COVID-19 Mobility Report for London with Multi-Source Indicators

London mobility data from March 2020 onward, tracking changes during three lockdowns and other restriction periods. The Greater London Authority compiled this report using data from Google, Apple, Citymapper, Transport for London, Purple WiFi, and OpenTable. It measures aspects of public transport usage, pedestrian activity, retail and leisure, and homeworking, with metrics presented as percentages of a pre-pandemic baseline.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between policy restrictions and public transport usage based on data from Google, Apple, Citymapper, and TfL.
• Analyzing changes in pedestrian activity and high street busyness using walking and park visitation indices.
• Comparing the severity of mobility reductions across three distinct lockdown periods for different activity types.
• Assessing retail and leisure sector recovery through indicators like restaurant bookings and footfall data.

Strengths

• Integrates mobility data from at least six distinct sources (Google, Apple, Citymapper, TfL, Purple WiFi, OpenTable).
• Provides specific minimum percentage values for mobility reductions during three separate lockdown periods.
• Focuses on a well-defined geographic area (London) over a critical time period starting March 2020.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The source webpage and data updates were discontinued as of May 2023.

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

Aggregated from third-party mobility data providers including Google, Apple, Citymapper, Transport for London, Purple WiFi, and OpenTable.

Time Range

From March 2020 onward, covering three national lockdowns.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 12:01:34.039998; freshness should be verified.

Geography

London, United Kingdom.