Retail footfall 75% of 2019 level

6th January 2022

In the week to 2 January 2022, overall retail footfall in the UK was at 75% of the level seen in the equivalent week of 2019.

This is lower than the previous week when overall retail footfall was at 86% of the equivalent week of 2019, according to this week's data from Springboard.

In this week's EUROCONTROL data, the seven-day average number of UK daily flights was 3,211 in the week ending 2 January 2022. This is 67% of the level seen in the equivalent week of 2019 and 227% of the equivalent week in 2020.

In Transport for London data this week, the seasonally adjusted average count of traffic camera activity for "cars", "buses" and "pedestrians and cyclists" in London all decreased slightly in the week ending 2 January 2022 from the previous week to 95%, 78% and 84% of the average level seen in the week before the first UK-wide lockdown, respectively.

From The Office for National Statistics
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights