On-street electric vehicle charging devices have seen 3,709 new additions in the first half of 2025, bringing the total to 29,227, according to the latest Zapmap data.
While the majority of these (20,490) are located in Greater London, other regions of the UK are now seeing far higher growth in the rate of on-street devices being installed. While London saw an increase of under 11% in the first six months of the year, the rest of the UK saw the number of on-street chargers increase from 7,106 at the end of December to 8,737 at the end of June, an increase of more than 25%.
Linked to this growth is the progress in the delivery of the LEVI (Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) scheme with 80 LEVI funding projects underway, 19 of which are currently open to tender. Simultaneously, its predecessor, ORCS (On-Street Residential Charging Scheme) has continued to fund key infrastructure projects.
In the second quarter of 2025, char.gy announced a LEVI funding enabled partnership with Brighton and Hove City Council, which will see over 6,000 on-street chargers installed throughout the area;
Suffolk County Council secured £5.3 million of LEVI funding and will work with charge point operator Believ to deliver around 6,000 new charge points across the county. Barnet Council meanwhile has announced that it will work with char.gy to deliver 500 new on-street charge points in the next three months, with 500 more to follow within three years. Sixty per cent of the cost of delivery is funded by ORCS, with char.gy covering the remainder.
At a regional level, the North East has seen significant growth in charge points across all power ratings, with 40% year-on-year growth, with the East of England and West Midlands close behind with over 39% and 38% year-on-year growth respectively.
Jade Edwards, Head of Insights at Zapmap, said: “We’re now beginning to see LEVI funding awards feeding through the system, offering the 40% of people who do not have access to off-street parking increased opportunities to charge close to home and benefit from driving electric.
“We look forward to seeing what further measures the government can introduce to make access to public charging more equitable.”
Vicky Read, CEO at ChargeUK, said: “This sustained growth gives confidence to drivers that the network they need is there for them and will encourage even more to make the switch. With 29% growth across the whole market, the sector remains on track for the Government’s ambition of 300,000 chargers by 2030."
