Ankara

Central Anatolia Region · population 5,910,320

Homicide index · 2025

58.7Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 79th
Compared with Turkey: 41% below
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: Under 70
2024 index: 87.3 · 56th
2023 index: 88.7 · 51st

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Central Anatolia 99 Ankara 58.7

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

40documented people

2024 · 71 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 76 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.7

Turkey1.2

index58.7

index 58.7 · 79th

Homicide cases

37documented cases

2024 · 56 · 1.0 per 100,000

2023 · 62 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.1

index65

index 65

Armed assault

62documented cases

2024 · 84 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 75 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.8

index61

index 61 · 68th

In Ankara, homicides per 100,000 people are 41% below the national average and armed assaults are 39% below 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 Ankara province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 71 in 2024 and 40 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 84 and 62 in the same years. The decrease in homicide and the decrease in homicide cases go beyond random fluctuation; the other changes do not. Over 2023–2025, the average annual fall in the number of people killed is estimated at 14.6%; this trend goes beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 712025 40

−24.2%

−48% … −2%

Clear decrease

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 562025 37

−17.1%

−36% … −1%

Clear decrease

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 842025 62

−9.3%

−30% … +8%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 762025 40

−14.6%

−30% … −1%

Clear decrease

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 622025 37

−13.9%

−26% … −4%

Clear decrease

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 752025 62

−5.3%

−19% … +9%

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 Ankara

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202376202471202540

Homicide cases

202362202456202537

Armed assault

202375202484202562

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner9 · 24%

Family member9 · 24%

Acquaintance9 · 24%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported10 · 27%

Method

Firearm19 · 51%

Knife or blade8 · 22%

Beating8 · 22%

Other or not reported2 · 5%

3 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death30 · 48%

Injury32 · 52%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

18homicides · 49%

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

Femicides

11homicides · 30%

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

District profiles

Compare

Ankara and İzmirsimilar population · 107.0
Ankara and Nevşehirhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 155.6
Ankara and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8