Aydın

Aegean Region · population 1,172,107

Homicide index · 2025

74.4Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 72nd
Compared with Turkey: 26% below
Aegean Region: 107.4
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 98.4 · 40th
2023 index: 94.7 · 41st

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Aegean 107 Aydın 74.4

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

9documented people

2024 · 16 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 16 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.8

Turkey1.2

index74.4

index 74.4 · 72nd

Homicide cases

8documented cases

2024 · 15 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 16 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.7

Turkey1.1

index81

index 81

Armed assault

16documented cases

2024 · 19 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 21 · 1.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.4

Turkey1.8

index81

index 81 · 49th

In Aydın, homicides per 100,000 people are 26% below the national average and armed assaults are 19% 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 Aydın province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 16 in 2024 and 9 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 19 and 16 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 11.3%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 162025 9

−17.1%

−45% … +14%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 152025 8

−15.2%

−36% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 192025 16

−3.2%

−25% … +21%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 162025 9

−11.3%

−28% … +6%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 162025 8

−11.8%

−27% … +2%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 212025 16

−5.7%

−21% … +10%

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 Aydın

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20231620241620259

Homicide cases

20231620241520258

Armed assault

202321202419202516

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner3 · 38%

Family member1 · 13%

Acquaintance1 · 13%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported3 · 38%

Method

Firearm5 · 63%

Knife or blade2 · 25%

Beating1 · 13%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 50%

Injury8 · 50%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

4homicides · 50%

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

Femicides

4homicides · 50%

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

District profiles

Compare

Aydın and Kahramanmaraşsimilar population · 99.3
Aydın and Afyonkarahisarhighest index in the Aegean Region · 166.1
Aydın and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8