Municipality · NIS 42010 · closed 24/04/2026
Laarne
516provisional
-5,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (544)
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
41,29 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 12 496 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Laarne_fr.pdf · 118 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Andy De Cock
List: Team Burgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Team Burgemeester
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
- 12 525
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,3 %413 out of 12 525
2010 : 1,0 % · 2026 : 3,3 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 126 1,0 % 2011 135 1,1 % 2012 161 1,3 % 2013 176 1,4 % 2014 176 1,4 % 2015 199 1,6 % 2016 227 1,8 % 2017 253 2,0 % 2018 271 2,2 % 2019 279 2,3 % 2020 287 2,3 % 2021 313 2,5 % 2022 334 2,7 % 2023 405 3,2 % 2024 419 3,3 % 2025 389 3,1 % 2026 413 3,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,5 %(57)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,4 %(174)
- Non-EU271,5 %(182)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin90,7 %(11 364)
- Belgians of foreign origin6,0 %(748)
- Non-Belgians3,3 %(413)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,1 %(2 265)
- 18-64 years57,3 %(7 172)
- 65 and over24,7 %(3 088)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
32,6 km² · 384 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
35 333 €total net taxable income, 7 505 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: 6,596
- Registered: 9,946 · turnout 67.3 %
- Blank and void: 98 (1.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Burgemeester | 3,601 | 54.6 % | 15 |
| CD&V/Vooruit | 1,488 | 22.6 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 1,069 | 16.2 % | 3 |
| GROEN | 438 | 6.6 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | -5,1 % | 637 | |
| 96 | +23,1 % | 252 | |
| 73 | -27,7 % | 44 | |
| 50 | +16,3 % | 29 | |
| 49 | +2,1 % | - | |
| 47 | -7,8 % | 42 | |
| 42 | +55,6 % | 22 | |
| 35 | -30,0 % | 62 | |
| 19 | +18,8 % | - | |
| 18 | -28,0 % | 23 | |
| 16 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 15 | -16,7 % | 6 | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 9 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | 4 | |
| 9 | -30,8 % | - | |
| 9 | -60,9 % | 10 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | 52 | |
| 7 | +16,7 % | 14 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | -77,8 % | 12 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 7 | |
| 1 | - | 25 | |
| - | - | 5 | |
| - | - | 9 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
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| - | - | 1 | |
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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.