Muğla

Aegean Region · population 1,099,547

Homicide index · 2025

97.2Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 38th
Compared with Turkey: 3% below
Aegean Region: 107.4
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 112.2 · 28th
2023 index: 100.2 · 33rd

5070100140

Aegean 107 Muğla 97.2

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

13documented people

2024 · 18 · 1.7 per 100,000

2023 · 16 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.2

Turkey1.2

index97.2

index 97.2 · 38th

Homicide cases

11documented cases

2024 · 15 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 14 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.1

index97

index 97

Armed assault

21documented cases

2024 · 17 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 17 · 1.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.8

index107

index 107 · 26th

In Muğla, homicides per 100,000 people are 3% below the national average and armed assaults are 7% 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 Muğla province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 18 in 2024 and 13 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 17 and 21 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 9.2%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 182025 13

−14.7%

−41% … +19%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 152025 11

−13.8%

−33% … +8%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 172025 21

+0.7%

−19% … +30%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 162025 13

−9.2%

−25% … +10%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 142025 11

−9.7%

−23% … +6%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 172025 21

−0.6%

−15% … +19%

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 Muğla

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202316202418202513

Homicide cases

202314202415202511

Armed assault

202317202417202521

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner2 · 18%

Family member5 · 45%

Acquaintance2 · 18%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 18%

Method

Firearm4 · 36%

Knife or blade4 · 36%

Beating3 · 27%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death11 · 52%

Injury10 · 48%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

7homicides · 64%

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

Femicides

4homicides · 36%

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

District profiles

Compare

Muğla and Vansimilar population · 91.6
Muğla and Afyonkarahisarhighest index in the Aegean Region · 166.1
Muğla and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8