Zonguldak

Black Sea Region · population 585,203

Homicide index · 2025

154.9Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 5th
Compared with Turkey: 55% above
Black Sea Region: 82.6
Provinces with a population of 500,000 – 1 million: 96.4
Class: 140 and over
2024 index: 79.8 · 69th
2023 index: 112.6 · 20th

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Black Sea 83 Zonguldak 154.9

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

15documented people

2024 · 5 · 0.9 per 100,000

2023 · 11 · 1.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.6

Turkey1.2

index154.9

index 154.9 · 5th

Homicide cases

11documented cases

2024 · 4 · 0.7 per 100,000

2023 · 10 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.9

Turkey1.1

index128

index 128

Armed assault

12documented cases

2024 · 18 · 3.1 per 100,000

2023 · 17 · 2.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.1

Turkey1.8

index112

index 112 · 23rd

In Zonguldak, homicides per 100,000 people are 55% above the national average and armed assaults are 12% 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 Zonguldak province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 5 in 2024 and 15 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 18 and 12 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 7.4%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 52025 15

−2.9%

−30% … +57%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 42025 11

−8.8%

−26% … +26%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 182025 12

−4.9%

−28% … +18%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 112025 15

−7.4%

−24% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 102025 11

−8.7%

−23% … +10%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 172025 12

−5.6%

−21% … +11%

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 Zonguldak

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

20231120245202515

Homicide cases

20231020244202511

Armed assault

202317202418202512

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner3 · 27%

Family member1 · 9%

Acquaintance1 · 9%

Stranger1 · 9%

Not reported5 · 45%

Method

Firearm3 · 27%

Knife or blade5 · 45%

Beating3 · 27%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

3 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death8 · 67%

Injury4 · 33%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

4homicides · 36%

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

Femicides

3homicides · 27%

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

District profiles

Compare

Zonguldak and Çanakkalesimilar population · 127.9
Zonguldak and Giresunhighest index in the Black Sea Region · 142.9
Zonguldak and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8