Taxi drivers across Cambridgeshire were the victims of 55 offences inside their vehicles in the year to February 2022 – including assaults, threats to kill, and religious/race “aggressive” criminal damage/fear.
The statistics have been compiled by South Cambridgeshire District Council and show that Peterborough – with 35 reported incidents – has easily the most offences.
By contrast no taxi driver in East Cambridgeshire reported any incidents and there were only two such incidents in Fenland.
Cambridge City Council reported 13 incidents within taxis, South Cambridgeshire had five such incidents.
There are no figures, however, for Huntingdonshire.
Of the 55 reported case, six were for injury assaults, two for theft/robbery, and two for threats to kill.
There were also 16 cases of customers making off without payment.
