Municipality · NIS 42026 · closed 24/04/2026
Wichelen
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624provisional
+13,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (550)
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
51,78 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 12 050 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Wichelen_fr.pdf · 113 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kenneth Taylor
List: Samen · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): 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
- 12 171
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,8 %464 out of 12 171
2010 : 1,4 % · 2026 : 3,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 155 1,4 % 2011 185 1,6 % 2012 179 1,6 % 2013 201 1,8 % 2014 211 1,8 % 2015 231 2,0 % 2016 248 2,2 % 2017 287 2,5 % 2018 303 2,6 % 2019 329 2,8 % 2020 332 2,9 % 2021 343 2,9 % 2022 331 2,8 % 2023 402 3,4 % 2024 446 3,7 % 2025 450 3,7 % 2026 464 3,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,6 %(70)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,5 %(188)
- Non-EU271,7 %(206)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,2 %(10 733)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,0 %(974)
- Non-Belgians3,8 %(464)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(2 167)
- 18-64 years60,1 %(7 314)
- 65 and over22,1 %(2 690)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
23,2 km² · 519 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
35 067 €total net taxable income, 7 219 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: 6,171
- Registered: 9,528 · turnout 65.5 %
- Blank and void: 69 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samen | 2,923 | 47.4 % | 13 |
| N-VA | 1,129 | 18.3 % | 4 |
| cd&v | 998 | 16.2 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 611 | 9.9 % | 2 |
| anders | 452 | 7.3 % | 1 |
| GV - Gezond Verstand | 58 | 0.9 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 624 | +13,5 % | 640 | |
| 131 | +44,0 % | 214 | |
| 82 | -6,8 % | 75 | |
| 71 | +69,0 % | - | |
| 44 | -20,0 % | 42 | |
| 44 | 0,0 % | 83 | |
| 37 | +15,6 % | 22 | |
| 30 | -11,8 % | 57 | |
| 26 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 24 | -4,0 % | 33 | |
| 23 | +4,5 % | 1 | |
| 18 | +63,6 % | 27 | |
| 18 | +63,6 % | 1 | |
| 16 | -15,8 % | 11 | |
| 12 | -29,4 % | 3 | |
| 12 | 0,0 % | 13 | |
| 12 | +300,0 % | 3 | |
| 9 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 36 | |
| 5 | +66,7 % | 1 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
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| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 7 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
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| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 2 |
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.