Municipality · NIS 21012 · closed 24/04/2026
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
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9 915provisional
+3,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (9 581)
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
100,44 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 98 713 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Bruxelles_Capitale_Molenbeek_Saint_Jean_fr.pdf · 142 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Catherine Moureaux
List: PS - Vooruit · Party / affiliation: PS
In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source) · supplement (list, party) (secondary source)
Majority (lists on the executive): PS - Vooruit / PTB - PVDA / Molenbeek Autrement
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 25/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 98 411
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 29,5 %29 049 out of 98 411
2010 : 26,1 % · 2026 : 29,5 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 22 986 26,1 % 2011 25 371 27,7 % 2012 26 807 28,6 % 2013 26 673 28,2 % 2014 26 302 27,7 % 2015 27 080 28,3 % 2016 27 926 28,9 % 2017 28 004 29,0 % 2018 27 725 28,6 % 2019 27 366 28,1 % 2020 27 715 28,3 % 2021 27 653 28,2 % 2022 27 623 28,3 % 2023 28 557 29,1 % 2024 28 814 29,3 % 2025 29 367 29,7 % 2026 29 049 29,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*2,4 %(2 320)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries9,5 %(9 347)
- Non-EU2717,7 %(17 382)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin12,0 %(11 769)
- Belgians of foreign origin58,5 %(57 593)
- Non-Belgians29,5 %(29 049)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years26,5 %(26 087)
- 18-64 years61,5 %(60 561)
- 65 and over12,0 %(11 763)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
6 km² · 16 410 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
22 704 €total net taxable income, 48 042 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: 36,716
- Registered: 50,934 · turnout 76.6 %
- Blank votes: 2,313 (5.9 % of ballots; electronic voting, no void ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS-VOORUIT | 8,458 | 23.0 % | 12 |
| PTB-PVDA | 8,133 | 22.2 % | 11 |
| MR-VLD | 6,271 | 17.1 % | 8 |
| Team Fouad Ahidar+1080 | 5,373 | 14.6 % | 7 |
| MOLENBEEK AUTREMENT | 3,446 | 9.4 % | 4 |
| ECOLO-GROEN | 2,390 | 6.5 % | 2 |
| Les Engagés-cd&v | 1,710 | 4.7 % | 1 |
| N-VA | 935 | 2.5 % | 0 |
Source: Brussels-Capital Region, elections2024.brussels, official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Perceived safety (Security Monitor survey)
Survey data, not recorded offences
Answers from a sample of residents aged 15 and over (Federal Police, Security Monitor). They measure perception and self-reported victimisation, with a margin of error, and are not comparable with the BIPOL figures on this page. No score or ranking. Only zones and municipalities registered for the survey have local results. Methodology
Often or always feels unsafe
« Always » and « often » answers added together, as published.
- 2018 (read in the report 2024)14,8 %90 % CI : 11,1 à 18,4 % · n = 258 · p. 41
Same edition: Brussels Region 11,0 % (p. 65) · Belgium 5,8 % (p. 73)
- 202126,3 %90 % CI : 21,4 à 31,2 % · n = 218 · p. 28
Same edition: Brussels Region 16,3 % (p. 46) · Belgium 9,1 % (p. 72)
- 202422,3 %90 % CI : 18,8 à 25,7 % · n = 395 · p. 40
Same edition: Brussels Region 19,2 % (p. 64) · Belgium 10 % (p. 30, rounded value from the federal analysis)
Often or always avoids certain places in their municipality
« Always » and « often » answers added together, as published.
Most cited neighbourhood problems
Share of respondents who consider the situation « definitely » or « rather » (2024) / « somewhat » (2021) a problem. The response scale changed in 2024: the two editions are shown separately, without comparison.
2021
Self-reported victimisation (last 12 months) and reporting to the police
Victims: share of respondents. Reporting: share of victims who say they reported it (police report); n = number of victims who answered.
Home burglary
Theft of bicycle or scooter
Theft with violence
Sources
- Security Monitor 2021, table report « Molenbeek-Saint-Jean », created on 01/12/2022, 236 respondents
- Security Monitor 2024, table report « Molenbeek-Saint-Jean », created on 09/04/2025, 402 respondents
Federal Police, DGR/DRI/BIPOL. Weighted percentages copied from the tables (page shown). 90 % CI computed by the site following the 2024 methodological note (§3.8). Response rate not published per zone or municipality (Belgium: 34.9 % in 2024). 2018 values: only when the report publishes the « by year » table.
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 915 | +3,5 % | 9 089 | |
| 3 122 | +0,3 % | 5 231 | |
| 1 115 | +9,0 % | 361 | |
| 793 | -7,0 % | 641 | |
| 776 | +3,1 % | 559 | |
| 718 | +19,3 % | - | |
| 717 | +13,6 % | 693 | |
| 511 | +20,8 % | - | |
| 496 | -7,8 % | 199 | |
| 424 | -3,9 % | 356 | |
| 364 | -0,8 % | 79 | |
| 251 | +75,5 % | 39 | |
| 187 | -18,0 % | 14 | |
| 187 | -0,5 % | 313 | |
| 177 | +39,4 % | 80 | |
| 111 | -13,3 % | 62 | |
| 82 | +1,2 % | 3 | |
| 66 | -10,8 % | 165 | |
| 41 | +17,1 % | 23 | |
| 39 | +2,6 % | 90 | |
| 38 | +11,8 % | 23 | |
| 36 | +50,0 % | 6 | |
| 25 | +212,5 % | 18 | |
| 24 | -33,3 % | 13 | |
| 18 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 18 | -45,5 % | - | |
| 17 | +142,9 % | 3 | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 45 | |
| 11 | +83,3 % | 5 | |
| 9 | +80,0 % | - | |
| 8 | +166,7 % | - | |
| 8 | +300,0 % | - | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | 6 | |
| 7 | 0,0 % | 27 | |
| 7 | -50,0 % | 28 | |
| 1 | - | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 4 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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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
29 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- ZRU (Bruxelles)29