UK Mobility Sitrep
## [1] "Updated on 2020-08-27 18:41:33"Reading Guide
Data
All figures in this report are generated using movement data generated by Facebook. These data represent people who use Facebook in this region and have location services enabled. Data are aggregated at a 600m x 600m sized tiles and vectors (lines) are drawn connecting all areas to each other. These lines provide data in both directions (going from area A to B and from area B to A). We are provided:
- The starting point of each line
- The ending point of each line
- The number of people who traveled along this line in both directions for the 45 days preceeding the collection of the data (noted on the bottom of every set of figures)
- The number of people who traveled along this line in both directions for a given time period.
- The length of the line in euclidean distance (as the crow flies, not through the existing travel network).
- Data are aggregated in 8 hour blocks, one of these blocks for UK is from 2100 to 0500. We treat this as belonging to the date that 2100 is in.
Figures - UK Level
Percent Change in Travel Map - The percent change in travel within and between counties in UK. It is important to note here that some counties show up in one map and not the other. As people stop moving, and especially if they don’t leave their homes, they no longer contribute to FB movement data so we are unable to capture any information from them.
Percent change in total number of trips compared to baseline - The total number of trips originating and ending in the region for which we have data minus the average number of trips originating from the same area for the 45 days preceding the start of data collection.
Total distance traveled - The total distance of trips originating and ending in the region for which we have data.
Figures - County Level
Local Travel Network - A map of the region for which we have data showing the top locations of travel to and from that county.
Percent change in total number of trips compared to baseline - The total number of trips originating and ending in the region for which we have data minus the average number of trips originating from the same area for the 45 days preceding the start of data collection.
Total distance traveled - The total distance of trips originating and ending in the region for which we have data.
Pointers on evaluating the data
- It’s best to look at percent change in trips and total distance traveled as two views of a “mobility” metric. For example, if the number of trips goes up but the total distance traveled goes down, it likely means that people are moving a bit more but mainly going shorter distances, perhaps even just exercising or walking around the neighborhood.
- When looking at the travel network remember that people will live at boundaries of the area of interest, therefore, it may just be short distance movements that are resulting in people traveling from one location to another. Long distance travel connections are more difficult to rationalize and warrant further investigation.
- You’ll often see an uptick in movement and total distance traveled on the weekends. This is generally normal behavior, though deviation from this during lock down measures should be evaluated.
- Keep an eye on the Y axis, it may be log scaled to better show the data. The labels are correct but rates of change are more extreme than they appear.
Key Takeaways
- The uptick in movement has generally leveled off. There are some new travel patterns for the regions with most travel that should be evaluated to ensure that the networks make sense and are expected.
UK Summary
City Specific Analysis
Most Travel
Manchester
Glasgow City
Birmingham
Camden and City of London
Wandsworth
Tower Hamlets
Lewisham and Southwark
Ealing
Hackney and Newham
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Harrow and Hillingdon
Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Staffordshire CC
Greater Manchester North East
Greater Manchester South West
Greater Manchester South East
Leeds
Warwickshire
Tyneside
Barking & Dagenham and Havering
Brent
Liverpool
South Nottinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire CC and Rutland
South and West Derbyshire
Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Nottingham
Lambeth
Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Wolverhampton
East Merseyside
Greater Manchester North West
Dudley
Bexley and Greenwich
Bristol, City of
South Hampshire
North Lanarkshire
Mid Lancashire
Berkshire
Solihull
Sunderland
Sheffield
Calderdale and Kirklees
West Surrey
Haringey and Islington
Bradford
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Walsall
Barnet
Enfield
Durham CC
Leicester
Devon CC
Wakefield
Sandwell
Stoke-on-Trent
Central Hampshire
Medium Travel
South Lanarkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
Coventry
East Surrey
Edinburgh, City of
Cheshire East
South Teesside
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Chorley and West Lancashire
Kent Thames Gateway
Derby
Buckinghamshire CC
Plymouth
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Bromley
Cheshire West and Chester
Essex Thames Gateway
Worcestershire
Medway
Belfast
North Nottinghamshire
Southampton
East Derbyshire
Central Bedfordshire
Portsmouth
Gwent Valleys
Wirral
Croydon
West Essex
North Hampshire
Oxfordshire
Norwich and East Norfolk
Blackpool
Mid Kent
East Lancashire
West Northamptonshire
Warrington
Thurrock
Sefton
Cambridgeshire CC
Breckland and South Norfolk
West Kent
Northumberland
Central Valleys
Monmouthshire and Newport
Heart of Essex
North Yorkshire CC
East Lothian and Midlothian
Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
West Sussex (North East)
Flintshire and Wrexham
Milton Keynes
Dorset CC
Blackburn with Darwen
Suffolk
Peterborough
East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
Least Travel
Swansea
Shropshire CC
Lincolnshire
Bedford
Somerset
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Telford and Wrekin
Darlington
Lancaster and Wyre
Perth & Kinross and Stirling
North Northamptonshire
Essex Haven Gateway
Bournemouth and Poole
Ards and North Down
West Lothian
Clackmannanshire and Fife
Torbay
Brighton and Hove
North and North East Lincolnshire
Southend-on-Sea
West Sussex (South West)
East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland
Falkirk
Wiltshire
East Sussex CC
York
North and West Norfolk
South Ayrshire
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
East Kent
South West Wales
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
East Cumbria
Gloucestershire
West Cumbria
Newry, Mourne and Down
Conwy and Denbighshire
Swindon
Gwynedd
Mid Ulster
Isle of Anglesey
Angus and Dundee City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
Powys
Herefordshire, County of
Dumfries & Galloway
Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Isle of Wight
Fermanagh and Omagh
Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Scottish Borders
Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Regional Specific Analysis
Most Travel
London
South East
East of England
Medium Travel
East Midlands
West Midlands
Yorkshire and The Humber
Least Travel
North West
South West
North East
