İzmir

Aegean Region · population 4,504,185

Homicide index · 2025

107.0Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 29th
Compared with Turkey: 7% above
Aegean Region: 107.4
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 113.9 · 24th
2023 index: 145.2 · 4th

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Aegean 107 İzmir 107.0

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

60documented people

2024 · 73 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 101 · 2.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.2

index107.0

index 107.0 · 29th

Homicide cases

50documented cases

2024 · 64 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 89 · 2.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.1

index104

index 104

Armed assault

81documented cases

2024 · 88 · 2.0 per 100,000

2023 · 115 · 2.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.8

Turkey1.8

index102

index 102 · 33rd

In İzmir, homicides per 100,000 people are 7% above the national average and armed assaults are 2% 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 İzmir province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 73 in 2024 and 60 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 88 and 81 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 15.8%; this trend goes beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 732025 60

−14.3%

−35% … +10%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 642025 50

−14.7%

−31% … +2%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 882025 81

−3.6%

−21% … +15%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 1012025 60

−15.8%

−29% … −4%

Clear decrease

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 892025 50

−16.1%

−28% … −6%

Clear decrease

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 1152025 81

−11.0%

−22% … −1%

Clear decrease

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 İzmir

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023101202473202560

Homicide cases

202389202464202550

Armed assault

2023115202488202581

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner12 · 24%

Family member19 · 38%

Acquaintance8 · 16%

Stranger1 · 2%

Not reported10 · 20%

Method

Firearm30 · 60%

Knife or blade14 · 28%

Beating4 · 8%

Other or not reported2 · 4%

8 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death53 · 65%

Injury28 · 35%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

31homicides · 62%

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

Femicides

18homicides · 36%

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

District profiles

Compare

İzmir and Bursasimilar population · 50.7
İzmir and Afyonkarahisarhighest index in the Aegean Region · 166.1
İzmir and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8