Municipality · NIS 13003 · closed 24/04/2026
Balen
967provisional
+9,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (882)
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
40,67 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 23 777 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Balen_fr.pdf · 119 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Sofie Leysen
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / Vooruit
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 23 916
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,3 %1 756 out of 23 916
2010 : 4,2 % · 2026 : 7,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 888 4,2 % 2011 947 4,4 % 2012 989 4,6 % 2013 1 056 4,9 % 2014 1 079 4,9 % 2015 1 074 4,9 % 2016 1 176 5,3 % 2017 1 188 5,3 % 2018 1 224 5,5 % 2019 1 301 5,8 % 2020 1 369 6,0 % 2021 1 372 6,0 % 2022 1 397 6,1 % 2023 1 597 6,9 % 2024 1 646 7,0 % 2025 1 690 7,1 % 2026 1 756 7,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,7 %(878)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,6 %(372)
- Non-EU272,1 %(506)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin83,5 %(19 979)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,1 %(2 181)
- Non-Belgians7,3 %(1 756)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,7 %(4 463)
- 18-64 years59,9 %(14 323)
- 65 and over21,5 %(5 130)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
73 km² · 326 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 230 €total net taxable income, 13 812 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.
Elections
- Valid votes: 10,755
- Registered: 17,875 · turnout 60.4 %
- Blank and void: 41 (0.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 3,818 | 35.5 % | 11 |
| N-VA | 2,179 | 20.3 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,967 | 18.3 % | 5 |
| Vooruit | 1,273 | 11.8 % | 3 |
| DEGOEIZAAK | 916 | 8.5 % | 2 |
| PVDA | 416 | 3.9 % | 0 |
| VVP Balen Olmen | 186 | 1.7 % | 0 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 967 | +9,6 % | 914 | |
| 211 | +17,9 % | 400 | |
| 163 | +20,7 % | 31 | |
| 100 | +17,6 % | 70 | |
| 79 | -13,2 % | 123 | |
| 77 | +51,0 % | - | |
| 51 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 46 | -9,8 % | 53 | |
| 45 | +12,5 % | - | |
| 41 | +24,2 % | 5 | |
| 32 | +39,1 % | 7 | |
| 27 | -42,6 % | 26 | |
| 25 | -28,6 % | 41 | |
| 21 | -36,4 % | 26 | |
| 19 | +46,2 % | 4 | |
| 18 | +20,0 % | 34 | |
| 14 | -6,7 % | 36 | |
| 11 | +37,5 % | 5 | |
| 9 | +28,6 % | 5 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 11 | |
| 6 | -40,0 % | 5 | |
| 4 | - | 2 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 3 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | 2 | |
| - | - | 14 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 4 | |
| - | - | - |
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.