Hatay

Mediterranean Region · population 1,577,531

Homicide index · 2025

86.8Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 50th
Compared with Turkey: 13% below
Mediterranean Region: 113.1
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 53.1 · 79th
2023 index: 67.9 · 75th

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Mediterranean 113 Hatay 86.8

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

16documented people

2024 · 8 · 0.5 per 100,000

2023 · 13 · 0.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.2

index86.8

index 86.8 · 50th

Homicide cases

15documented cases

2024 · 7 · 0.4 per 100,000

2023 · 12 · 0.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.1

index94

index 94

Armed assault

16documented cases

2024 · 9 · 0.6 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 0.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.8

index63

index 63 · 66th

In Hatay, homicides per 100,000 people are 13% below the national average and armed assaults are 37% below 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 Hatay province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 8 in 2024 and 16 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 9 and 16 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 6.6%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 82025 16

−2.8%

−29% … +53%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 72025 15

−8.1%

−25% … +27%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 92025 16

+2.7%

−18% … +38%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 132025 16

−6.6%

−22% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 122025 15

−7.9%

−22% … +11%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 92025 16

+1.9%

−13% … +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 Hatay

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20231320248202516

Homicide cases

20231220247202515

Armed assault

2023920249202516

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner5 · 33%

Family member5 · 33%

Acquaintance3 · 20%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 13%

Method

Firearm8 · 53%

Knife or blade3 · 20%

Beating3 · 20%

Other or not reported1 · 7%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death12 · 75%

Injury4 · 25%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

10homicides · 67%

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

Femicides

6homicides · 40%

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

District profiles

Compare

Hatay and Manisasimilar population · 83.1
Hatay and Adanahighest index in the Mediterranean Region · 173.5
Hatay and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8