Mersin

Mediterranean Region · population 1,956,428

Homicide index · 2025

86.6Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 52nd
Compared with Turkey: 13% below
Mediterranean Region: 113.1
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 110.0 · 30th
2023 index: 81.3 · 62nd

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Mediterranean 113 Mersin 86.6

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

20documented people

2024 · 31 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 22 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.2

index86.6

index 86.6 · 52nd

Homicide cases

17documented cases

2024 · 20 · 1.0 per 100,000

2023 · 19 · 1.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.1

index88

index 88

Armed assault

19documented cases

2024 · 18 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 19 · 1.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.8

index60

index 60 · 70th

In Mersin, homicides per 100,000 people are 13% below the national average and armed assaults are 40% 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 Mersin province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 31 in 2024 and 20 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 18 and 19 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 8.2%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 312025 20

−16.8%

−43% … +13%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 202025 17

−12.8%

−31% … +10%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 182025 19

−0.9%

−21% … +27%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 222025 20

−8.2%

−24% … +12%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 192025 17

−8.7%

−21% … +7%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 192025 19

−2.8%

−17% … +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 Mersin

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202322202431202520

Homicide cases

202319202420202517

Armed assault

202319202418202519

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner2 · 12%

Family member5 · 29%

Acquaintance1 · 6%

Stranger1 · 6%

Not reported8 · 47%

Method

Firearm12 · 71%

Knife or blade4 · 24%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported1 · 6%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death17 · 89%

Injury2 · 11%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

7homicides · 41%

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

Femicides

4homicides · 24%

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

District profiles

Compare

Mersin and Diyarbakırsimilar population · 154.1
Mersin and Adanahighest index in the Mediterranean Region · 173.5
Mersin and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8