Across the diocese we heard many stories of bumper attendance at Easter in 2025, but was this just anecdote or was there any evidence to support an increase in the number of people attending our churches on Easter Day 2025?
We therefore decided to ask churches to record their Easter attendances immediately after Easter. This would mean that we could make an estimate of our Easter figures within a few weeks instead of having to wait until the full Statistics for Mission returns are completed in early 2026.
There was an overall increase in Easter Day attendance of 15 per cent between 2024 and 2025. This did vary by archdeaconry, with Berkshire seeing the largest increase of 22 per cent and Buckingham the smallest, still showing at 9 per cent increase.