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Jammu and Kashmir state, India: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Jammu and Kashmir state

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 23.

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Jammu and Kashmir state, India in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 4P. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 23 eventsP in Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 32P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 9 regions of India with a page, Jammu and Kashmir state has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Jammu and Kashmir state holds 15 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in India in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 72 events in Jammu and Kashmir state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 23P, which is down 68 percent. Over the same periods, the count for India as a whole went from 235 to 151P, which is down 36 percent. Events of state-based armed conflict are 91 percentP of the events in Jammu and Kashmir state in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For India, the share is 55 percentP.

Table 1. Jammu and Kashmir state, India: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events3023
Estimated deaths, best estimate4032
Low estimate of deaths4032
High estimate of deaths4032
Deaths of civilians004

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Jammu and Kashmir state, India on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Jammu and Kashmir state by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Jammu and Kashmir state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 23 events with 32 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Jammu and Kashmir state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of India22P30P
Government of Pakistan24
Jaish-i-Mohammed1P2P
Kashmir insurgents19P25P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Jammu and Kashmir state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Jammu and Kashmir state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Anantnag district1P1P
Badgam district2P2P
Baramulla district2P2P
Doda district1P1P
Kishtwar district6P10P
Kulgam district1P2P
Kupwara district24
Poonch district1P1P
Shopian district1P1P
Udhampur district3P5P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Jammu and Kashmir state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict21P91%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians2P9%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Jammu and Kashmir state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P4PCandidate Events
July 20264P5PCandidate Events
June 20261P1PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20264P7PCandidate Events
January 20265P7PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202512GED
October 202512GED
September 202537GED
August 2025710GED
July 202525GED
June 202534GED
May 20251843GED
April 20251140GED
March 202527GED
February 2025513GED
January 202523GED
December 202426GED
November 2024912GED
October 2024820GED
September 2024713GED
August 2024711GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Jammu and Kashmir state, India: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/india/jammu-and-kashmir-state/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Jammu and Kashmir state, India in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Jammu and Kashmir state, India in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Jammu and Kashmir state, India in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 32P. The low estimate is 32 and the high estimate is 32P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.