Sakarya

Marmara Region · population 1,123,693

Homicide index · 2025

110.2Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 25th
Compared with Turkey: 10% above
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 123.0 · 15th
2023 index: 74.1 · 69th

5070100140

Marmara 93 Sakarya 110.2

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

16documented people

2024 · 21 · 1.9 per 100,000

2023 · 10 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.4

Turkey1.2

index110.2

index 110.2 · 25th

Homicide cases

11documented cases

2024 · 19 · 1.7 per 100,000

2023 · 10 · 0.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.0

Turkey1.1

index96

index 96

Armed assault

18documented cases

2024 · 26 · 2.3 per 100,000

2023 · 17 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.6

Turkey1.8

index92

index 92 · 41st

In Sakarya, homicides per 100,000 people are 10% above the national average and armed assaults are 8% 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 Sakarya province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 21 in 2024 and 16 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 26 and 18 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 6.3%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 212025 16

−13.8%

−41% … +22%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 192025 11

−15.4%

−36% … +4%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 262025 18

−5.8%

−29% … +16%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 102025 16

−6.3%

−23% … +18%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 102025 11

−8.9%

−23% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 172025 18

−3.0%

−19% … +17%

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 Sakarya

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202310202421202516

Homicide cases

202310202419202511

Armed assault

202317202426202518

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 9%

Family member4 · 36%

Acquaintance3 · 27%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported3 · 27%

Method

Firearm9 · 82%

Knife or blade2 · 18%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death11 · 61%

Injury7 · 39%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

5homicides · 45%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 18%

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

District profiles

Compare

Sakarya and Vansimilar population · 91.6
Sakarya and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6
Sakarya and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8