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Wokingham motoring statistics

How many cars and electric cars are registered in Wokingham, which fuels they use, how many public chargers there are and how Wokingham compares with the South East. From DVLA licensing records, DfT charger statistics and ONS population estimates.

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121,756 licensed vehicles in Wokingham
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  • Licensed cars 105,093 +0.9% on a year earlier
  • Private cars per 1,000 people 544 UK 444
  • Battery electric cars 5,958 5.7% of cars (UK 5.8%)
  • Electric share of private cars 5.1% 9th highest of 361 councils
  • Public chargers 297 159 per 100,000 people (UK 175)
  • Company-registered cars 3.1% UK 10.0%

How many cars are there in Wokingham?

There were 105,093 licensed cars in Wokingham at the end of June 2026, and 121,756 licensed vehicles of all kinds. That is 18.0% more cars than in 2010. Privately kept cars work out at 544 for every 1,000 residents, 74th highest of 361 councils (UK 444).

Licensed vehicles in Wokingham

Counts at the end of March each year, 2010 to 2026.

Licensed cars and vehicles in Wokingham at the end of March each year
Year All vehiclesCars
2010 101,05489,079
2011 101,89489,707
2012 102,82290,506
2013 104,03291,632
2014 112,18299,047
2015 108,79695,674
2016 107,73894,515
2017 109,53495,864
2018 111,22297,344
2019 113,39899,244
2020 113,04199,103
2021 114,961100,280
2022 116,580101,536
2023 117,942102,534
2024 119,269103,673
2025 120,229104,120
2026 121,756105,093

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Licensed vehicles by type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Cars per 1,000 residents

All licensed cars at the end of June, divided by the ONS mid-year population. Company fleets registered locally push this up.

Cars per 1,000 residents at mid-year, Wokingham compared
Year WokinghamSouth EastUnited Kingdom
2011 579534–
2012 576535–
2013 579541–
2014 621547–
2015 591551473
2016 577559480
2017 579567488
2018 577570490
2019 578572493
2020 567561489
2021 563564493
2022 560565489
2023 556567489
2024 554570490

Source:ONS Mid-2024 Updated

Petrol, diesel and electric cars in Wokingham

57.7% of cars in Wokingham run on petrol and 23.8% on diesel. Diesel’s share peaked at 34.9% in 2014. Hybrids that do not plug in make up 9.4%, and cars that plug in 8.7%.

Cars by fuel type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Fuel mix over time

Share of licensed cars at the end of March each year.

Share of licensed cars by fuel type in Wokingham, end of March each year
Year PetrolDieselHybridBattery electricPlug-in hybrid
2010 75.9%23.5%0.4%0.0%0.0%
2011 73.9%25.4%0.5%0.0%0.0%
2012 72.0%27.3%0.6%0.0%0.0%
2013 69.9%29.2%0.7%0.0%0.0%
2014 64.0%34.9%0.8%0.0%0.0%
2015 64.8%33.9%1.0%0.1%0.0%
2016 64.5%34.0%1.2%0.1%0.1%
2017 63.5%34.6%1.5%0.1%0.2%
2018 63.1%34.5%1.7%0.2%0.3%
2019 63.2%34.1%1.9%0.3%0.4%
2020 63.0%33.7%2.2%0.5%0.5%
2021 62.9%32.6%2.7%0.8%0.7%
2022 62.2%31.5%3.5%1.5%1.1%
2023 61.6%30.0%4.5%2.2%1.3%
2024 60.7%28.1%5.9%3.1%1.8%
2025 59.5%25.9%7.6%4.2%2.3%
2026 57.7%23.8%9.4%5.7%3.0%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Electric cars in Wokingham

5,958 battery electric cars were licensed in Wokingham at the end of June 2026, 5.7% of all cars, 30th highest of 361 councils. With plug-in hybrids, 9,092 cars plug in. A year earlier there were 4,377.

Of the privately kept cars, which are registered at home addresses, 5.1% are battery electric (5,152 cars), the highest of 64 councils in the South East. Companies keep 13.5% of the area’s battery electric cars, against 3.1% of its cars overall. There are also 95 battery electric vans.

Battery electric share of licensed cars

End of March each year. Fleet re-registrations can move a single area’s line sharply.

Battery electric share of licensed cars, Wokingham compared, end of March each year
Year WokinghamSouth EastUnited Kingdom
2016 0.1%0.1%0.1%
2017 0.1%0.1%0.1%
2018 0.2%0.2%0.1%
2019 0.3%0.3%0.2%
2020 0.5%0.5%0.4%
2021 0.8%1.1%0.8%
2022 1.5%2.2%1.5%
2023 2.2%3.3%2.3%
2024 3.1%4.5%3.2%
2025 4.2%6.4%4.4%
2026 5.7%9.3%5.8%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Public EV chargers in Wokingham

There were 297 public chargers in Wokingham on 1 July 2026, 69 of them rapid or ultra-rapid (50kW and above). That is 159 for every 100,000 residents, 146th highest of 361 councils, against 175 across the UK. The count fell 25.8% from 1 January 2026.

