Sivas

Central Anatolia Region · population 631,401

Homicide index · 2025

121.8Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 18th
Compared with Turkey: 22% above
Central Anatolia Region: 98.8
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 110–140
2024 index: 94.3 · 48th
2023 index: 107.1 · 26th

5070100140

Central Anatolia 99 Sivas 121.8

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

11documented people

2024 · 8 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 11 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.7

Turkey1.2

index121.8

index 121.8 · 18th

Homicide cases

9documented cases

2024 · 7 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 1.4 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.4

Turkey1.1

index113

index 113

Armed assault

15documented cases

2024 · 9 · 1.4 per 100,000

2023 · 10 · 1.5 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.4

Turkey1.8

index126

index 126 · 17th

In Sivas, homicides per 100,000 people are 22% above the national average and armed assaults are 26% 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 Sivas province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 8 in 2024 and 11 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 9 and 15 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 7.6%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 82025 11

−7.8%

−34% … +39%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 72025 9

−10.9%

−29% … +17%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 92025 15

+2.2%

−18% … +37%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 112025 11

−7.6%

−23% … +14%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 92025 9

−8.2%

−22% … +9%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 102025 15

+0.9%

−14% … +23%

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 Sivas

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20231120248202511

Homicide cases

202392024720259

Armed assault

20231020249202515

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner0 · 0%

Family member5 · 56%

Acquaintance1 · 11%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported3 · 33%

Method

Firearm4 · 44%

Knife or blade5 · 56%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

2 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death11 · 73%

Injury4 · 27%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

5homicides · 56%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 22%

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

District profiles

Compare

Sivas and Adıyamansimilar population · 68.2
Sivas and Nevşehirhighest index in the Central Anatolia Region · 155.6
Sivas and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8