TRTurkey
Turkey: crime, homicide rate and trend
- 3.2 homicides per 100,000 people (2023)
- -25% in 10 years (since 2012)
- 16th lowest rate of 18 in Western Asia
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2023.
Safety 5 out of 10 compared with the world
Places in Turkey
- Adana 7/10
- Adıyaman 9/10
- Afyonkarahisar 5/10
- Ağrı 9/10
- Aksaray 2/10
- Amasya 5/10
- Ankara 8/10
- Antalya 1/10
- Ardahan 4/10
- Artvin 9/10
- Aydın 1/10
- Balıkesir 4/10
- Bartın 6/10
- Batman 10/10
- Bayburt 9/10
- Bilecik 7/10
- Bingöl 8/10
- Bitlis 9/10
- Bolu 6/10
- Burdur 2/10
- Bursa 7/10
- Çanakkale 3/10
- Çankırı 4/10
- Çorum 6/10
- Denizli 2/10
- Diyarbakır 9/10
- Düzce 7/10
- Edirne 2/10
- Elazığ 6/10
- Erzincan 5/10
- Erzurum 9/10
- Eskişehir 2/10
- Gaziantep 3/10
- Giresun 3/10
- Gümüşhane 8/10
- Hakkari 10/10
- Hatay 4/10
- Iğdır 2/10
- Isparta 1/10
- İstanbul 10/10
- İzmir 7/10
- Kahramanmaraş 5/10
- Karabük 3/10
- Karaman 3/10
- Kars 8/10
- Kastamonu 8/10
- Kayseri 1/10
- Kilis 2/10
- Kırıkkale 1/10
- Kırklareli 5/10
- Kırşehir 3/10
- Kocaeli 7/10
- Konya 5/10
- Kütahya 6/10
- Malatya 4/10
- Manisa 5/10
- Mardin 8/10
- Mersin 3/10
- Muğla 1/10
- Muş 10/10
- Nevşehir 1/10
- Niğde 3/10
- Ordu 6/10
- Osmaniye 2/10
- Rize 10/10
- Sakarya 8/10
- Samsun 5/10
- Şanlıurfa 10/10
- Siirt 10/10
- Sinop 4/10
- Sivas 7/10
- Şırnak 10/10
- Tekirdağ 6/10
- Tokat 8/10
- Trabzon 9/10
- Tunceli 4/10
- Uşak 1/10
- Van 10/10
- Yalova 4/10
- Yozgat 7/10
- Zonguldak 6/10
Crime recorded by the police (2024)
| Crime | Recorded | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Intentional homicide | 1,942 | 2.3 |
| Robbery | 11,926 | 14 |
| Burglary | 51,370 | 60.2 |
| of which: Burglary of homes | 29,976 | 35.1 |
| Theft | 85,958 | 100.7 |
Each country defines and records crime in its own way, so these figures compare a country with itself over time better than with other countries.
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 4.1 |
| 2010 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 5.1 |
| 2006 | 4.5 |
| 2005 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | 4.2 |
