Municipality · NIS 73001 · closed 24/04/2026
Alken
512provisional
+6,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (483)
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
42,89 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 937 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Alken_fr.pdf · 109 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Marc Penxten
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 09/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / GROEN ALKEN
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
- 11 943
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,7 %559 out of 11 943
2010 : 1,8 % · 2026 : 4,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 203 1,8 % 2011 269 2,4 % 2012 260 2,3 % 2013 288 2,5 % 2014 280 2,5 % 2015 275 2,4 % 2016 304 2,7 % 2017 322 2,8 % 2018 326 2,8 % 2019 350 3,0 % 2020 369 3,2 % 2021 396 3,4 % 2022 432 3,7 % 2023 497 4,2 % 2024 487 4,1 % 2025 519 4,3 % 2026 559 4,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(139)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,1 %(132)
- Non-EU272,4 %(288)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin84,2 %(10 056)
- Belgians of foreign origin11,1 %(1 328)
- Non-Belgians4,7 %(559)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,9 %(2 018)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(6 985)
- 65 and over24,6 %(2 940)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
28,2 km² · 423 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 838 €total net taxable income, 7 131 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: 6,340
- Registered: 9,498 · turnout 67.8 %
- Blank and void: 102 (1.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 2,210 | 34.9 % | 9 |
| 3570 | 2,106 | 33.2 % | 8 |
| GROEN ALKEN | 838 | 13.2 % | 2 |
| Absoluut Alken | 643 | 10.1 % | 1 |
| Vooruit Alken | 543 | 8.6 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 512 | +6,0 % | 637 | |
| 104 | +73,3 % | 292 | |
| 62 | +67,6 % | - | |
| 54 | +14,9 % | 25 | |
| 43 | -23,2 % | 21 | |
| 36 | -18,2 % | 100 | |
| 25 | -69,5 % | 50 | |
| 21 | +133,3 % | 2 | |
| 21 | -52,3 % | 19 | |
| 21 | +61,5 % | 34 | |
| 19 | -13,6 % | 13 | |
| 19 | +90,0 % | 3 | |
| 15 | +66,7 % | 10 | |
| 11 | +22,2 % | 8 | |
| 11 | -35,3 % | 1 | |
| 10 | -71,4 % | - | |
| 10 | +150,0 % | 1 | |
| 8 | +700,0 % | 1 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | - | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 33 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | - | |
| 4 | +300,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
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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.