diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unused-vars.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unused-vars.ts
index d9117605c404..3f6c18f3f0c6 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unused-vars.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unused-vars.ts
@@ -419,10 +419,23 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
                 ref.from.variableScope === unusedVar.scope.variableScope,
             );
 
+            const id = writeReferences.length
+              ? writeReferences[writeReferences.length - 1].identifier
+              : unusedVar.identifiers[0];
+
+            const { start } = id.loc;
+            const idLength = id.name.length;
+
+            const loc = {
+              start,
+              end: {
+                line: start.line,
+                column: start.column + idLength,
+              },
+            };
+
             context.report({
-              node: writeReferences.length
-                ? writeReferences[writeReferences.length - 1].identifier
-                : unusedVar.identifiers[0],
+              loc,
               messageId: 'unusedVar',
               data: unusedVar.references.some(ref => ref.isWrite())
                 ? getAssignedMessageData(unusedVar)
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars-eslint.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars-eslint.test.ts
index 1ca02bd7add2..d83f23a8024a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars-eslint.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars-eslint.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import { RuleTester } from '@typescript-eslint/rule-tester';
 import type { TSESLint, TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
-import { AST_NODE_TYPES } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 
 import type { MessageIds } from '../../../src/rules/no-unused-vars';
 import rule from '../../../src/rules/no-unused-vars';
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ ruleTester.defineRule('use-every-a', context => {
 function definedError(
   varName: string,
   additional = '',
-  type = AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier,
 ): TSESLint.TestCaseError<MessageIds> {
   return {
     messageId: 'unusedVar',
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ function definedError(
       action: 'defined',
       additional,
     },
-    type,
   };
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@ function definedError(
 function assignedError(
   varName: string,
   additional = '',
-  type = AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier,
 ): TSESLint.TestCaseError<MessageIds> {
   return {
     messageId: 'unusedVar',
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ function assignedError(
       action: 'assigned a value',
       additional,
     },
-    type,
   };
 }
 
@@ -1232,7 +1227,7 @@ function f() {
     },
     {
       code: '/*global a */',
-      errors: [definedError('a', '', AST_NODE_TYPES.Program)],
+      errors: [definedError('a', '')],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -1341,7 +1336,6 @@ function foo() {
           messageId: 'unusedVar',
           data: { varName: 'foo', action: 'defined', additional: '' },
           line: 2,
-          type: AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier,
         },
       ],
     },
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars.test.ts
index 04c218b7631e..c810f351c0ae 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unused-vars/no-unused-vars.test.ts
@@ -1140,7 +1140,9 @@ export class Foo {}
             additional: '',
           },
           line: 2,
+          endLine: 2,
           column: 10,
+          endColumn: 31,
         },
       ],
     },
@@ -1744,6 +1746,8 @@ declare module 'foo' {
           messageId: 'unusedVar',
           line: 3,
           column: 8,
+          endLine: 3,
+          endColumn: 12,
           data: {
             varName: 'Test',
             action: 'defined',
@@ -1840,6 +1844,8 @@ x = foo(x);
           messageId: 'unusedVar',
           line: 3,
           column: 1,
+          endLine: 3,
+          endColumn: 2,
           data: {
             varName: 'x',
             action: 'assigned a value',
@@ -1950,5 +1956,24 @@ export namespace Bar {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+const foo: number = 1;
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unusedVar',
+          data: {
+            varName: 'foo',
+            action: 'assigned a value',
+            additional: '',
+          },
+          line: 2,
+          column: 7,
+          endLine: 2,
+          endColumn: 10,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
 });