Aksaray

Central Anatolia Region · population 441,136

Homicide index · 2025

144.9Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 8th
Compared with Turkey: 45% above
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 105.9 · 34th
2023 index: 109.7 · 23rd

5070100140

Central Anatolia 99 Aksaray 144.9

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

11documented people

2024 · 7 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 8 · 1.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.5

Turkey1.2

index144.9

index 144.9 · 8th

Homicide cases

10documented cases

2024 · 7 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 8 · 1.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.3

Turkey1.1

index134

index 134

Armed assault

38documented cases

2024 · 26 · 5.9 per 100,000

2023 · 24 · 5.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0008.6

Turkey1.8

index356

index 356 · 1st

In Aksaray, homicides per 100,000 people are 45% above the national average and armed assaults are 256% 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 Aksaray province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 7 in 2024 and 11 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 26 and 38 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 5.5%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 72025 11

−6.1%

−32% … +43%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 72025 10

−10.5%

−28% … +19%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 262025 38

+4.8%

−14% … +39%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 82025 11

−5.5%

−21% … +18%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 82025 10

−7.3%

−20% … +11%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 242025 38

+5.0%

−9% … +27%

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 Aksaray

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023820247202511

Homicide cases

2023820247202510

Armed assault

202324202426202538

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner2 · 20%

Family member5 · 50%

Acquaintance2 · 20%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported1 · 10%

Method

Firearm7 · 70%

Knife or blade3 · 30%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death11 · 29%

Injury27 · 71%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

7homicides · 70%

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

Femicides

3homicides · 30%

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

District profiles

Compare

Aksaray and Ispartasimilar population · 79.9
Aksaray and Nevşehirhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 155.6
Aksaray and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8