Şanlıurfa

Southeastern Anatolia Region · population 2,265,800

Homicide index · 2025

131.6Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 13th
Compared with Turkey: 32% above
Southeastern Anatolia Region: 119.0
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 96.3 · 45th
2023 index: 80.5 · 63rd

5070100140

Southeastern Anatolia 119 Şanlıurfa 131.6

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

39documented people

2024 · 30 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 25 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.7

Turkey1.2

index131.6

index 131.6 · 13th

Homicide cases

34documented cases

2024 · 25 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 25 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.5

Turkey1.1

index128

index 128

Armed assault

53documented cases

2024 · 30 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 29 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.3

Turkey1.8

index130

index 130 · 16th

In Şanlıurfa, homicides per 100,000 people are 32% above the national average and armed assaults are 30% 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 Şanlıurfa province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 30 in 2024 and 39 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 30 and 53 in the same years. None of these changes goes beyond random year-to-year fluctuation. Over 2023–2025, the average annual rise in the number of people killed is estimated at 0.4%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 302025 39

−3.0%

−26% … +41%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 252025 34

−7.3%

−23% … +25%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 302025 53

+9.5%

−10% … +52%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 252025 39

+0.4%

−14% … +25%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 252025 34

−3.6%

−15% … +16%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 292025 53

+6.4%

−8% … +31%

No clear change

Trend across Turkey

Homicide12-month rolling total

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Homicide cases12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Armed assault12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Districts of Şanlıurfa

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202325202430202539

Homicide cases

202325202425202534

Armed assault

202329202430202553

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner4 · 12%

Family member12 · 35%

Acquaintance2 · 6%

Stranger3 · 9%

Not reported13 · 38%

Method

Firearm27 · 79%

Knife or blade5 · 15%

Beating1 · 3%

Other or not reported1 · 3%

5 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death35 · 66%

Injury18 · 34%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

16homicides · 47%

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

Femicides

5homicides · 15%

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

District profiles

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Şanlıurfa and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8