Uber received reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States nearly every eight minutes between 2017 and 2022, according to sealed court records reviewed by The New York Times. This figure is far higher than the company has previously disclosed.

Between 2017 and 2022, Uber received 400,181 incidents complaints of sexual misconduct -- far more than the 12,522 Uber disclosed publicly.

Between 2017 and 2022, 400,181 Uber trips resulted in reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the US, or around one every eight minutes, according to sealed documents seen by The New York Times.

Ride-hailing service Uber received 400,181 reports of sexual assault and misconduct between 2017 and 2022, according to sealed court documents viewed by The New York Times.

Uber has failed to release a report outside of the 2017-2022 time period while the number of sexual assault incidents has increased.

The figures come from documents that are part of a class-action lawsuit filed against Uber, which saw over 1,600 cases merged into one earlier this year.

The federal judge overseeing more than 2,300 lawsuits seeking to hold Uber liable to passengers who were sexually assaulted or harassed by drivers dismissed some key claims in the nationwide litigation.

Publicly, the ride-sharing service proclaimed it was one of the safest options for travel, with aggressive media campaigns and polished reports on its website about the rarity of serious attacks. Inside Uber,