(INDEPENDENT) – Uber drivers are accused of sexually assaulting or raping customers almost three times a month, according to new figures which have outraged rape campaigners.
Freedom of Information data obtained by The Sun newspaper revealed 32 assault claims were made against employees of the taxi-hailing app in London over the past twelve months, equal to one every eleven days.
The figure represents more than a fifth of all claims against taxi and car-hire drivers filed to 14 UK police forces last year, which totaled at 154 allegations including attacks in minicabs and chauffeur vehicles.