Six districts account for 25 percent of the crime rate in Istanbul, or a quarter of it. Beyoğlu is one of those districts. Beyoğlu is followed by Kadıköy, Bağcılar, Küçükçekmece, Fatih and Esenyurt. 

Esenyurt, Küçükçekmece, Bağcılar, and Esenler are at the top of the list of the most dangerous districts of Istanbul.


Personally, if I were to live in Istanbul, I would prefer to be in the Adalar (Princes Islands) district. The neighborhoods I have listed below are the ones with the highest crime rates: 

  • Gazi Mahallesi (Sultangazi)
  • Birlik Mahallesi (Ümraniye)
  • Sarıgöl (Gaziosmanpaşa)
  • Dolapdere (Beyoğlu)
  • Tarlabaşı (Beyoğlu)
  • Hacıhüsrev (Beyoğlu)
  • Kuştepe (Şişli)
  • Karabayır (Esenler)
  • Selamsız (Üsküdar)
  • Kanarya (Küçükçekmece)
  • Çakaldere, Taşlıbayır, Kaynarca (Pendik)
  • Yenisahra and Fikirtepe (Kadıköy)
  • Gülsuyu and Başıbüyük (Maltepe)
  • Topselvi and Kurfalı (Kartal)
  • Demirkapı and Ateştuğla (Bağcılar)
  • Çırpıcı (Zeytinburnu)
  • Soğanlı, Şirinevler and Yenibosna (Bahçelievler)
  • Mahmutşevket Paşa (Okmeydanı)
  • Sarıgazi (Sancaktepe)

As for the neighborhoods, Sarıgöl, Dolapdere, Tarlabaşı, Kuştepe, Gazi District, Kanarya, Birlik Mahallesi, Çırpıcı, Fikirtepe, Sarıgazi, Hacıhüsrev and Mevlanakapı come to the fore with those above.