Sinop

Black Sea Region · population 225,848

Homicide index · 2025

81.6Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 61st
Compared with Turkey: 18% below
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of under 250,000: 122.1
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 89.2 · 54th
2023 index: 130.3 · 8th

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Black Sea 83 Sinop 81.6

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

1documented people

2024 · 2 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 7 · 3.0 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.4

Turkey1.2

index81.6

index 81.6 · 61st

Homicide cases

1documented cases

2024 · 2 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 5 · 2.2 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.4

Turkey1.1

index90

index 90

Armed assault

2documented cases

2024 · 2 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 4 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.9

Turkey1.8

index75

index 75 · 54th

In Sinop, homicides per 100,000 people are 18% below the national average and armed assaults are 25% 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 Sinop province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 2 in 2024 and 1 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 2 and 2 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 12.5%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 22025 1

−13.1%

−42% … +28%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 22025 1

−13.0%

−33% … +12%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 22025 2

−1.6%

−24% … +28%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 72025 1

−12.5%

−32% … +6%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 52025 1

−11.2%

−27% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 42025 2

−4.9%

−22% … +14%

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 Sinop

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202372024220251

Homicide cases

202352024220251

Armed assault

202342024220252

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner0 · 0%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported1 · 100%

Method

Firearm0 · 0%

Knife or blade1 · 100%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death1 · 50%

Injury1 · 50%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

0homicides · 0%

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

Sinop and Bileciksimilar population · 132.5
Sinop and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Sinop and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8