so i'm trying to find the actual stats for london and ny... the most recent annual data i could find for ny was 2013, but the london stats are for the last 12 months
............| murder.|rape..|.robbery|.burglary
london....|107......|5331..|..21,968|..71,541
ny..........|335......|1112..|..19,170|..16,606
Metropolitan Police Service - Crime Figures
Crime in New York, New York (NY): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map
i can't do "assault" because london doesn't list that. the closest thing they have is "violence against the person", which janz noted is vague. that figure is at 212,240 annually, while ny lists 31,767 annual "assaults." obviously these terms probably have different meanings so they can't really be compared... for whatever reason they don't have any stats on what we would consider "assaults" in london so there's nothing i can do about that.