Municipality · NIS 12025 · closed 24/04/2026
Mechelen
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7 818provisional
+2,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (7 623)
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
87,2 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 89 655 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Mechelen_fr.pdf · 144 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Bart Somers
List: Voor Mechelen · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Voor Mechelen / 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
- 90 355
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 12,9 %11 668 out of 90 355
2010 : 8,7 % · 2026 : 12,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 7 023 8,7 % 2011 7 527 9,2 % 2012 7 830 9,5 % 2013 7 808 9,5 % 2014 7 902 9,5 % 2015 8 256 9,8 % 2016 8 472 10,0 % 2017 8 822 10,3 % 2018 9 072 10,5 % 2019 9 280 10,7 % 2020 9 363 10,8 % 2021 9 500 10,9 % 2022 9 534 11,0 % 2023 10 925 12,3 % 2024 11 466 12,8 % 2025 11 461 12,8 % 2026 11 668 12,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,6 %(1 482)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,9 %(2 582)
- Non-EU278,4 %(7 604)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin60,2 %(54 431)
- Belgians of foreign origin26,8 %(24 256)
- Non-Belgians12,9 %(11 668)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,9 %(18 854)
- 18-64 years60,8 %(54 969)
- 65 and over18,3 %(16 532)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
65,8 km² · 1 363 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 927 €total net taxable income, 51 772 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: 38,684
- Registered: 62,076 · turnout 62.7 %
- Blank and void: 238 (0.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voor Mechelen | 14,635 | 37.8 % | 19 |
| N-VA | 7,603 | 19.7 % | 9 |
| Vooruit | 4,777 | 12.3 % | 5 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 4,016 | 10.4 % | 4 |
| cd&v Mechelen | 3,367 | 8.7 % | 3 |
| PVDA | 2,806 | 7.3 % | 3 |
| VolksLiga-2xRICHTING | 663 | 1.7 % | 0 |
| Fix de Vesten | 418 | 1.1 % | 0 |
| VISTA | 399 | 1.0 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 818 | +2,6 % | 10 782 | |
| 2 169 | -5,6 % | 5 792 | |
| 944 | +19,2 % | - | |
| 664 | +0,9 % | 317 | |
| 657 | +15,1 % | 751 | |
| 626 | +0,3 % | 552 | |
| 561 | -9,5 % | 913 | |
| 544 | +21,2 % | - | |
| 444 | +22,3 % | 229 | |
| 388 | +9,6 % | 222 | |
| 324 | +10,2 % | 24 | |
| 286 | +24,9 % | 139 | |
| 279 | -3,5 % | 116 | |
| 142 | -17,4 % | 64 | |
| 139 | +6,9 % | 128 | |
| 127 | +78,9 % | 113 | |
| 110 | +2,8 % | 425 | |
| 92 | +7,0 % | 106 | |
| 38 | -38,7 % | 92 | |
| 36 | +28,6 % | 63 | |
| 35 | +12,9 % | 260 | |
| 23 | -34,3 % | 1 | |
| 19 | +35,7 % | - | |
| 19 | -50,0 % | 16 | |
| 19 | -5,0 % | 5 | |
| 14 | -44,0 % | 2 | |
| 13 | +62,5 % | 3 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 7 | |
| 12 | -14,3 % | 6 | |
| 7 | - | 117 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | 3 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 17 | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | 3 | |
| - | - | 17 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 279 |
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
13 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten12
- Wijkverbetering1