Muş

Eastern Anatolia Region · population 389,127

Homicide index · 2025

76.1Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 70th
Compared with Turkey: 24% below
Eastern Anatolia Region: 86.4
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 81.1 · 67th
2023 index: 65.2 · 77th

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Eastern Anatolia 86 Muş 76.1

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

2documented people

2024 · 3 · 0.8 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.5

Turkey1.2

index76.1

index 76.1 · 70th

Homicide cases

2documented cases

2024 · 3 · 0.8 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.5

Turkey1.1

index86

index 86

Armed assault

3documented cases

2024 · 4 · 1.0 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.8

Turkey1.8

index65

index 65 · 63rd

In Muş, homicides per 100,000 people are 24% below 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 Muş province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 3 in 2024 and 2 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 4 and 3 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 7.9%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 32025 2

−12.9%

−42% … +28%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 32025 2

−12.9%

−33% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 42025 3

−2.2%

−25% … +26%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 12025 2

−7.9%

−25% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 12025 2

−8.7%

−23% … +10%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 12025 3

−2.2%

−19% … +20%

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 Muş

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202312024320252

Homicide cases

202312024320252

Armed assault

202312024420253

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 50%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported1 · 50%

Method

Firearm2 · 100%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death3 · 100%

Injury0 · 0%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

1homicides · 50%

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

Femicides

1homicides · 50%

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

District profiles

Compare

Muş and Kastamonusimilar population · 119.9
Muş and Iğdırhighest index in the Eastern Anatolia Region · 157.8
Muş and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8