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Municipality · NIS 71016 · closed 24/04/2026

Genk

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5 376provisional

-1,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (5 455)

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

78,99 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 68 058 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Limburg_Genk_fr.pdf · 139 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Wim Dries

    List: cd&v Genk · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v Genk / Vooruit-Groen

    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
68 101

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
13,1 %8 909 out of 68 101
2010 : 13,0 % · 2026 : 13,1 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20108 43413,0 %
20118 47613,0 %
20128 37212,8 %
20138 08012,4 %
20147 94112,1 %
20157 81711,9 %
20167 86312,0 %
20178 01712,1 %
20188 15212,3 %
20198 25212,5 %
20208 34912,6 %
20218 40812,6 %
20228 50312,7 %
20238 89413,2 %
20248 92113,1 %
20259 03413,3 %
20268 90913,1 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,6 %(1 089)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,9 %(3 332)
  • Non-EU276,6 %(4 488)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin39,4 %(26 827)
  • Belgians of foreign origin47,5 %(32 365)
  • Non-Belgians13,1 %(8 909)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years18,6 %(12 678)
  • 18-64 years59,2 %(40 313)
  • 65 and over22,2 %(15 110)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

87,6 km² · 777 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

29 217 €total net taxable income, 40 005 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: 30,261
  • Registered: 48,494 · turnout 62.7 %
  • Blank and void: 140 (0.5 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
cd&v Genk13,06843.2 %19
N-VA9,10930.1 %13
Vooruit-Groen3,18310.5 %3
VLAAMS BELANG2,5628.5 %2
PVDA2,1087.0 %2
Genk Anders2310.8 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
5 376-1,4 %5 700
793-15,5 %2 633
590-15,2 %353
566+2,5 %187
515-10,1 %406
490+7,2 %722
351+35,5 %-
321+26,9 %48
278+0,7 %260
237+22,2 %3
231-16,0 %114
223+2,3 %-
203+25,3 %73
118+51,3 %22
100-10,7 %69
90-9,1 %4
76-20,8 %136
73+10,6 %103
72-37,4 %95
58+5,5 %129
43+19,4 %100
36+28,6 %43
28-12,5 %-
26+52,9 %27
20+17,6 %1
16-11,1 %-
16-11,1 %5
10+42,9 %2
60,0 %10
5+25,0 %-
3-25,0 %4
2-15
20,0 %-
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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

13 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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