For every public charger there are 27.2 privately kept plug-in cars in Wokingham (UK 12.9), 61st most of 361 councils. A higher number means more competition for each public charger, though many drivers charge at home.

Public chargers

Public EV chargers in Wokingham by date
Date All public chargers50kW and above
Jan 2026 40074
Apr 2026 39273
Jul 2026 29769

Source:DfT 1 July 2026 Updated

Chargers per 100,000 residents

Public chargers per 100,000 residents, Wokingham compared
Area All chargers50kW and above
Wokingham 15937
South East 15940
England 17341
UK 17542

Source:DfT 1 July 2026 Updated

Electric cars by neighbourhood

Wokingham has 20 ONS neighbourhoods (middle layer super output areas, about 7,000 residents each). In the typical one, 4.8% of privately kept vehicles are battery electric; in the highest, 5.9%. ONS names neighbourhoods by council and number, not by place name.

Neighbourhoods in Wokingham with the highest battery electric share of privately kept vehicles
Neighbourhood (MSOA) Private vehicles Battery electric Electric share Plug-in share
Wokingham 018 6,868 407 5.9% 8.6%
Wokingham 010 5,703 322 5.6% 8.5%
Wokingham 017 7,714 431 5.6% 8.5%
Wokingham 012 7,934 409 5.2% 7.8%
Wokingham 020 6,044 316 5.2% 8.4%
Wokingham 008 4,961 248 5.0% 7.4%
Wokingham 009 6,231 314 5.0% 7.7%
Wokingham 014 5,869 296 5.0% 7.8%
Wokingham 015 4,820 243 5.0% 7.8%
Wokingham 016 5,263 251 4.8% 7.2%
Lowest electric shares
Wokingham 005 3,754 88 2.3% 4.3%
Wokingham 007 5,182 152 2.9% 4.7%
Wokingham 013 5,335 197 3.7% 6.1%
Wokingham 003 4,900 183 3.7% 6.3%
Wokingham 006 5,110 200 3.9% 6.2%

Privately kept licensed vehicles of all types at the end of June 2026.

Road traffic and collisions in Wokingham

Vehicles travelled an estimated 1,014 million miles on roads in Wokingham in 2025.

Traffic on all roads

Million vehicle miles a year on roads in Wokingham
Year Million vehicle miles
1993 924
1994 953
1995 979
1996 942
1997 969
1998 988
1999 1,012
2000 1,019
2001 1,030
2002 1,052
2003 1,040
2004 1,036
2005 1,032
2006 1,051
2007 1,074
2008 1,046
2009 1,037
2010 994
2011 1,022
2012 1,036
2013 1,003
2014 1,010
2015 1,051
2016 1,065
2017 1,035
2018 1,017
2019 1,016
2020 745
2021 787
2022 941
2023 985
2024 988
2025 1,014

Source:DfT 1993 to 2025 Updated

Reported injury collisions

Police-reported injury collisions in Wokingham, 2021 to 2025
Year CollisionsKilled or seriously injured
2021 18636
2022 18330
2023 17039
2024 16024
2025 19448

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

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Petrol and diesel prices in Wokingham

Unleaded petrol averages 173.8p a litre across 12 filling stations in Wokingham, 2.3p above the UK average. Diesel averages 200.9p, 2.2p above the UK average. Prices checked 31 Oct, 19:32.

Cheapest petrol

  1. Costco Wholesale Reading Reading 168.9p
  2. Asda Lower Earley Supercentre Reading 171.9p
  3. EG Lower Earley Earley 171.9p

Every filling station and price in Wokingham

How Wokingham compares

Wokingham compared with the South East, England, the UK
Wokingham 544 5.7% 5.1% 3.1% 159 27.2
South East 499 9.3% 3.5% 18.5% 159 17.7
England 440 6.2% 3.2% 10.7% 173 13.4
United Kingdom4445.8%3.1%10.0%17512.9

Private cars per 1,000 people use the ONS mid-2024 population. Chargers are counted at the latest date; plug-in cars at the end of June 2026.

Driving test centres in Wokingham

There is no DVSA car practical test centre in Wokingham. The nearest centres are elsewhere in the South East.

Centres in the South East:

DVSA publishes pass rates by centre name, with no address, so centres are placed here by the place name in the name DVSA uses. See pass rates at every test centre.

Councils in the South East

Sorted by battery electric share of cars. Select a column heading to sort by it.

