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Leuven

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32 563provisional

+2,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (31 929)

2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more

Source: rapport_2025_trim4_arro_Leuven_fr.pdf · 151 pages

Profile

Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line. Counts: somme des communes de l'arrondissement administratif de Louvain (sums, not an average of percentages).

Population on 1 January 2026
533 629

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
10,5 %56 055 out of 533 629
2010 : 6,3 % · 2026 : 10,5 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
201030 3166,3 %
201132 6476,7 %
201233 9796,9 %
201334 3057,0 %
201435 3087,1 %
201536 8797,4 %
201638 4537,7 %
201740 6958,1 %
201842 8348,5 %
201944 2428,7 %
202046 1099,0 %
202145 9529,0 %
202248 6959,4 %
202352 67510,1 %
202454 54110,3 %
202556 25810,6 %
202656 05510,5 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,9 %(10 068)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,2 %(16 973)
  • Non-EU275,4 %(29 014)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin75,4 %(402 595)
  • Belgians of foreign origin14,1 %(74 979)
  • Non-Belgians10,5 %(56 055)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years18,2 %(96 958)
  • 18-64 years59,8 %(319 322)
  • 65 and over22,0 %(117 349)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

1 169,2 km² · 454 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

34 926 €total net taxable income, 305 327 returns

Statbel, income 2023

Definitions
  • « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
  • Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
  • Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
  • Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
  • These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.

Main categories

Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).

No rates published for police zones or judicial arrondissements (no official reference population attached).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
32 563+2,0 %28 854
8 249-6,8 %12 240
3 230+30,5 %-
2 704+4,6 %1 662
2 592-0,7 %1 905
2 566+3,3 %3 625
2 448-5,3 %3 198
1 949+63,2 %3
1 642+14,9 %481
1 586+9,3 %325
1 383+0,8 %379
1 179+23,5 %55
975-6,3 %1 035
653-3,7 %578
648-6,8 %321
546-3,2 %270
441+10,8 %379
395-11,0 %711
351+12,9 %220
289+7,8 %555
190-24,0 %95
117+13,6 %185
87-23,0 %33
66+22,2 %21
56+47,4 %23
310,0 %23
26-27,8 %-
220,0 %102
18+20,0 %58
17+41,7 %2
10+42,9 %11
8-38,5 %-
8-11,1 %61
7-56,3 %14
7+75,0 %-
6+200,0 %-
6+20,0 %18
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1-75,0 %256
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Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).

2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.

Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.

Crime types and phenomena, 2025