Nevşehir

Central Anatolia Region · population 320,150

Homicide index · 2025

155.6Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 4th
Compared with Turkey: 56% above
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 112.5 · 27th
2023 index: 109.8 · 21st

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Central Anatolia 99 Nevşehir 155.6

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

10documented people

2024 · 6 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 6 · 1.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0003.1

Turkey1.2

index155.6

index 155.6 · 4th

Homicide cases

8documented cases

2024 · 5 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 1.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.5

Turkey1.1

index132

index 132

Armed assault

15documented cases

2024 · 5 · 1.6 per 100,000

2023 · 7 · 2.2 per 100,000

Per 100,0004.7

Turkey1.8

index197

index 197 · 3rd

In Nevşehir, homicides per 100,000 people are 56% above the national average and armed assaults are 97% 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 Nevşehir province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 6 in 2024 and 10 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 5 and 15 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 5.5%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 62025 10

−7.2%

−34% … +42%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 52025 8

−10.6%

−29% … +19%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 52025 15

+4.1%

−16% … +44%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 62025 10

−5.5%

−21% … +19%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 52025 8

−6.9%

−20% … +13%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 72025 15

+0.2%

−16% … +24%

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

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Districts of Nevşehir

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023620246202510

Homicide cases

202352024520258

Armed assault

2023720245202515

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner4 · 50%

Family member1 · 13%

Acquaintance1 · 13%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 25%

Method

Firearm5 · 63%

Knife or blade2 · 25%

Beating1 · 13%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 53%

Injury7 · 47%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

5homicides · 63%

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

Femicides

3homicides · 38%

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

District profiles

Compare

Nevşehir and Bolusimilar population · 81.4
Nevşehir and Aksarayhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 144.9
Nevşehir and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8