Malatya

Eastern Anatolia Region · population 755,854

Homicide index · 2025

110.3Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 24th
Compared with Turkey: 10% above
Eastern Anatolia Region: 86.4
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 118.8 · 19th
2023 index: 99.5 · 34th

5070100140

Eastern Anatolia 86 Malatya 110.3

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

11documented people

2024 · 14 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 11 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.5

Turkey1.2

index110.3

index 110.3 · 24th

Homicide cases

10documented cases

2024 · 12 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 11 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.1

index110

index 110

Armed assault

29documented cases

2024 · 28 · 3.7 per 100,000

2023 · 26 · 3.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0003.8

Turkey1.8

index190

index 190 · 4th

In Malatya, homicides per 100,000 people are 10% above the national average and armed assaults are 90% 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 Malatya province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 14 in 2024 and 11 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 28 and 29 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 7.6%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 142025 11

−13.4%

−40% … +23%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 122025 10

−12.9%

−32% … +11%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 282025 29

−0.9%

−21% … +25%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 112025 11

−7.6%

−23% … +13%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 112025 10

−8.9%

−22% … +8%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 262025 29

−1.2%

−14% … +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 Malatya

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202311202414202511

Homicide cases

202311202412202510

Armed assault

202326202428202529

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner3 · 30%

Family member4 · 40%

Acquaintance1 · 10%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 20%

Method

Firearm5 · 50%

Knife or blade4 · 40%

Beating1 · 10%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death10 · 34%

Injury19 · 66%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

7homicides · 70%

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

Femicides

4homicides · 40%

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

District profiles

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