Municipality · NIS 11021 · closed 24/04/2026
Hove
387provisional
-4,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (406)
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
46,26 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 8 366 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Hove_fr.pdf · 113 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Thierry Lens
List: Hove, natuurlijk! · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Hove, natuurlijk! / N-VA
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
- 8 400
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,5 %380 out of 8 400
2010 : 2,1 % · 2026 : 4,5 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 171 2,1 % 2011 174 2,1 % 2012 175 2,1 % 2013 204 2,5 % 2014 195 2,4 % 2015 196 2,4 % 2016 209 2,6 % 2017 250 3,1 % 2018 235 2,9 % 2019 243 3,0 % 2020 278 3,4 % 2021 289 3,5 % 2022 293 3,5 % 2023 362 4,3 % 2024 394 4,7 % 2025 370 4,4 % 2026 380 4,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(100)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,1 %(95)
- Non-EU272,2 %(185)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin84,4 %(7 090)
- Belgians of foreign origin11,1 %(930)
- Non-Belgians4,5 %(380)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,3 %(1 623)
- 18-64 years53,7 %(4 509)
- 65 and over27,0 %(2 268)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
6 km² · 1 390 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
38 387 €total net taxable income, 4 751 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: 4,595
- Registered: 6,457 · turnout 71.8 %
- Blank and void: 38 (0.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hove, natuurlijk! | 1,477 | 32.1 % | 7 |
| Hove Beweegt | 1,263 | 27.5 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 1,161 | 25.3 % | 5 |
| Fan van Hove | 694 | 15.1 % | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | -4,7 % | 462 | |
| 173 | +10,2 % | 279 | |
| 53 | +17,8 % | - | |
| 40 | +81,8 % | - | |
| 38 | +111,1 % | 20 | |
| 33 | -29,8 % | 15 | |
| 25 | +177,8 % | 2 | |
| 12 | -14,3 % | 13 | |
| 10 | +11,1 % | 78 | |
| 9 | -52,6 % | 2 | |
| 8 | -68,0 % | 8 | |
| 6 | - | - | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | 3 | |
| 4 | +300,0 % | 9 | |
| 2 | -80,0 % | 7 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | -88,2 % | 1 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -87,5 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -83,3 % | 5 | |
| 1 | -87,5 % | 3 | |
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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.