Erzurum

Eastern Anatolia Region · population 736,877

Homicide index · 2025

93.1Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 43rd
Compared with Turkey: 7% below
Eastern Anatolia Region: 86.4
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 124.8 · 13th
2023 index: 78.5 · 65th

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Eastern Anatolia 86 Erzurum 93.1

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

8documented people

2024 · 15 · 2.0 per 100,000

2023 · 7 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.2

index93.1

index 93.1 · 43rd

Homicide cases

7documented cases

2024 · 12 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 7 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.1

index96

index 96

Armed assault

19documented cases

2024 · 21 · 2.8 per 100,000

2023 · 13 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.6

Turkey1.8

index135

index 135 · 13th

In Erzurum, homicides per 100,000 people are 7% below the national average and armed assaults are 35% 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 Erzurum province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 15 in 2024 and 8 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 21 and 19 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 8.1%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 152025 8

−16.8%

−45% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 122025 7

−14.3%

−35% … +7%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 212025 19

−2.4%

−23% … +23%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 72025 8

−8.1%

−26% … +15%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 72025 7

−8.9%

−23% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 132025 19

+0.7%

−14% … +22%

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 Erzurum

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023720241520258

Homicide cases

2023720241220257

Armed assault

202313202421202519

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 14%

Family member2 · 29%

Acquaintance1 · 14%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported3 · 43%

Method

Firearm4 · 57%

Knife or blade3 · 43%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death7 · 37%

Injury12 · 63%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

3homicides · 43%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 29%

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

District profiles

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