Municipality · NIS 11005 · closed 24/04/2026
Boom
1 929provisional
-1,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 961)
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
97,92 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 19 699 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Boom_fr.pdf · 128 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jeroen Baert
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / Samen2850 / 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
- 19 963
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 15,2 %3 043 out of 19 963
2010 : 7,2 % · 2026 : 15,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 203 7,2 % 2011 1 358 8,0 % 2012 1 460 8,5 % 2013 1 474 8,6 % 2014 1 467 8,5 % 2015 1 620 9,2 % 2016 1 772 10,0 % 2017 1 857 10,4 % 2018 1 955 10,9 % 2019 2 094 11,5 % 2020 2 278 12,3 % 2021 2 408 12,8 % 2022 2 494 13,2 % 2023 2 670 14,0 % 2024 2 897 14,9 % 2025 3 031 15,4 % 2026 3 043 15,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,0 %(599)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,1 %(814)
- Non-EU278,2 %(1 630)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin52,3 %(10 439)
- Belgians of foreign origin32,5 %(6 481)
- Non-Belgians15,2 %(3 043)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years23,4 %(4 668)
- 18-64 years59,7 %(11 919)
- 65 and over16,9 %(3 376)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
7,4 km² · 2 669 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 824 €total net taxable income, 11 211 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: 7,953
- Registered: 13,146 · turnout 60.9 %
- Blank and void: 56 (0.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 1,675 | 21.1 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,593 | 20.0 % | 5 |
| Samen2850 | 1,557 | 19.6 % | 5 |
| Vooruit | 1,445 | 18.2 % | 5 |
| BOOM + | 960 | 12.1 % | 3 |
| PVDA | 509 | 6.4 % | 1 |
| Open Vld | 214 | 2.7 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 929 | -1,6 % | 1 539 | |
| 399 | -16,0 % | 818 | |
| 396 | -21,6 % | 24 | |
| 194 | +7,2 % | 96 | |
| 175 | +38,9 % | 45 | |
| 143 | -7,1 % | 189 | |
| 104 | +19,5 % | 23 | |
| 97 | +32,9 % | - | |
| 91 | +30,0 % | 55 | |
| 61 | +38,6 % | 7 | |
| 50 | -44,4 % | - | |
| 48 | +60,0 % | 14 | |
| 37 | -19,6 % | 11 | |
| 28 | +86,7 % | 14 | |
| 26 | +18,2 % | 24 | |
| 21 | +16,7 % | 25 | |
| 16 | -27,3 % | 68 | |
| 16 | +14,3 % | 35 | |
| 10 | +25,0 % | - | |
| 10 | +42,9 % | 48 | |
| 10 | -44,4 % | 9 | |
| 9 | -18,2 % | 6 | |
| 8 | +300,0 % | - | |
| 8 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 7 | -58,8 % | 7 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
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| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
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| - | - | 9 | |
| - | - | 4 | |
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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.
Documented perimeters
5 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten5