% 112 4.4%
South Lanarkshire Scotland 165,723 465 4.5% 3.9% 182 6.2%
South Norfolk East of England 88,770 574 4.0% 3.5% 131 4.1%
South Oxfordshire South East 91,131 563 4.9% 4.2% 121 3.3%
South Ribble North West 63,921 527 4.4% 3.8% 167 4.3%
South Staffordshire West Midlands 64,528 540 4.2% 3.6% 120 4.2%
South Tyneside North East 63,584 399 3.3% 2.6% 175 5.0%
Southampton South East 100,951 372 2.7% 2.0% 70 4.5%
Southend-on-Sea East of England 82,852 430 2.7% 2.2% 51 3.9%
Southwark London 55,495 162 5.2% 4.3% 618 8.1%
Spelthorne South East 55,165 496 3.3% 2.8% 160 3.8%
St Albans East of England 78,911 503 5.8% 5.0% 111 3.7%
St Helens North West 91,060 453 3.8% 3.0% 72 6.0%
Stafford West Midlands 78,892 529 4.8% 4.1% 148 5.1%
Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands 56,592 564 3.3% 2.8% 107 3.7%
Stevenage East of England 43,177 450 3.1% 2.6% 194 4.3%
Stirling Scotland 65,545 471 14.8% 4.5% 511 32.2%
Stockport North West 259,402 467 24.6% 3.4% 115 45.3%
Stockton-on-Tees North East 98,620 453 3.8% 3.1% 133 5.0%
Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 120,063 416 3.1% 2.3% 107 6.4%
Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands 91,192 592 4.8% 4.1% 200 5.0%
Stroud South West 76,599 589 4.6% 4.1% 199 3.3%
Sunderland North East 122,913 404 3.5% 2.9% 192 5.1%
Surrey Heath South East 56,313 576 4.7% 4.1% 207 3.4%
Sutton London 84,743 378 4.2% 3.6% 118 4.2%
Swale South East 83,241 497 3.2% 2.7% 107 5.4%
Swansea Wales 135,801 487 3.7% 2.3% 154 10.0%
Swindon South West 121,298 471 3.8% 3.0% 138 5.3%
Tameside North West 105,064 414 3.1% 2.4% 59 5.5%
Tamworth West Midlands 41,564 486 3.9% 3.1% 126 5.3%
Tandridge South East 52,168 554 4.3% 3.6% 138 3.8%
Teignbridge South West 79,366 551 3.3% 2.8% 147 3.8%
Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 101,965 481 4.3% 3.5% 137 7.5%
Tendring East of England 84,553 513 2.8% 2.2% 84 4.8%
Test Valley South East 79,507 565 4.5% 3.9% 118 3.9%
Tewkesbury South West 60,053 567 4.5% 3.9% 157 3.7%
Thanet South East 69,343 461 2.8% 2.2% 98 5.0%
Three Rivers East of England 51,362 513 5.1% 4.2% 161 4.2%
Thurrock East of England 87,477 458 3.3% 2.6% 115 5.2%
Tonbridge and Malling South East 77,633 534 4.4% 3.6% 128 5.9%
Torbay South West 69,013 469 2.6% 2.0% 97 4.7%
Torfaen Wales 50,077 499 2.9% 2.2% 155 6.2%
Torridge South West 40,582 555 2.6% 2.2% 107 4.5%
Tower Hamlets London 47,748 128 5.0% 3.8% 776 11.0%
Trafford North West 114,428 450 4.7% 3.8% 189 5.2%
Tunbridge Wells South East 64,404 518 4.0% 3.4% 113 3.8%
Uttlesford East of England 64,045 593 4.8% 4.2% 164 12.0%
Vale of Glamorgan Wales 73,438 516 3.8% 3.3% 139 4.6%
Vale of White Horse South East 83,569 542 5.2% 4.8% 194 3.1%
Wakefield Yorkshire and the Humber 179,846 461 3.6% 2.9% 98 5.7%
Walsall West Midlands 131,685 420 3.0% 2.3% 66 5.8%
Waltham Forest London 75,948 251 3.6% 2.8% 663 7.6%
Wandsworth London 76,274 214 5.2% 4.4% 532 5.1%
Warrington North West 115,873 512 4.8% 4.0% 160 4.9%
Warwick West Midlands 79,793 491 5.1% 4.4% 201 4.7%
Watford East of England 45,043 398 4.0% 3.0% 563 5.4%
Waverley South East 78,640 569 5.0% 4.5% 155 2.9%
Wealden South East 103,659 600 3.9% 3.4% 115 3.4%
Welwyn Hatfield East of England 59,567 458 4.4% 3.6% 350 5.5%
West Berkshire South East 96,837 562 4.5% 3.9% 283 4.1%
West Devon South West 34,465 564 3.1% 2.7% 178 3.5%
West Dunbartonshire Scotland 40,240 421 2.9% 2.4% 204 6.7%
West Lancashire North West 64,074 491 4.7% 3.7% 76 6.5%
West Lindsey East Midlands 57,269 552 4.1% 3.6% 70 4.3%
West Lothian Scotland 95,046 481 4.9% 4.3% 137 5.6%
West Northamptonshire East Midlands 237,775 516 4.2% 3.5% 144 4.5%
West Oxfordshire South East 69,900 553 4.2% 3.7% 195 4.3%
West Suffolk East of England 108,062 547 3.1% 2.7% 236 4.6%
Westminster London 94,735 179 57.9% 7.7% 1,378 60.4%
Westmorland and Furness North West 124,551 516 2.8% 2.4% 266 4.7%
Wigan North West 165,605 457 3.7% 3.1% 76 4.8%
Wiltshire South West 384,631 556 8.9% 3.2% 117 24.3%
Winchester South East 75,131 527 5.4% 4.7% 213 4.9%
Windsor and Maidenhead South East 498,643 521 40.1% 4.1% 150 83.4%
Wirral North West 159,065 455 3.8% 3.1% 71 5.8%
Woking South East 56,264 516 4.1% 3.7% 274 3.2%
Wokingham South East 105,093 544 5.7% 5.1% 159 3.1%
Wolverhampton West Midlands 120,600 403 3.0% 2.2% 69 5.9%
Worcester West Midlands 54,079 483 3.4% 2.6% 205 4.8%
Worthing South East 55,087 467 3.4% 2.8% 255 3.6%
Wrexham Wales 73,563 507 2.7% 2.1% 204 4.8%
Wychavon West Midlands 85,345 590 4.1% 3.5% 150 4.6%
Wyre North West 63,319 508 4.0% 3.3% 136 4.8%
Wyre Forest West Midlands 59,440 548 3.2% 2.6% 69 4.2%
York Yorkshire and the Humber 87,551 397 4.1% 3.3% 116 5.2%

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 42,897,084 licensed vehicles in United Kingdom 26 October 2026
Plug-in and electric vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 3,226,911 plug-in vehicles 26 October 2026
Public chargers Electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics Department for Transport 1 July 2026 121,171 public chargers (UK) 26 October 2026
Population Mid-year population estimates Office for National Statistics Mid-2024 404 areas 26 October 2026
  • Every UK council area on April 2023 boundaries (361), with the 27 English counties, 9 English regions and 4 nations. Licensing figures cover Great Britain from 2009 and Northern Ireland from 2014.
  • Vehicles are counted at the registered keeper’s postcode.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.