The murder rate in Belfast was sixth highest in a list of cities in Europe (according to 2010 data).
Northern Ireland has the second highest rate (0.53) of female intentional homicide victims by intimate partner, per 100,000 inhabitants, in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG (given the lack of definition of "Western Europe") and the regions covered by the data published by Eurostat. On 20 November 2019, Sorcha Eastwood, Alliance Party Westminster candidate for Lagan Valley, stated: "Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe per 100,000 in the population." [...] The femicide rate was highest in Finland (0.61). Northern Ireland had the second highest femicide rate in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG and the regions covered by the 2017 data published by Eurostat.