Kayseri

Central Anatolia Region · population 1,458,991

Homicide index · 2025

124.0Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 17th
Compared with Turkey: 24% above
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 87.9 · 55th
2023 index: 91.3 · 43rd

5070100140

Central Anatolia 99 Kayseri 124.0

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

24documented people

2024 · 17 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 19 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.6

Turkey1.2

index124.0

index 124.0 · 17th

Homicide cases

22documented cases

2024 · 16 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 19 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.5

Turkey1.1

index125

index 125

Armed assault

49documented cases

2024 · 42 · 2.9 per 100,000

2023 · 43 · 3.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0003.4

Turkey1.8

index178

index 178 · 7th

In Kayseri, homicides per 100,000 people are 24% above the national average and armed assaults are 78% 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 Kayseri province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 17 in 2024 and 24 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 42 and 49 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 3.9%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 172025 24

−3.3%

−28% … +45%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 162025 22

−8.7%

−25% … +22%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 422025 49

+1.9%

−16% … +29%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 192025 24

−3.9%

−18% … +18%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 192025 22

−6.2%

−18% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 432025 49

+0.3%

−12% … +16%

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 Kayseri

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202319202417202524

Homicide cases

202319202416202522

Armed assault

202343202442202549

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner5 · 23%

Family member5 · 23%

Acquaintance3 · 14%

Stranger3 · 14%

Not reported6 · 27%

Method

Firearm10 · 45%

Knife or blade9 · 41%

Beating1 · 5%

Other or not reported2 · 9%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death21 · 43%

Injury28 · 57%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

10homicides · 45%

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

Femicides

4homicides · 18%

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

District profiles

Compare

Kayseri and Manisasimilar population · 83.1
Kayseri and Nevşehirhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 155.6
Kayseri and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8