I collated the data from the ONS for England / Wales as mentioned in the Post but I used all the data (back to 2010), not just the last 5 years

https://sheet.zohopublic.eu/sheet/open/8j1y5ea004fb1e14e4c14b727d77044cc9bd4?sheet=Sheet1&range=B37

Here's the chart of "No. of Standard Deviations from the Mean" (2022 is the dashed line) for the first 20 weeks of each year.

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As Png

2022 has only one week above 1 standard deviation at 1.6

2018 had three weeks at 2.4, 2.6 & 2.4 standard deviations respectively.

I don't think URGENT is quite warranted (and what urgent action can I do about it anyway!)