Çanakkale

Marmara Region · population 573,976

Homicide index · 2025

127.9Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 15th
Compared with Turkey: 28% above
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 119.0 · 18th
2023 index: 85.0 · 57th

5070100140

Marmara 93 Çanakkale 127.9

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

11documented people

2024 · 11 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 6 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.2

index127.9

index 127.9 · 15th

Homicide cases

10documented cases

2024 · 9 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 6 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.7

Turkey1.1

index123

index 123

Armed assault

11documented cases

2024 · 8 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.8

index106

index 106 · 27th

In Çanakkale, homicides per 100,000 people are 28% above the national average and armed assaults are 6% 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 Çanakkale province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 11 in 2024 and 11 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 8 and 11 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 4.5%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 112025 11

−10.8%

−37% … +30%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 92025 10

−11.4%

−30% … +15%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 82025 11

+0.3%

−21% … +32%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 62025 11

−4.5%

−20% … +21%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 62025 10

−6.5%

−20% … +14%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 52025 11

+1.1%

−14% … +25%

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 Çanakkale

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20236202411202511

Homicide cases

2023620249202510

Armed assault

2023520248202511

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner3 · 30%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance2 · 20%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported5 · 50%

Method

Firearm6 · 60%

Knife or blade1 · 10%

Beating1 · 10%

Other or not reported2 · 20%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 73%

Injury3 · 27%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

3homicides · 30%

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

Femicides

3homicides · 30%

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

District profiles

Compare

Çanakkale and Şırnaksimilar population · 106.5
Çanakkale and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6
Çanakkale and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8