Denizli

Aegean Region · population 1,060,975

Homicide index · 2025

144.4Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 9th
Compared with Turkey: 44% above
Aegean Region: 107.4
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 131.2 · 7th
2023 index: 146.2 · 3rd

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Aegean 107 Denizli 144.4

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

22documented people

2024 · 22 · 2.1 per 100,000

2023 · 27 · 2.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.1

Turkey1.2

index144.4

index 144.4 · 9th

Homicide cases

19documented cases

2024 · 20 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 24 · 2.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.8

Turkey1.1

index135

index 135

Armed assault

22documented cases

2024 · 24 · 2.3 per 100,000

2023 · 29 · 2.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.1

Turkey1.8

index115

index 115 · 22nd

In Denizli, homicides per 100,000 people are 44% above the national average and armed assaults are 15% 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 Denizli province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 22 in 2024 and 22 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 24 and 22 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 9.3%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 222025 22

−9.7%

−34% … +28%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 202025 19

−11.8%

−29% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 242025 22

−2.5%

−23% … +22%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 272025 22

−9.3%

−24% … +8%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 242025 19

−9.8%

−22% … +4%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 292025 22

−6.3%

−21% … +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 Denizli

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202327202422202522

Homicide cases

202324202420202519

Armed assault

202329202424202522

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 5%

Family member7 · 37%

Acquaintance5 · 26%

Stranger1 · 5%

Not reported5 · 26%

Method

Firearm8 · 42%

Knife or blade4 · 21%

Beating6 · 32%

Other or not reported1 · 5%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death12 · 55%

Injury10 · 45%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

8homicides · 42%

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

Femicides

3homicides · 16%

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

District profiles

Compare

Denizli and Muğlasimilar population · 97.2
Denizli and Afyonkarahisarhighest index in the Aegean Region · 166.1
Denizli and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8