Giresun

Black Sea Region · population 455,074

Homicide index · 2025

142.9Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 10th
Compared with Turkey: 43% above
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 104.2 · 35th
2023 index: 67.8 · 76th

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Black Sea 83 Giresun 142.9

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

11documented people

2024 · 7 · 1.5 per 100,000

2023 · 2 · 0.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.4

Turkey1.2

index142.9

index 142.9 · 10th

Homicide cases

8documented cases

2024 · 6 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 2 · 0.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.8

Turkey1.1

index120

index 120

Armed assault

14documented cases

2024 · 5 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 3 · 0.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0003.1

Turkey1.8

index150

index 150 · 11th

In Giresun, homicides per 100,000 people are 43% above the national average and armed assaults are 50% 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 Giresun province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 7 in 2024 and 11 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 5 and 14 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 3.2%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 72025 11

−7.4%

−34% … +41%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 62025 8

−11.0%

−29% … +17%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 52025 14

+3.7%

−17% … +43%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 22025 11

−3.2%

−20% … +26%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 22025 8

−6.0%

−20% … +16%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 32025 14

+4.6%

−11% … +34%

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 Giresun

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023220247202511

Homicide cases

202322024620258

Armed assault

2023320245202514

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner0 · 0%

Family member4 · 50%

Acquaintance1 · 13%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported3 · 38%

Method

Firearm6 · 75%

Knife or blade1 · 13%

Beating1 · 13%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death7 · 50%

Injury7 · 50%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

4homicides · 50%

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

Femicides

1homicides · 13%

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

District profiles

Compare

Giresun and Ispartasimilar population · 79.9
Giresun and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Giresun and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8