Scarborough town centre footfall figures

We have footfall cameras at three different sites in Scarborough town centre to monitor the number of people who walk past. The camera sites are:

  • above 88 Westborough - camera one
  • above 28 and 62 Newborough - camera two
  • above 28 and 62 Newborough - camera three

The cameras calculate the number of people walking past and send this data to Springboard, a leading provider of locational performance insights. You can find out more on the Springboard website. Springboard sends us a report that shows the percentage change in footfall every month. We use this data to help us identify footfall trends in the town centre.

Understanding the footfall data

The following notes can help you understand the footfall data we get from Springboard:

  1. The percentage change is based on the data from all three cameras added together.
  2. Springboard follows the British Rally Championship calendar which uses complete weeks to make sure that the same days can be compared every week. In the British Rally Championship calendar every month is made from a set of full weeks. This gives you a calendar following this pattern:
    • four week month
    • four week month
    • five week month
  3. The year to date percentage change is the annual percentage change between January of the current year compared to the same period of the previous year.
  4. The year on year percentage change is the percentage change for the current month compared to the same month in the previous year. 
  5. The month to month percentage change is the percentage change between the current month and the previous month.

Scarborough town centre footfall figures by year

Scarborough town centre footfall figures 2023

Month Year to date percentage change
- the annual percentage change between January of the current year compared to the same period of the previous year
Year on year percentage change
- the percentage change for the current month compared to the same month in the previous year
Month on month percentage change
- the percentage change between the current month and the previous month
  2023 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022
August 0.5% increase 16.5% increase 16.4% decrease 2.6% decrease 6.6% increase 16% increase
July 3.8% increase 21.1% increase 9% decrease 5.2% decrease 7.3% decrease 5.7% increase
June 6.3% increase 28% increase 3.8% increase 4.4% decrease 6.1% increase 10.4% increase
May 7% increase 42.6% increase 7.9% increase 5.5% increase 2.2% decrease 7.2% decrease
April 6.8% increase 58.2% increase 2.5% increase 27.4% increase 26.2% increase 21.5% increase
March 8.6% increase 76.7% increase 1.3% decrease 78% increase 0.1% increase 17.2% increase
February 16.6% increase 75.7% increase 15.5% increase 84.6% increase 18.1% increase 20.5% increase
January 17.9% increase 66% increase 17.9% increase 66% increase 14% decrease 25.1% decrease

Scarborough town centre footfall figures 2022

Month Year to date percentage change
- the annual percentage change between January of the current year compared to the same period of the previous year
Year on year percentage change
- the percentage change for the current month compared to the same month in the previous year
Month on month percentage change
- the percentage change between the current month and the previous month
  2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021
December 8.9% increase 6% increase 2.7% increase 8.9% increase 12.5% increase 5.7% increase
November 9.5% increase 5.7% increase 3.5% decrease 52.2% increase 19% decrease 23.9% decrease
October 10.6% increase 3.1% increase 9.4% decrease 7.4% increase 11.6% decrease 7.6% decrease
September 13% increase 2.6% increase 5.3% decrease 1.6% increase 21% decrease 15.8% decrease
August 16.5% increase 2.8% increase 2.6% decrease 3.7% increase 16% increase 12.9% increase
July 21.1% increase 2.6% increase 5.2% decrease 4.2% increase 5.7% increase 6.6% increase
June 28% increase 2.2% increase 4.4% decrease 90.5% increase 10.4% increase 21.8% increase
May 42.6% increase 15.5% decrease 5.5% increase 125.2% increase 7.2% decrease 12.2% increase
April 58.2% increase 33% decrease 27.4% increase 152.4% increase 21.5% increase 69.7% increase
March 76.7% increase 53.5% decrease 78% increase 33.9% decrease 17.2% increase 21.5% increase
February 75.7% increase 62.3% decrease 84.6% increase 61.6% decrease 20.5% increase 8.4% increase
January 66.6% increase 63.1% decrease 66% increase 63.1% decrease 25.1% decrease 50.8% decrease

Scarborough town centre footfall figures 2021

Month Year to date percentage change
- the annual percentage change between January of the current year compared to the same period of the previous year
Year on year percentage change
- the percentage change for the current month compared to the same month in the previous year
Month on month percentage change
- the percentage change between the current month and the previous month
  2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
December 6% increase 36% decrease 8.9% increase 38.1% decrease 5.7% increase 47.7% increase
November 5.7% increase 35.8% decrease 52.5% increase 54.6% decrease 23.9% decrease 46.3% decrease
October 3.1% increase 34.4% decrease 7.4% increase 26.3% decrease 7.6% decrease 12.5% decrease
September 2.6% increase 35.2% decrease 1.6% increase 19.8% decrease 18.8% decrease 17.2% decrease
August 2.8% increase 37.4% decrease 3.7% increase 21.3% decrease 12.9% increase 13.5% increase
July 2.6% increase 40.2% decrease 4.2% increase 26% decrease 6.6% increase 94.9% increase
June 2.2% increase 42.8% decrease 90.5% increase 57.2% decrease 21.8% increase 43.9% increase
May 15.5% decrease 39% decrease 125.2% increase 68.9% decrease 12.2% increase 25.8% increase
April 33% decrease 31.5% decrease 152.4% increase 76% decrease 69.7% increase 55.6% decrease
March 53.5% decrease 15.9% decrease 33.9% decrease 37.7% decrease 21.5% increase 29.4% decrease
February 62.3% decrease 2.6% decrease 61.6% decrease 10.3% decrease 8.4% increase 0.5% decrease
January 63.1% decrease 4.5% increase 63.1% decrease 4.5% increase 50.8% decrease 12.2% decrease