Latest #COVID19 data show more reinfections in the last month since Omicron became the dominant variant compared with the previous 18 months ow.ly/zvW950HKaMp

We’ve launched our new Subnational indicators explorer, bringing together a range of subnational statistics in one place 🗺📌 Use our interactive tool to find out how your local authority compares with others across the UK ➡️ ow.ly/aVZU50HKbV6

Our Annual Crime and Justice Forum will take place on Wednesday 23 February - join us for workshops on approaches to collecting crime survey data, natural language processing tools and more. Full details and sign up here 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-crime…

Long Covid - still a subject close to my (strangely fluctuating) heart. And my fuzzy, tired head 👇

This morning’s #DesertIslandDiscs castaway is statistician David Spiegelhalter. He’s become the unofficial explainer in chief of pandemic data during the covid crisis - but shares his personal story and the music he loves today at 11am on BBC Radio 4 🏝 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The fact that this needs saying is incredible But here we are 😩

We’ve published our third annual release exploring how aspects of life for disabled people in the UK compared with those of non-disabled people in 2021 ow.ly/ztiH50HRtAk

We’ve published new analysis on homicide in England and Wales for the year ending March 2021 using data from the Home Office Homicide Index ow.ly/q3VK50HRuvr

I'd definitely recommend this podcast to hear more about the Covid infection study. It's 35 mins of insight which highlights the importance of the study

NEW: Together with HMCPSI we inspected how the police and Crown Prosecution Service respond to rape. Today we have published the second and final part of our inspection, which examined cases post-charge through to their conclusion. Read more here: buff.ly/3BMt0md #Rape #CriminalJustice

An estimated 1.5 million people living in private households in the UK (2.4% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 31 January 2022 ow.ly/MVJi50I8Qt0

We’ve looked at substance use, symptoms of common mental disorder and personal well-being in adults who reported being a victim of crime in the last year. This is based on findings from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW)⬇️ ow.ly/EzqK50I8QJY

Just tested positive for covid again. Covid on top of long covid. Brilliant. Guess I’ll carry on learning to live with it 😡

After 9 days I finally tested negative Am still knackered. With a buzzing head. Racing heart rate after minimal exertion. And numb fingers, drained of blood, even in mild temperatures or indoors These seem like causes for concern, to me Back to square 1? Hope not

[Grits teeth in frustration. Feels pounding in head] #LongCovid is disabling for many. If you’re lucky enough to have swerved is so far and only care about the economy, it’s still a drag. [Shuts Twitter back down as that much emotional exertion is too much]

I’m enjoying all the recent population statistics chat. Demography matters! Reinforcing Lewis’s analysis, here are a couple of lighter hearted blogs I did back in 2019 on history and trends in marriages and births data… blog.ons.gov.uk/2019/04/01/mar… blog.ons.gov.uk/2019/08/02/wha…

Very apt that this tweet should be at the top of my feed having just tested positive yet again. Living with acute and long covid ain’t much fun.

The pandemic heightened interest in ‘excess’ deaths, but with organisations using different methods, it's difficult to build a clear picture. Julie Stanborough explains the now agreed UK-wide approach to producing national estimates of excess mortality ⬇️ blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/02/15/exc…