Artvin

Black Sea Region · population 167,531

Homicide index · 2025

77.0Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 68th
Compared with Turkey: 23% below
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of under 250,000: 122.1
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 96.3 · 46th
2023 index: 122.2 · 14th

5070100140

Black Sea 83 Artvin 77.0

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

0documented people

2024 · 2 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 2.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.0

Turkey1.2

index77.0

index 77.0 · 68th

Homicide cases

0documented cases

2024 · 2 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 3 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.0

Turkey1.1

index86

index 86

Armed assault

0documented cases

2024 · 2 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 3 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.0

Turkey1.8

index58

index 58 · 73rd

In Artvin, homicides per 100,000 people are 23% below the national average and armed assaults are 42% 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 Artvin province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 2 in 2024 and 0 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 2 and 0 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 11.0%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 22025 0

−13.9%

−44% … +27%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 22025 0

−13.3%

−34% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 22025 0

−2.5%

−26% … +26%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 52025 0

−11.0%

−30% … +9%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 32025 0

−10.4%

−26% … +7%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 32025 0

−4.9%

−23% … +15%

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 Artvin

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202352024220250

Homicide cases

202332024220250

Armed assault

202332024220250

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner0 · 0%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported0 · 0%

Method

Firearm0 · 0%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death0 · 0%

Injury0 · 0%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

0homicides · 0%

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

Femicides

0homicides · 0%

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

District profiles

Compare

Artvin and Kilissimilar population · 89.4
Artvin and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Artvin and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8