Samsun

Black Sea Region · population 1,392,403

Homicide index · 2025

99.2Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 36th
Compared with Turkey: at average
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million: 102.7
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 91.1 · 53rd
2023 index: 98.0 · 37th

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Black Sea 83 Samsun 99.2

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

17documented people

2024 · 17 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 20 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.2

Turkey1.2

index99.2

index 99.2 · 36th

Homicide cases

15documented cases

2024 · 16 · 1.2 per 100,000

2023 · 19 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.1

Turkey1.1

index101

index 101

Armed assault

45documented cases

2024 · 49 · 3.5 per 100,000

2023 · 68 · 4.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0003.2

Turkey1.8

index172

index 172 · 8th

In Samsun, homicides per 100,000 people are at the national average and armed assaults are 72% 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 Samsun province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 17 in 2024 and 17 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 49 and 45 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 8.9%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 172025 17

−10.1%

−35% … +28%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 162025 15

−12.1%

−30% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 492025 45

−3.2%

−22% … +18%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 202025 17

−8.9%

−24% … +9%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 192025 15

−9.8%

−23% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 682025 45

−10.8%

−24% … +1%

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 Samsun

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202320202417202517

Homicide cases

202319202416202515

Armed assault

202368202449202545

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner6 · 40%

Family member6 · 40%

Acquaintance1 · 7%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported2 · 13%

Method

Firearm6 · 40%

Knife or blade4 · 27%

Beating3 · 20%

Other or not reported2 · 13%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death10 · 22%

Injury35 · 78%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

12homicides · 80%

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

Femicides

7homicides · 47%

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

District profiles

Compare

Samsun and Kayserisimilar population · 124.0
Samsun and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Samsun and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8