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Kars

Eastern Anatolia Region · population 268,991
Homicide index · 2025
96.9Turkey
= 100
Among 81 provinces
40th
Compared with Turkey
3% below
Eastern Anatolia Region
86.4
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000
93.8
Class
90–110
2024 index
92.9 · 49th
2023 index
130.7 · 7th

Indicators · 2025

3documented people
2024 · 3 · 1.1 per 100,000
2023 · 8 · 2.9 per 100,000
Per 100,0001.1
Turkey1.2
index96.9
Homicide cases
3documented cases
2024 · 3 · 1.1 per 100,000
2023 · 5 · 1.8 per 100,000
Per 100,0001.1
Turkey1.1
index101
4documented cases
2024 · 3 · 1.1 per 100,000
2023 · 6 · 2.2 per 100,000
Per 100,0001.5
Turkey1.8
index92

In Kars, homicides per 100,000 people are 3% below the national average and armed assaults are 8% 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 Kars province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 3 in 2024 and 3 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 3 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 11.5%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval
Homicide · documented people
2024 32025 3
−11.4%
−40% … +32%
No clear change
Homicide cases · documented cases
2024 32025 3
−12.3%
−32% … +14%
No clear change
Armed assault · documented cases
2024 32025 4
−0.8%
−23% … +30%
No clear change
Change across Turkey
Trend · 2023–2025average a year · 95% interval
Homicide · documented people
2023 82025 3
−11.5%
−30% … +7%
No clear change
Homicide cases · documented cases
2023 52025 3
−10.0%
−25% … +7%
No clear change
Armed assault · documented cases
2023 62025 4
−4.7%
−22% … +14%
No clear change
Trend across Turkey
Homicide12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 8Jan 2024: 8Feb 2024: 8Mar 2024: 7Apr 2024: 7May 2024: 7Jun 2024: 5Jul 2024: 4Aug 2024: 1Sep 2024: 2Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 3Dec 2024: 3Jan 2025: 3Feb 2025: 3Mar 2025: 3Apr 2025: 5May 2025: 5Jun 2025: 5Jul 2025: 4Aug 2025: 4Sep 2025: 4Oct 2025: 3Nov 2025: 3Dec 2025: 383
Dec 2023Dec 2025
Homicide cases12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 5Jan 2024: 5Feb 2024: 5Mar 2024: 4Apr 2024: 4May 2024: 4Jun 2024: 3Jul 2024: 3Aug 2024: 1Sep 2024: 2Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 3Dec 2024: 3Jan 2025: 3Feb 2025: 3Mar 2025: 3Apr 2025: 5May 2025: 5Jun 2025: 5Jul 2025: 4Aug 2025: 4Sep 2025: 4Oct 2025: 3Nov 2025: 3Dec 2025: 353
Dec 2023Dec 2025
Armed assault12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 6Jan 2024: 6Feb 2024: 6Mar 2024: 5Apr 2024: 5May 2024: 5Jun 2024: 4Jul 2024: 4Aug 2024: 1Sep 2024: 2Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 3Dec 2024: 3Jan 2025: 3Feb 2025: 3Mar 2025: 3Apr 2025: 5May 2025: 5Jun 2025: 5Jul 2025: 4Aug 2025: 4Sep 2025: 4Oct 2025: 4Nov 2025: 4Dec 2025: 464
Dec 2023Dec 2025

Districts of Kars

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025
Homicide
202382024320253
Homicide cases
202352024320253
Armed assault
202362024320254

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship
Spouse or partner2 · 67%
Family member0 · 0%
Acquaintance1 · 33%
Stranger0 · 0%
Not reported0 · 0%
Method
Firearm1 · 33%
Knife or blade1 · 33%
Beating1 · 33%
Other or not reported0 · 0%
0 cases in which two or more people were killed
Armed assault · outcome
Death2 · 50%
Injury2 · 50%
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.

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