Let's suppose there were 1000 rapes in NYC cabs in a year because NYPD doesn't keep good stats for various political, economic, social and tourism concerns. And

Let's suppose there were 1000 rapes in NYC cabs in a year because NYPD doesn't keep good stats for various political, economic, social and tourism concerns. And ~2 billion rides/year. Uber posted their stats: 3100 rapes/year. Let's call it 5500/year or 15/day. NYC cabs: ~2,000,000 rides/rape Uber: ~140,000 rides/rape On the face of it, on average, NYC cabs seem over an order-of-magnitude safer than Uber.