Balıkesir

Marmara Region · population 1,284,517

Homicide index · 2025

83.1Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 59th
Compared with Turkey: 17% below
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 108.0 · 32nd
2023 index: 63.3 · 78th

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Marmara 93 Balıkesir 83.1

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

12documented people

2024 · 20 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 0.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.2

index83.1

index 83.1 · 59th

Homicide cases

9documented cases

2024 · 17 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 0.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.7

Turkey1.1

index81

index 81

Armed assault

10documented cases

2024 · 20 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 14 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.8

Turkey1.8

index53

index 53 · 78th

In Balıkesir, homicides per 100,000 people are 17% below the national average and armed assaults are 47% 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 Balıkesir province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 20 in 2024 and 12 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 20 and 10 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 7.7%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 202025 12

−16.1%

−44% … +17%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 172025 9

−15.5%

−37% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 202025 10

−7.0%

−32% … +15%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 92025 12

−7.7%

−25% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 92025 9

−9.1%

−24% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 142025 10

−4.1%

−21% … +16%

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 Balıkesir

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20239202420202512

Homicide cases

2023920241720259

Armed assault

202314202420202510

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner2 · 22%

Family member1 · 11%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported6 · 67%

Method

Firearm5 · 56%

Knife or blade3 · 33%

Beating1 · 11%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 80%

Injury2 · 20%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

3homicides · 33%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 22%

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

District profiles

Compare

Balıkesir and Tekirdağsimilar population · 86.6
Balıkesir and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6
Balıkesir and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8