Niğde

Central Anatolia Region · population 374,492

Homicide index · 2025

85.9Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 54th
Compared with Turkey: 14% below
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 159.6 · 3rd
2023 index: 95.4 · 40th

5070100140

Central Anatolia 99 Niğde 85.9

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

3documented people

2024 · 13 · 3.5 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.8

Turkey1.2

index85.9

index 85.9 · 54th

Homicide cases

3documented cases

2024 · 11 · 3.0 per 100,000

2023 · 3 · 0.8 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.8

Turkey1.1

index93

index 93

Armed assault

7documented cases

2024 · 12 · 3.2 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.8

index104

index 104 · 30th

In Niğde, homicides per 100,000 people are 14% below the national average and armed assaults are 4% 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 Niğde province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 13 in 2024 and 3 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 12 and 7 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 9.3%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 132025 3

−20.3%

−51% … +11%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 112025 3

−15.6%

−38% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 122025 7

−4.6%

−28% … +20%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 52025 3

−9.3%

−28% … +13%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 32025 3

−9.3%

−25% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 52025 7

−3.0%

−20% … +18%

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 Niğde

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023520241320253

Homicide cases

2023320241120253

Armed assault

2023520241220257

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 33%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 67%

Method

Firearm0 · 0%

Knife or blade1 · 33%

Beating2 · 67%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death1 · 14%

Injury6 · 86%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

1homicides · 33%

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

Femicides

0homicides · 0%

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

District profiles

Compare

Niğde and Uşaksimilar population · 94.6
Niğde and Nevşehirhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 155.6
Niğde and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8