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Municipality · NIS 13014 · closed 24/04/2026

Hoogstraten

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1 362provisional

+6,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 278)

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

60,8 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 22 403 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Antwerpen_Hoogstraten_fr.pdf · 124 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Tinne Rombouts

    List: samen! / cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 06/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): samen! / cd&v / Hoogstraten LEEFT

    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
22 525

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
31,9 %7 178 out of 22 525
2010 : 23,4 % · 2026 : 31,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20104 62823,4 %
20114 85324,2 %
20125 06624,9 %
20135 17725,2 %
20145 40525,9 %
20155 60026,6 %
20165 74327,1 %
20175 89227,7 %
20185 96428,0 %
20196 03028,2 %
20206 09328,4 %
20216 21028,8 %
20226 50029,7 %
20236 79930,6 %
20246 94231,2 %
20257 05431,5 %
20267 17831,9 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*19,6 %(4 410)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries9,7 %(2 185)
  • Non-EU272,6 %(583)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin53,4 %(12 031)
  • Belgians of foreign origin14,7 %(3 316)
  • Non-Belgians31,9 %(7 178)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years19,2 %(4 327)
  • 18-64 years58,8 %(13 254)
  • 65 and over21,9 %(4 944)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

105,4 km² · 213 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

31 818 €total net taxable income, 12 715 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: 8,637
  • Registered: 12,805 · turnout 68.1 %
  • Blank and void: 83 (1.0 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
samen! / cd&v3,19337.0 %11
Hoogstraten LEEFT3,12536.2 %11
anders1,05112.2 %3
N-VA+8029.3 %2
NGH4665.4 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
1 362+6,6 %1 376
437+34,0 %558
193+38,8 %-
121-3,2 %27
112-27,7 %309
110+32,5 %36
109+6,9 %36
83-8,8 %34
81+8,0 %-
51+4,1 %122
48+20,0 %2
38+65,2 %49
37-9,8 %46
31-24,4 %11
29+7,4 %10
14+250,0 %1
12-36,8 %5
10-37,5 %17
9-18,2 %9
9-30,8 %64
6+500,0 %6
3-66,7 %6
2-50,0 %5
2+100,0 %5
1-80,0 %1
1-66,7 %1
1-50,0 %1
1--
10,0 %-
10,0 %-
1-1
1-50,0 %6
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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.