Adana

Mediterranean Region · population 2,283,609

Homicide index · 2025

173.5Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 1st
Compared with Turkey: 74% above
Mediterranean Region: 113.1
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 125.0 · 12th
2023 index: 166.4 · 2nd

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Mediterranean 113 Adana 173.5

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

54documented people

2024 · 42 · 1.8 per 100,000

2023 · 62 · 2.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.4

Turkey1.2

index173.5

index 173.5 · 1st

Homicide cases

41documented cases

2024 · 36 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 53 · 2.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.8

Turkey1.1

index147

index 147

Armed assault

54documented cases

2024 · 60 · 2.6 per 100,000

2023 · 74 · 3.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.4

Turkey1.8

index131

index 131 · 15th

In Adana, homicides per 100,000 people are 74% above the national average and armed assaults are 31% above the national average. The figures are the incidents documented in the press. How to read these figures

Change between years

All provinces and regions

In Adana province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 42 in 2024 and 54 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 60 and 54 in the same years. None of these changes goes beyond random year-to-year fluctuation. Over 2023–2025, the average annual fall in the number of people killed is estimated at 8.9%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 422025 54

−2.1%

−25% … +42%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 362025 41

−8.7%

−24% … +19%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 602025 54

−3.7%

−22% … +16%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

Trend · 2023–2025average a year · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2023 622025 54

−8.9%

−24% … +9%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 532025 41

−10.3%

−23% … +3%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 742025 54

−9.0%

−21% … +2%

No clear change

Trend across Turkey

Homicide12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Homicide cases12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Armed assault12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Districts of Adana

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202362202442202554

Homicide cases

202353202436202541

Armed assault

202374202460202554

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner3 · 7%

Family member18 · 44%

Acquaintance9 · 22%

Stranger1 · 2%

Not reported10 · 24%

Method

Firearm26 · 63%

Knife or blade6 · 15%

Beating8 · 20%

Other or not reported1 · 2%

8 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death34 · 63%

Injury20 · 37%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

21homicides · 51%

Fatal homicide cases in which the offender was the victim’s spouse, former spouse, partner or a family member.

Femicides

4homicides · 10%

Women and girls killed by a spouse, former spouse, partner or family member.

District profiles

Compare

Adana and Şanlıurfasimilar population · 131.6
Adana and Antalyahighest index in the Mediterranean Region · 113.8
Adana and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8