Today, we published the latest data on topics ranging from antibody positivity and vaccination rates to mortality rates by religion, as well as online job adverts and recorded crime during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The main points on infections and deaths include:
- An estimated 69.3% of adults in the community population in England, 63.2% in Wales, 63.5% in Northern Ireland and 59.2% in Scotland would have tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the week beginning 19 April 2021.
- In the week same week, we estimate between 61.9% and 73.0% of the UK population had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with between 23.8% and 35.3% of adults having received both doses.
- During the pandemic, people in England identifying as Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, or Jewish had higher age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for deaths involving COVID-19 than those identifying as Christian.
- People identifying as “no religion” had lower ASMRs than the Christian group, as did women who identify as “other religion”.
The main points on jobs include:
- UK online job adverts for “catering and hospitality” roles were above pre-pandemic levels, at 103% of their February 2020 average on 7 May 2021.
- According to Adzuna, the volume of online job adverts for catering and hospitality has increased by 46 percentage points since 9 April 2021, a strong upward trend coinciding with the recent easing of hospitality restrictions.
The main points on crime include:
- Recorded crime in England and Wales fell by 8% in the 12 months to December 2020, driven by substantial reductions during coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions.
- Approximately 5.6 million offences were recorded, with reductions in most crime types – including a 26% fall in theft offences.
- However, the number of domestic abuse-related offences recorded by police rose by 7% compared with 2019. A 15% rise in drug offences reflected proactive police activity in crime hotspots during lockdown.
