evidence: Northern Ireland murder rate falls but still there were 19 lives taken in 2020 [...] According to the PSNI, 19 murders have been reported here so far this year. This compares to 25 last year, 21 in 2018, 18 in 2017 and 17 in 2016. [...] On August 16, mother-of-four Susan Baird (60) was murdered in her home at a cul-de-sac at Windermere Road in the Four Winds area of Belfast.