Bursa

Marmara Region · population 3,263,011

Homicide index · 2025

50.7Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 81st
Compared with Turkey: 49% below
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: Under 70
2024 index: 85.9 · 63rd
2023 index: 103.5 · 31st

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Marmara 93 Bursa 50.7

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

17documented people

2024 · 38 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 50 · 1.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.5

Turkey1.2

index50.7

index 50.7 · 81st

Homicide cases

17documented cases

2024 · 28 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 43 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.5

Turkey1.1

index61

index 61

Armed assault

62documented cases

2024 · 63 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 68 · 2.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.8

index107

index 107 · 25th

In Bursa, homicides per 100,000 people are 49% below the national average and armed assaults are 7% above 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 Bursa province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 38 in 2024 and 17 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 63 and 62 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 19.5%; this trend goes beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 382025 17

−24.1%

−51% … +1%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 282025 17

−16.0%

−37% … +3%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 632025 62

−1.8%

−19% … +19%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 502025 17

−19.5%

−37% … −5%

Clear decrease

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 432025 17

−16.8%

−33% … −5%

Clear decrease

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 682025 62

−4.3%

−16% … +8%

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 Bursa

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202350202438202517

Homicide cases

202343202428202517

Armed assault

202368202463202562

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner4 · 24%

Family member6 · 35%

Acquaintance1 · 6%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported6 · 35%

Method

Firearm11 · 65%

Knife or blade3 · 18%

Beating3 · 18%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death19 · 31%

Injury43 · 69%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

10homicides · 59%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 12%

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

District profiles

Compare

Bursa and Antalyasimilar population · 113.8
Bursa and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6
Bursa and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8