Bolu

Black Sea Region · population 327,173

Homicide index · 2025

81.4Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 62nd
Compared with Turkey: 19% below
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 87.2 · 57th
2023 index: 70.8 · 73rd

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Black Sea 83 Bolu 81.4

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

2documented people

2024 · 3 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.2

index81.4

index 81.4 · 62nd

Homicide cases

2documented cases

2024 · 2 · 0.6 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.1

index90

index 90

Armed assault

3documented cases

2024 · 4 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 3 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.8

index72

index 72 · 58th

In Bolu, homicides per 100,000 people are 19% below the national average and armed assaults are 28% 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 Bolu province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 3 in 2024 and 2 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 4 and 3 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 8.0%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 32025 2

−12.8%

−42% … +29%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 22025 2

−12.4%

−32% … +14%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 42025 3

−2.2%

−25% … +26%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 12025 2

−8.0%

−25% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 12025 2

−8.6%

−23% … +10%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 32025 3

−3.3%

−20% … +17%

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 Bolu

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202312024320252

Homicide cases

202312024220252

Armed assault

202332024420253

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 50%

Family member1 · 50%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported0 · 0%

Method

Firearm2 · 100%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death3 · 100%

Injury0 · 0%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

2homicides · 100%

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

Femicides

1homicides · 50%

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

District profiles

Compare

Bolu and Siirtsimilar population · 117.2
Bolu and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Bolu and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8