İstanbul

Marmara Region · population 15,754,053

Homicide index · 2025

95.8Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 41st
Compared with Turkey: 4% below
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 86.6 · 61st
2023 index: 88.9 · 50th

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Marmara 93 İstanbul 95.8

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

186documented people

2024 · 190 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 207 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.2

Turkey1.2

index95.8

index 95.8 · 41st

Homicide cases

166documented cases

2024 · 169 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 181 · 1.2 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.1

index99

index 99

Armed assault

271documented cases

2024 · 235 · 1.5 per 100,000

2023 · 300 · 1.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.7

Turkey1.8

index98

index 98 · 37th

In İstanbul, homicides per 100,000 people are 4% below the national average and armed assaults are 2% 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 İstanbul province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 190 in 2024 and 186 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 235 and 271 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 6.8%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation. Official figures from İstanbul Emniyet Müdürlüğü give 355 people killed in 2024 and 307 in 2025.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 1902025 186

−6.8%

−22% … +14%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 1692025 166

−8.8%

−21% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 2352025 271

+6.3%

−7% … +26%

No clear change

People killed, official · İstanbul Emniyet Müdürlüğü

2024 3552025 307

−13.8%

−26% … +1%

No clear change

Homicide incidents, official · İstanbul Emniyet Müdürlüğü

2024 3332025 291

−12.9%

−26% … +2%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 2072025 186

−6.8%

−15% … +3%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 1812025 166

−6.6%

−14% … +3%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 3002025 271

−4.3%

−17% … +9%

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 İstanbul

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202320720241902025186

Homicide cases

202318120241692025166

Armed assault

202330020242352025271

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner33 · 20%

Family member44 · 27%

Acquaintance19 · 11%

Stranger8 · 5%

Not reported62 · 37%

Method

Firearm102 · 61%

Knife or blade33 · 20%

Beating22 · 13%

Other or not reported9 · 5%

14 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death150 · 55%

Injury121 · 45%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

77homicides · 46%

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

Femicides

36homicides · 22%

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

District profiles

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İstanbul and Ankarasimilar population · 58.7
İstanbul and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6