Municipality · NIS 72003 · closed 24/04/2026
Bocholt
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832provisional
+18,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (704)
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
59,96 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 13 875 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Bocholt_fr.pdf · 115 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Stijn Van Baelen
List: VIA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): VIA / SAMEN
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
- 13 884
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 16,1 %2 238 out of 13 884
2010 : 12,4 % · 2026 : 16,1 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 570 12,4 % 2011 1 550 12,2 % 2012 1 533 12,0 % 2013 1 555 12,1 % 2014 1 537 12,0 % 2015 1 561 12,1 % 2016 1 592 12,3 % 2017 1 565 12,1 % 2018 1 655 12,6 % 2019 1 696 12,9 % 2020 1 718 13,1 % 2021 1 797 13,6 % 2022 1 915 14,2 % 2023 2 045 14,9 % 2024 2 116 15,4 % 2025 2 210 15,9 % 2026 2 238 16,1 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*11,0 %(1 522)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,8 %(251)
- Non-EU273,3 %(465)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin72,6 %(10 084)
- Belgians of foreign origin11,3 %(1 562)
- Non-Belgians16,1 %(2 238)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,3 %(2 534)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(8 123)
- 65 and over23,2 %(3 227)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
59,3 km² · 234 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 281 €total net taxable income, 8 021 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: 5,472
- Registered: 9,764 · turnout 57.3 %
- Blank and void: 123 (2.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIA | 2,774 | 50.7 % | 13 |
| SAMEN | 1,175 | 21.5 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 996 | 18.2 % | 4 |
| Bocholt Beleeft | 527 | 9.6 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 832 | +18,2 % | 496 | |
| 301 | +20,4 % | 33 | |
| 91 | +35,8 % | 24 | |
| 60 | -17,8 % | 188 | |
| 57 | 0,0 % | 42 | |
| 56 | +55,6 % | - | |
| 47 | +56,7 % | 1 | |
| 44 | -8,3 % | 92 | |
| 31 | +40,9 % | 13 | |
| 30 | +20,0 % | - | |
| 23 | +4,5 % | 17 | |
| 18 | +100,0 % | 9 | |
| 16 | -11,1 % | 32 | |
| 16 | +45,5 % | 3 | |
| 15 | +7,1 % | 1 | |
| 12 | +9,1 % | 7 | |
| 9 | -10,0 % | 1 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 4 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | - | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 4 | - | 12 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
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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.