Councils in the South East
Windsor and Maidenhead 521 40.1% 4.1% 83.4% 150 24.9
Milton Keynes 459 28.0% 4.8% 62.3% 323 10.1
Slough 386 26.3% 2.8% 50.4% 100 22.2
Portsmouth 362 8.2% 1.8% 36.0% 203 5.4
Elmbridge 530 6.2% 4.8% 4.3% 181 25.0
Cherwell 515 5.9% 3.8% 14.4% 204 15.4
Wokingham 544 5.7% 5.1% 3.1% 159 27.2
Winchester 527 5.4% 4.7% 4.9% 213 17.7
Hart 599 5.2% 4.2% 4.2% 210 18.7
Vale of White Horse 542 5.2% 4.8% 3.1% 194 20.0
Guildford 501 5.1% 4.4% 4.8% 182 19.1
Waverley 569 5.0% 4.5% 2.9% 155 26.6
Epsom and Ewell 463 4.9% 4.0% 3.8% 131 24.3
South Oxfordshire 563 4.9% 4.2% 3.3% 121 31.5
Buckinghamshire 546 4.8% 4.2% 4.1% 141 26.6
Mole Valley 595 4.8% 3.9% 15.9% 286 13.6
Eastleigh 544 4.7% 3.8% 4.6% 117 25.4
Surrey Heath 576 4.7% 4.1% 3.4% 207 18.5
East Hampshire 600 4.6% 4.0% 3.3% 84 45.1
Reigate and Banstead 500 4.6% 3.6% 9.9% 123 25.6
Runnymede 498 4.6% 3.6% 5.9% 246 12.3
Rushmoor 482 4.6% 2.6% 66.2% 156 13.1
Dartford 443 4.5% 3.7% 5.6% 194 14.2
Mid Sussex 535 4.5% 3.8% 5.0% 176 18.8
Sevenoaks 554 4.5% 3.9% 4.9% 95 39.0
Test Valley 565 4.5% 3.9% 3.9% 118 28.3
West Berkshire 562 4.5% 3.9% 4.1% 283 12.1
Basingstoke and Deane 529 4.4% 3.9% 3.2% 141 22.4
Tonbridge and Malling 534 4.4% 3.6% 5.9% 128 24.8
Fareham 568 4.3% 3.7% 3.0% 62 52.0
Horsham 583 4.3% 3.7% 3.4% 195 17.4
Tandridge 554 4.3% 3.6% 3.8% 138 25.3
Oxford 279 4.2% 3.3% 5.6% 167 8.7
West Oxfordshire 553 4.2% 3.7% 4.3% 195 17.1
Bracknell Forest 532 4.1% 3.6% 19.6% 159 19.7
Woking 516 4.1% 3.7% 3.2% 274 12.0
Brighton and Hove 309 4.0% 3.1% 5.3% 283 5.3
Tunbridge Wells 518 4.0% 3.4% 3.8% 113 27.2
Canterbury 458 3.9% 3.1% 4.8% 162 14.1
Wealden 600 3.9% 3.4% 3.4% 115 28.1
Ashford 516 3.8% 3.1% 4.7% 145 18.1
Chichester 562 3.8% 3.2% 4.1% 173 17.0
Lewes 493 3.7% 3.2% 3.8% 140 17.4
Maidstone 520 3.7% 3.1% 4.4% 83 32.5
New Forest 606 3.6% 3.1% 3.3% 177 17.2
Reading 362 3.6% 2.9% 5.1% 189 9.1
Havant 510 3.5% 2.7% 4.8% 72 29.4
Worthing 467 3.4% 2.8% 3.6% 255 7.4
Arun 532 3.3% 2.9% 3.3% 166 14.1
Spelthorne 496 3.3% 2.8% 3.8% 160 16.3
Adur 476 3.2% 2.6% 4.1% 168 11.2
Crawley 435 3.2% 2.5% 4.9% 223 8.2
Gravesham 465 3.2% 2.6% 5.6% 78 28.8
Medway 461 3.2% 2.5% 4.7% 79 25.3
Rother 551 3.2% 2.8% 3.9% 67 38.3
Swale 497 3.2% 2.7% 5.4% 107 20.3
Dover 499 3.0% 2.6% 4.2% 137 15.2
Folkestone and Hythe 498 3.0% 2.5% 4.3% 211 9.9
Eastbourne 428 2.9% 2.2% 6.9% 116 13.0
Isle of Wight 500 2.8% 2.3% 4.2% 135 12.5
Thanet 461 2.8% 2.2% 5.0% 98 17.1
Gosport 475 2.7% 2.2% 3.3% 100 16.3
Southampton 372 2.7% 2.0% 4.5% 70 17.4
Hastings 417 2.5% 2.0% 4.8% 52 26.5

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Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 121,756 licensed vehicles in Wokingham 26 October 2026
Plug-in and electric vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 9,340 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
Neighbourhoods Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 35,672 small areas (LSOAs) in England and Wales 26 October 2026
  • Coverage: licensing and charger figures cover the whole UK. Licensing figures in Wokingham run from the end of 2009.
  • Vehicles are counted at the registered keeper’s postcode: for company cars that is the company’s address, not where the car is driven.
  • Battery electric and plug-in counts come from table VEH0142; petrol, diesel and hybrid counts from VEH0105. “Other fuels” is VEH0105’s other-fuel count less plug-in cars.
  • Charger counts are based on Zapmap data and are official statistics in development. In June 2026 one operator removed about 1,270 private chargers wrongly listed as public, so April and July are not strictly comparable.
  • Neighbourhood figures cover England and Wales only; Scottish data zones and Northern Irish super data zones cannot be placed in councils without lookups we do not hold.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.