Uber’s latest report on rider safety shows that instances of sexual assault are down.
CNN reported that the total number of sexual assault and abuse instances between 2019 and 2020 was 3,824 — a significant drop from the 5,981 that took place between 2017 and 2018 when the company released its first report in late 2019.
According to CNN, Uber said that the rate of sexual assault reports decreased by 38% from the first report to the second.
Uber has five categories for sexual assaults, per CNN, ranging from “non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part” to “non-consensual sexual penetration,” or rape.