Municipality · NIS 13006 · closed 24/04/2026
Dessel
501provisional
+9,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (456)
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
49,72 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 076 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Dessel_fr.pdf · 107 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kris Van Dijck
List: N-VA/cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA/cd&v
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
- 10 191
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 11,4 %1 161 out of 10 191
2010 : 4,4 % · 2026 : 11,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 400 4,4 % 2011 411 4,5 % 2012 438 4,7 % 2013 460 5,0 % 2014 484 5,2 % 2015 517 5,5 % 2016 531 5,6 % 2017 585 6,1 % 2018 607 6,4 % 2019 673 7,0 % 2020 727 7,6 % 2021 800 8,3 % 2022 822 8,5 % 2023 966 9,9 % 2024 1 047 10,6 % 2025 1 143 11,3 % 2026 1 161 11,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*4,7 %(478)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,8 %(286)
- Non-EU273,9 %(397)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin79,3 %(8 084)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,3 %(946)
- Non-Belgians11,4 %(1 161)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(1 973)
- 18-64 years59,0 %(6 015)
- 65 and over21,6 %(2 203)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
27,4 km² · 367 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 116 €total net taxable income, 5 798 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: 4,601
- Registered: 7,260 · turnout 64.1 %
- Blank and void: 50 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA/cd&v | 3,053 | 66.4 % | 16 |
| D&W | 1,066 | 23.2 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 482 | 10.5 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | +9,9 % | 523 | |
| 92 | -22,7 % | 30 | |
| 86 | -6,5 % | 239 | |
| 67 | +24,1 % | 15 | |
| 43 | +19,4 % | 35 | |
| 38 | +15,2 % | 105 | |
| 36 | +80,0 % | - | |
| 28 | +33,3 % | 1 | |
| 24 | +33,3 % | 11 | |
| 20 | -9,1 % | - | |
| 15 | +25,0 % | 14 | |
| 13 | +160,0 % | - | |
| 12 | +50,0 % | 5 | |
| 8 | +300,0 % | 1 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 9 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 7 | |
| 5 | - | 3 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -66,7 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | 26 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 3 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 12 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - |
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.