Karabük

Black Sea Region · population 249,614

Homicide index · 2025

109.2Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 26th
Compared with Turkey: 9% above
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of under 250,000: 122.1
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 130.8 · 8th
2023 index: 109.8 · 22nd

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Black Sea 83 Karabük 109.2

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

4documented people

2024 · 7 · 2.8 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 2.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.6

Turkey1.2

index109.2

index 109.2 · 26th

Homicide cases

3documented cases

2024 · 7 · 2.8 per 100,000

2023 · 4 · 1.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.2

Turkey1.1

index103

index 103

Armed assault

4documented cases

2024 · 10 · 4.0 per 100,000

2023 · 8 · 3.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.6

Turkey1.8

index95

index 95 · 38th

In Karabük, homicides per 100,000 people are 9% above the national average and armed assaults are 5% 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 Karabük province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 7 in 2024 and 4 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 10 and 4 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 8.8%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 72025 4

−14.3%

−43% … +23%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 72025 3

−14.2%

−35% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 102025 4

−5.0%

−30% … +20%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 52025 4

−8.8%

−26% … +13%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 42025 3

−9.3%

−24% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 82025 4

−4.7%

−22% … +15%

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 Karabük

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202352024720254

Homicide cases

202342024720253

Armed assault

2023820241020254

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 33%

Family member1 · 33%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported1 · 33%

Method

Firearm1 · 33%

Knife or blade1 · 33%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported1 · 33%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death2 · 50%

Injury2 · 50%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

2homicides · 67%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 67%

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

District profiles

Compare

Karabük and Kırşehirsimilar population · 140.3
Karabük and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Karabük and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8