Batman

Southeastern Anatolia Region · population 662,626

Homicide index · 2025

92.2Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 44th
Compared with Turkey: 8% below
Southeastern Anatolia Region: 119.0
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 75.3 · 71st
2023 index: 96.3 · 39th

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Southeastern Anatolia 119 Batman 92.2

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

7documented people

2024 · 5 · 0.8 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.2

index92.2

index 92.2 · 44th

Homicide cases

6documented cases

2024 · 3 · 0.5 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.1

index94

index 94

Armed assault

7documented cases

2024 · 4 · 0.6 per 100,000

2023 · 8 · 1.2 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.8

index70

index 70 · 59th

In Batman, homicides per 100,000 people are 8% below the national average and armed assaults are 30% 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 Batman province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 5 in 2024 and 7 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 4 and 7 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 9.6%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 52025 7

−9.6%

−37% … +36%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 32025 6

−10.7%

−29% … +19%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 42025 7

+0.4%

−21% … +33%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 92025 7

−9.6%

−26% … +10%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 92025 6

−10.0%

−25% … +7%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 82025 7

−4.0%

−20% … +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 Batman

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202392024520257

Homicide cases

202392024320256

Armed assault

202382024420257

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 17%

Family member1 · 17%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger2 · 33%

Not reported2 · 33%

Method

Firearm5 · 83%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating1 · 17%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death6 · 86%

Injury1 · 14%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

2homicides · 33%

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

Batman and Sivassimilar population · 121.8
Batman and Diyarbakırhighest index in the Southeastern Anatolia Region · 154.1
Batman and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8