Mardin

Southeastern Anatolia Region · population 903,576

Homicide index · 2025

104.7Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 32nd
Compared with Turkey: 5% above
Southeastern Anatolia Region: 119.0
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 97.1 · 43rd
2023 index: 131.1 · 6th

5070100140

Southeastern Anatolia 119 Mardin 104.7

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

12documented people

2024 · 12 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 20 · 2.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.2

index104.7

index 104.7 · 32nd

Homicide cases

8documented cases

2024 · 11 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 15 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.1

index92

index 92

Armed assault

9documented cases

2024 · 11 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 15 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.8

index65

index 65 · 62nd

In Mardin, homicides per 100,000 people are 5% above the national average and armed assaults are 35% 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 Mardin province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 12 in 2024 and 12 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 11 and 9 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 11.2%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 122025 12

−10.9%

−38% … +30%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 112025 8

−13.5%

−33% … +10%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 112025 9

−2.8%

−25% … +24%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 202025 12

−11.2%

−28% … +7%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 152025 8

−11.8%

−27% … +2%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 152025 9

−7.0%

−23% … +9%

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 Mardin

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202320202412202512

Homicide cases

20231520241120258

Armed assault

20231520241120259

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 13%

Family member2 · 25%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported5 · 63%

Method

Firearm5 · 63%

Knife or blade1 · 13%

Beating1 · 13%

Other or not reported1 · 13%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death6 · 67%

Injury3 · 33%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

3homicides · 38%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 25%

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

District profiles

Compare

Mardin and Eskişehirsimilar population · 81.2
Mardin and Diyarbakırhighest index in the Southeastern Anatolia Region · 154.1
Mardin and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8