20 reasons New York is better now Think New York was better back in the day? London is now more crime ridden and dangerous than New York City, with rape, robbery and violent offences far higher on this side of the Atlantic. Moreover, there are a number of social problems that continue to bedevil New York more seriously than London. London's murder rate overtook New York's in February, Reality Check asks if that's still the case. NYC is more kick-ass than ever before. The city is the 26th most bike-friendly city in the US, which isn’t stellar but it’s much better than in New York, where most of the high cycling rankings are about traffic You can cycle pretty much anywhere from A to B in downtown Boston in like 20 minutes. I feel safer in New York than London..... but most people are referring to Manhattan when they say New York and some of the other boroughs in New York could be less safe than we think. By comparison, New York taxi drivers just have to take a six-hour driving course and pass an exam at the end of it. Interestingly, Lahore has been ranked as safer than Las Vegas, San Fransisco, London, Washington DC, Istanbul, New York, Melbourne and many more big cities. Time Out London pitted the two cities against each other; two TONY editors have taken umbrage. I see more police in NY even in the outer boroughs than in Greater London. London vs. New York: The winner is clear And it's New York, obvs. The winner is: LONDON. And that’s still much lower than New York. In 2017, London saw 116 murders, while New York’s death toll was 292.