Trabzon

Black Sea Region · population 823,323

Homicide index · 2025

58.1Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 80th
Compared with Turkey: 42% below
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: Under 70
2024 index: 86.8 · 60th
2023 index: 108.1 · 24th

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Black Sea 83 Trabzon 58.1

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

3documented people

2024 · 9 · 1.1 per 100,000

2023 · 14 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.4

Turkey1.2

index58.1

index 58.1 · 80th

Homicide cases

3documented cases

2024 · 7 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 11 · 1.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.4

Turkey1.1

index71

index 71

Armed assault

6documented cases

2024 · 12 · 1.5 per 100,000

2023 · 9 · 1.1 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.7

Turkey1.8

index54

index 54 · 77th

In Trabzon, homicides per 100,000 people are 42% below the national average and armed assaults are 46% 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 Trabzon province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 9 in 2024 and 3 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 12 and 6 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 14.1%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 92025 3

−17.2%

−47% … +17%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 72025 3

−14.2%

−35% … +8%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 122025 6

−5.1%

−29% … +19%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 142025 3

−14.1%

−33% … +3%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 112025 3

−12.5%

−29% … +2%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 92025 6

−4.4%

−21% … +15%

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 Trabzon

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

2023142024920253

Homicide cases

2023112024720253

Armed assault

2023920241220256

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner2 · 67%

Family member0 · 0%

Acquaintance1 · 33%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported0 · 0%

Method

Firearm3 · 100%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death3 · 50%

Injury3 · 50%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

2homicides · 67%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 67%

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

District profiles

Compare

Trabzon and Ordusimilar population · 66.6
Trabzon and Zonguldakhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 154.9
Trabzon and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8