Yalova

Marmara Region · population 311,635

Homicide index · 2025

101.4Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 33rd
Compared with Turkey: at average
Marmara Region: 93.3
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 97.3 · 42nd
2023 index: 80.2 · 64th

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Marmara 93 Yalova 101.4

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

4documented people

2024 · 4 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 2 · 0.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.2

index101.4

index 101.4 · 33rd

Homicide cases

4documented cases

2024 · 4 · 1.3 per 100,000

2023 · 2 · 0.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.1

index105

index 105

Armed assault

14documented cases

2024 · 3 · 1.0 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0004.5

Turkey1.8

index189

index 189 · 5th

In Yalova, homicides per 100,000 people are at the national average and armed assaults are 89% 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 Yalova province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 4 in 2024 and 4 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 3 and 14 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 6.9%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 42025 4

−11.4%

−39% … +31%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 42025 4

−12.3%

−32% … +14%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 32025 14

+4.0%

−17% … +44%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 22025 4

−6.9%

−24% … +17%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 22025 4

−8.0%

−22% … +11%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 12025 14

+4.1%

−12% … +34%

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 Yalova

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202322024420254

Homicide cases

202322024420254

Armed assault

2023120243202514

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner1 · 25%

Family member2 · 50%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported1 · 25%

Method

Firearm3 · 75%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating1 · 25%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 57%

Injury6 · 43%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

3homicides · 75%

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

Femicides

2homicides · 50%

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

District profiles

Compare

Yalova and Nevşehirsimilar population · 155.6
Yalova and Edirnehighest index in the Marmara Region · 147.6
Yalova and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8